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Although the title is More Swissport Redundancies the thread is generally just a bickering match for various agents in BHX. I wouldn't bother reading through all the pages if I was you, it gets quite boring after a while. The majority of posters have nothing good to say about Swissport but i suppose they're entitled to an opinion. Not all of us have the same opinion though.

Well the fact that I work for them in BHX would allow me to say what ever I want as I know 1st hand what I am working with!!

And its clear you do care what I think else you wouldnt take the time to reply

are you a Swissport DM by any chance Haaaahaa :ok:

Swissport to lose PIA from June, or so Im told.

pia may even go earlier than june. For some very strange unknown reason swissport seem to be not doing anything in order to persuade them to stay. Even tough pia would have more than likely paid slightly more for handling. What on earth are swissport playing at? Soneone, please shed some light on wht is going on!!

Swissport have to make a profit this FY, otherwise they will go under, perhaps they may look to reducing costs and concentrate solely on Flybe, hoping to reverse the downturn, unfortunately more cost cutting measures may be in the pipeline :uhoh:

Looks like a strong case for a third handling agent to make a move on BHX, however, personnally I think they will hold fire until the summer is halfway through before making a decision, as Servisair will desperately need some "Paul Daniels" type management to keep their ever increasing list of customers happy :confused:

A very interesting summer ahead, good luck to all.:ok:

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Does anyone with knowledge of employment law know if this is actually legal ?

I am not a legal or HR expert, but surely this is more a question of reasonability and flexability from the staff. Lack of flexability will cost jobs as companies are unable to cover cost with no revenue coming in.

The potential impact on all areas of the industry through this is imense. The only way HA's and other retailers will be able to get through this is with reasonableness from staff. It is annoying as it feels like the companies are trying to get one over on the staff, but if the company is not taking revenue but still having massive costs (as I am sure people are the biggest cost to a business) there is only one way for a company to go . . .

This thread is based on Swissport redundancies, but is relevant to all companies.

Any companies who are offering the above options should be commended as they are trying to ensure all staff can pay the mortgage/bills at the end of this month, and every month going forward and the staff can make their own mind up about their financial/life situation. Anyone who decides that they are going to just turn up to work and get paid may be jepardising the financial position of the company, themselves and their colleagues. In these difficult times, we have all seen the impact of company balance sheets becoming unbalanced through no fault of the staff (Globespan, Alba, Sky Europe, Zoom, XL, SilverJet . . .). Aviance Sold out of the UK (except LHR). Although each of those situations are different, the effect from the staff can be positive or negative.

With all this in mind, I am not sure if anyone needs to look to far in to the legalities of it as the people have a choice.

Staff, Unions, Management, now is a good time to pull in the same direction to ride out this latest storm (no pun intended).

GA

it is fine to say that staff need to help out and take unpaid leave etc but when the company is doing well do we see anything back NO if companies treated their staff well then they could be justifed in asking for that but they dont (or most dont)

Finally some good news at swissport bhx. They have maanged to retain the PIA contract for a further year..About time!:ugh::ugh:

Yesterday I voted for chamge.... Came into work and was given yet another redundancy letter, my 4th in 3 years, I tell you we have been restructerd more times then a childs Lego set.....

I hear the station manager, airside operations manager and CEO have all been given the chop!! Have they finally realized train drivers can not run HA...:ugh::ugh:

If you are wandering why this page has 19 pages of threads to do with redunacies then beleive you me it is possible at Swissport. I have lost track of how many restructures they have had. Latest new is the whole operations department have been put at risk as well as the ramp supervisors. They now have to all apply for 1 set of jobs! More work, less money..:=