EASY NOW...! (Eds replacement)
 

Lets go and paint 'em Orange!!!!::yuk:

1) 10 Dhs to use the toilet
2) 40 Dhs if your want to take your bag ( 60 if its over 10kgs)
3) Bring your own food
4) 2 man crew ULR
5) 5 sectors / day


just when you thought it couldnt get any lower....... 'ere we go, ere we go'

You what?????

So who might it be then?

IN THE MAIL......

New SVP-Fleet Appointed

Captain Alan Stealey, Divisional Senior Vice President – Flight Operations is very pleased to announce that Captain John Alsford has been selected to take the position of Senior Vice President – Fleet on the retirement of the incumbent, Captain Ed Davidson.



Captain Alsford is currently the Head of Air Operations of EasyJet which is based at Luton Airport in the United Kingdom. He has prior experience as a Captain at British Airways and former service with FlyBe as Director of Operations. He also served in the Royal Air Force as a Harrier Squadron pilot and officer.

Another short range specialist brought in to deal with a long range operation?

Oh well, he may be a really good guy who can make a difference, only time will tell.

We can only wish him "Good Luck".

OMG and you thought we had it bad with Ed

Fit in with the Squadron mates in the training department, DM might even get a friend (or perhaps he is the one he already had).

Harriers, 737s & A319s... brilliant :ugh:

Presumably he's a mate of TCAS's?

He can leave the title "Captain" at the door, like TCED was supposed to - he won't ever be current here on anything in the EK fleet.

Guys,

I work for Easy and can tell you John Alsford is a good bloke. It's a shame he's going.

As has been said above he worked longhaul in BA for most of his career so I'm sure he will remember some of it.

first things first, he needs a good nickname from you lot..

The shame is that they all join with great ideals then sooner or later realize that there's not much they can do and ethics give way to survival.

I'm sure we'll hear of his new ideas and how he'll want to deal with many issues that need addressing. A pilot meeting perhaps followed by a review and another meeting only to be told that nothing will change and his assimilation will be complete. He'll know what needs to be done but won't have the guts to get it done. Anyway he's VP Fleet... he has no authority or the power to do anything without TCAS's permission, who in turn is just a muppet and needs AAR's permission who then needs TC's ultimate approval. It'll all sound faintly familiar as will the eventual retreat to the stick of FCIs.... TCAS already has Eds old rubber stamp waiting for him.

History repeating itself.

BA longhaul of the past is nothing like the EK longhaul of today. Final salary pension at 55 verses a not so provident fund at 65... Capped hours with the choice of valuable overtime pay, union protection, a life at home... don't expect to have too much in common. Perhaps his experiences at Flybe or Easyjet may offer some hope instead of the usual rubbish we get from BA of self serving sycophants masquerading as managers creaming the system.

The big question is will he become assimulated by the Borg or will he have the resistance and stamina of Jon Luke and save the crew of the Enterprize

No. 1 you have control, take her to Wharp 8
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No dog in the arena, but I find it amazing you mob there shred the guy before you have even a clue as to his background, or his abilities to do (or not) the job..great bunch of pro's you are...."give 'em a fair trial, then hang 'em

Judge Roy Bean

EkLawyer is right. It's not about this new "Chap" :E It's about the system of a developing country, with developing minds. Of course we wish him all the best, but we all know what is on the horizon.

Just trying to decide whether 'TCJA' runs off the tongue....:confused:

Regardless, like all the rest he will turn up, pretend to give a sh*t and then get on with screwing us around 'cause he's been told to by the morons upstairs:ugh:

What about TOGA - That Other Guy Alsford or That Orange Guy Alsford

We have a WINNER.....TOGA. You gotta love it. That Orange Guy Alsford. My vote's in.:ok: Waytago, sandpit.

Given the irrelevance of the position I think TOGA is an inspired choice:ok:

Sandpit
Very good, you either get too much time off or too long in the Desert.
Skyvan
You never know in theory he has some credentials, as mentioned likely LH experience. And coming from in theory market leader in FRMS and whose Pilots have a roster that has a semblance of life style balance (although they might suggest otherwise).

At least give him a week or so....:\:\

Give him until the first meeting with AAR. He will then leave the room in complete disbelief and have two choices: Try to run against a silly brick wall and eventually get fired , or just continue as demotivated as we all are, do whatever standing up Napoleon says, take the money and enjoy hole 1.