EK DropOff:White Lexus and Taxis Gone
 

30 Pilots waiting 30-40 minutes to go home at 0630 this morning. Was told some plonker decided we had adequate Volvos to do the job and cancelled the contract of the hire cars. This mornings wait could be the new norm.

Somebody trying to increase their bonus.....again.

Write to JA. No point writing anything here.

Drop is off not important as thats in YOUR time, but pickups important as you are affecting THIER OPERATION.

Call the FDM, I have had the FDM downstairs at the transport area before who has logged the complaint of the mass of pilots waiting for a trip home.

Note that a driver SHIFT change is often at a peak arrival / departure time and can often have many pilots waiting for transportation. Who would have thought? :ugh:

J

Had the same issue a few days back, quick call to the FDM to log the complaint, email to all and sundry, and of course a word of encouragement to the guys and girls behind the desk who cop it quite unnecessarily from tired pissed of crew. Have a heart, it's not their fault, they are being taken the p1ss out of as much as we are. As usual it's the slow boil treatment, bit by bit things will get worse in this respect unless we stop rolling over.

I think a lot of people have stopped rolling over already, u fortunately there are many more who will always roll over... The ones who have stopped are already starting to make things difficult...

20 mn X 3/week x 47 weeks/year is about 6 days waiting... Then waiting for the cc to clean the aircraft another week...13 days waiting...

Glad you are not a math teacher........

Plazbot:ok::ok:

Good one!!:):D:D

Hate this auto spell check!!

Plazboot...probably you're a math genius,but you don't get the idea behind the message...anyway might be less,but still boring loosing life waiting...

Plazbot is one of the guys you perhaps regularly talk to. I would surmise that his level of agility in mental mathematics is better than most pilots.
:hmm:

I'd say he got the message perfectly QCM but your awful basic maths made a bigger impact on him!

I really hope that we're not down to the level where that passes as being included in "Advanced Maths for Pilots"!

If it does, I'm cycling next time!

QCM.....the time lost might be well spent learning tthe difference between 'loosing' and 'losing'....?!! Only joshing, dont take a fence (or is it 'offence'?!!)

Simple really, call to FDM and a follow up letter to TOGA and cc TCAS. Will anything improve? Who knows, but with factual info and no emotion, someone might at least make a call (certainly won't be TCAS). We have to stop the rolling over and stop worrying about sending emails, facts only and no emotion. But remember, every email sent is copied into one's "permanent record".

Good job Panther...back to the thread!
Tooo baad loosing energy with natural english speakers counting numbers and vowels!
Enough cars should be provided at peak times...with healthy drivers not falling asleep...as tired as me.

It's not just the trip home that has now become a bind, was picked up the other day for a "frighter" trip out of DWC.

" hello chum, do you know the way?" "Yes, sir." "Excellent, then why are we heading towards Shajah Old chap?":ugh:

That will learn me to read the paper......................................

Crew transport accident?
 

Has anybody heard of a bad accident involving crew transport recently? Heard a rumour yesterday.

There was one about a month or so ago involving multiple vehicles. Fatality to National, one slight injury to Pilot(s)?, more so to driver who was hospitalised. Maybe this is what you're referring to?

Harry

Truck driver probably on a 97hrs roster didn"t brake at intersection or red light...

Are there many nationals driving trucks in the UAE?