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I suppose times are hard, with poor old cabin crew having to resort to all means to top up their "meagre" salaries. Sadly all that money he spent on contraband went down the drain (or rather into the incinerator).
BA cabin crew member smuggled cigarettes
By Suzy Talbot
August 24, 2010
A BRITISH Airways cabin crew member has been given a community sentence for smuggling tobacco into the country.
Christakis Lambrou, from Lansdowne Road in Staines, admitted being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the duty chargeable and was sentenced to 120 hours of community service on August 20 at Isleworth Crown Court.
Customs officers examined Lambrou's car on August 15 last year and discovered six kilos of hand rolling tobacco and 2,000 cigarettes.
He was arrested, interviewed and subsequently charged. A further 11,760 cigarettes and five kilos of hand rolling tobacco were found at his house in Staines. He claimed he had bought them for his brother and brother's friend.
John Cooper, assistant director of criminal investigation for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) , said: “Lambrou abused his position of trust as a cabin crew manager to evade UK duty.
"Lambrou’s actions cost the UK vital tax revenue, worth around £18,000, and this is why HMRC works closely with UKBA (Border Agency) officers to disrupt this kind of criminal operation."
The cigarettes have been shredded and burned at a power station to fuel the National Grid.
By Suzy Talbot
August 24, 2010
A BRITISH Airways cabin crew member has been given a community sentence for smuggling tobacco into the country.
Christakis Lambrou, from Lansdowne Road in Staines, admitted being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the duty chargeable and was sentenced to 120 hours of community service on August 20 at Isleworth Crown Court.
Customs officers examined Lambrou's car on August 15 last year and discovered six kilos of hand rolling tobacco and 2,000 cigarettes.
He was arrested, interviewed and subsequently charged. A further 11,760 cigarettes and five kilos of hand rolling tobacco were found at his house in Staines. He claimed he had bought them for his brother and brother's friend.
John Cooper, assistant director of criminal investigation for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) , said: “Lambrou abused his position of trust as a cabin crew manager to evade UK duty.
"Lambrou’s actions cost the UK vital tax revenue, worth around £18,000, and this is why HMRC works closely with UKBA (Border Agency) officers to disrupt this kind of criminal operation."
The cigarettes have been shredded and burned at a power station to fuel the National Grid.
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As posted by Timothy Claypole on the CC forum............
Have these Bassa m*rons now lost all touch with reality?! This is totally sick & disrespectful to both the survivors & also the families of those who lost their lives in the MAN disaster.
Aug 25th, 2010 by admin
A member has suggested that we dedicate our meeting to our sacked and suspended colleagues.
As a symbol of our solidarity with them, we would ask that you consider wearing either an item of yellow clothing, a yellow ribbon or a yellow flower.
All the yellow flowers will be collected at the end of the meeting and taken to Manchester, where they will then be placed as a tribute, on the memorial for the crew and passengers that lost their lives in the Manchester air disaster.
We look forward to seeing there...In yellow!
A member has suggested that we dedicate our meeting to our sacked and suspended colleagues.As a symbol of our solidarity with them, we would ask that you consider wearing either an item of yellow clothing, a yellow ribbon or a yellow flower.
All the yellow flowers will be collected at the end of the meeting and taken to Manchester, where they will then be placed as a tribute, on the memorial for the crew and passengers that lost their lives in the Manchester air disaster.
We look forward to seeing there...In yellow!
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Dare we guess that Christakis Lambrou is one of those who has been suspended/sacked by the wicked BA?
@ Finky ... agree completely. A stupid and insensitive idea, which is therefore eagerly taken up by BASSA.
@ Finky ... agree completely. A stupid and insensitive idea, which is therefore eagerly taken up by BASSA.
Who woke up Miss M?
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I see on the other thread that somebody has woken up Miss M.
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I see on the other thread that somebody has woken up Miss M.
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Reprehensible Behaviour
This madness must end. Taking yellow items of clothing from the industrial dispute to the air disaster memorial is mental, really, properly utterly barking. How can rational people not be shamed by this "leadership"?
Have they no sense of decency? I have a six your old nephew who has more social skills than this rabble!
Have they no sense of decency? I have a six your old nephew who has more social skills than this rabble!
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Especially insensitive considering that all four cabin crew of the flight (two survived, two died) were awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for their bravery and devotion to duty - hardly something that can be said for the BASSAmentalists..
I hope the press gets hold of this idiotic stunt and exposes it for what it is.
Ll
I hope the press gets hold of this idiotic stunt and exposes it for what it is.
Ll
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Does anyone know someone involved in the care taking of the memorial
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@ Skipness ... in fairness, they did say they would take yellow flowers to MAN.
So, not quite a "Football Fan Memorial", but still an extremely distasteful linkage between a Strike Meeting and the MAN memorial.
So, not quite a "Football Fan Memorial", but still an extremely distasteful linkage between a Strike Meeting and the MAN memorial.
How low can we go? Lower, Lower............
In my earlier post, (post 1573) I tried to draw a word picture of the junta sitting around their table, (presumably covered in tomatoes) becoming desperate that they could not think of anyone else to insult.
They decided to release their insults to the hard-working staff of MacDonald's early yesterday.
Later in the same day they decided to insult anyone who has ever been impacted by an Aviation accident by trying to link their strike to the Manchester disaster.
Like baggers, I know rather a lot about Employee Relations. However, in 35 years of exposure to that set of dark arts, I have never heard something so awful. The Iwo Jima stunt is spectacularly insensitive...............this is even worse.
What next? (I can imagine it, but I'm not willing to write it down).
They decided to release their insults to the hard-working staff of MacDonald's early yesterday.
Later in the same day they decided to insult anyone who has ever been impacted by an Aviation accident by trying to link their strike to the Manchester disaster.
Like baggers, I know rather a lot about Employee Relations. However, in 35 years of exposure to that set of dark arts, I have never heard something so awful. The Iwo Jima stunt is spectacularly insensitive...............this is even worse.
What next? (I can imagine it, but I'm not willing to write it down).
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YELLOW FLOWERS
From the C/C thread
as a cancer sufferer myself I am absolutely incencesd at thia latest idea from folk that, in my opinion, are rapidly losing it!
From the C/C thread
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Has she really woken up or has her user ID merely been loaned to others who the mods have seen through and closed down? The BS train rumbles on.
(1) Post a great big steaming load of BASSA guano.
(2) Solicit a great load of responses basically telling you that you're just a twerp (and why).
(3) Take a carefully selected sentence or two out of said replies - and out of context - and snivel some more; aggregate 2-3 of them in each post.
(4) Go to (1).
Yes, it's the same brain dead poster alright. With absolutely nothing new to say, and absolutely no evidence to back up any of their tired, repetitive and exceedingly dull claims.
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Personally, I wish to thank those posters who indulged in a bit of humor. It brought a smile to my face.
Ancient Observer: I read your "Who will they insult next?" post AFTER I had learned of the horrendous "yellow flower" stunt. I laughed and thought to myself "Wait til he hears what they have come up with." As cynical as I have become regarding BASSA's behavior even I couldn't see this one coming.
Interesting that Mr. Francis, the individual BASSA wanted to take over negotiations on behalf of BA, is now being denigrated in BASSA statements as "Billy" and is out to "destroy the airline".
Mixed Fleet seems to be creating an atmosphere of desperation among the most militant of Cabin Crew. It is possible that a few are finally learning that they are a "face of BA" that many would rather not see?
Ancient Observer: I read your "Who will they insult next?" post AFTER I had learned of the horrendous "yellow flower" stunt. I laughed and thought to myself "Wait til he hears what they have come up with." As cynical as I have become regarding BASSA's behavior even I couldn't see this one coming.
Interesting that Mr. Francis, the individual BASSA wanted to take over negotiations on behalf of BA, is now being denigrated in BASSA statements as "Billy" and is out to "destroy the airline".
Mixed Fleet seems to be creating an atmosphere of desperation among the most militant of Cabin Crew. It is possible that a few are finally learning that they are a "face of BA" that many would rather not see?
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Confusion ??
I feel a touch of confusion coming on with regard to the Manchester memorial referred to by Bassa.
I suggest that the Man United Supporters Club should be alerted to this possible action by Bassa, on either the memorial to the Munich Air disaster or the more recent Manchester disaster, either of which would be a disgraceful insult to Manchester and all who died.
I know that the Mods don't like the use of the vernacular on this site - but these creatures really are Sc*m.
I suggest that the Man United Supporters Club should be alerted to this possible action by Bassa, on either the memorial to the Munich Air disaster or the more recent Manchester disaster, either of which would be a disgraceful insult to Manchester and all who died.
I know that the Mods don't like the use of the vernacular on this site - but these creatures really are Sc*m.
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Is it not somewhat ironic that yellow sashes were first worn by the Puritan Roundheads in the English Civil War. We are now to be subjected to the indecorous sight of BASSA militants who choose an alternative lifestyle, vying with each other as to who can disport themselves in the most outrageous yellow costumes.
Farce, pure farce.
Farce, pure farce.
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Don't know about anyone else but I've e-mailed the Marie Curie Trust to inform them of this action and suggesting they talk to Unite!!
Might contact the press as well!!
Might contact the press as well!!
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Yellow.
Had BASSA organised a private ceremony to remember their colleagues on the anniversary, it would not have looked so cynical.
This pathetic drivel, on the other hand, is insulting to the memory of all who died in this tragedy.
They should be ashamed of themselves. I hope never to meet the kind of idiot who would try and justify this.
They are inconsiderate, arrogant, selfish
s.
This pathetic drivel, on the other hand, is insulting to the memory of all who died in this tragedy.
They should be ashamed of themselves. I hope never to meet the kind of idiot who would try and justify this.
They are inconsiderate, arrogant, selfish
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While they are in Manchester, they could troll up the Motorway to Stockport. I believe there's a nice little memorial park there that they could desecrate with their presence. 