Redundances on British Midland Regional 146 fleet?
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Sagi'
You know as well as I that our fleet manager won't answer you! All he's done since day one is demoralise the fleet.
I've heard the rumours of Flightline doing the LH work, in our place but cannot confirm it.
The SAAB guys were promised 145 ratings when they joined- according to the 145 Fleet manager at the redundancy meetings in BHX.
The Fokker can do 5 abreast as the scope clause only affects BMIR and the Fokker is BMI operating for BMIR.
In short Stu has a job you don't!
You know as well as I that our fleet manager won't answer you! All he's done since day one is demoralise the fleet.
I've heard the rumours of Flightline doing the LH work, in our place but cannot confirm it.
The SAAB guys were promised 145 ratings when they joined- according to the 145 Fleet manager at the redundancy meetings in BHX.
The Fokker can do 5 abreast as the scope clause only affects BMIR and the Fokker is BMI operating for BMIR.
In short Stu has a job you don't!
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Dear SagittariusPerhaps the following might help.
1. No
2. The Fokker fleet carries some of the
most senior dinosaurs bmi have to offer.
3. Yes. All Saab fleet Txf to 145
irrespective of start date.
4. What suited ABZ(Uncle Bill) then does
not suit now. It's my ball...
For your info The Pool for redundancy(The entire 146 fleet) was chosen by two members of the crew council, both on the 145 fleet, before the council members on the 146 fleet were notified of Lufty pulling the plug.
The non wonder Goatee being one of these. To put things into perspective he chose what Bill wanted him too, he has an opinion as long as Bill gives it to him, he was told that if he did a good job on the council(ie screw the workforce)it would reflect well when commands came up, hey it worked for the last chairman, he got Fleet Manager on a fleet he wasn't rated, a move to a base next to his home and a pay rise!
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It would have been nice to see my Fleet manager at the redundancy meeting but alas he was too busy to visit. It would have been nice for the HR man to turn up as well but at least he found time to send a fax!
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Could you please enlighten me as to why you consider the fokker fleet to be manned by dinosaurs.Is it because you consider them to have better terms and conditions than yourself,or are they overpaid underworked survivors from the ice ages?Maybe a touch of greeneye here?
Could you please enlighten me as to why you consider the fokker fleet to be manned by dinosaurs.Is it because you consider them to have better terms and conditions than yourself,or are they overpaid underworked survivors from the ice ages?Maybe a touch of greeneye here?
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I've been called lots of things in my aviation career spanning over 35 years but I think I'm a few million years short to be called a dinosaur.
From the Collins Gem English Dictionary:-
Dinosaur: extinct reptile, often of gigantic size.
I'm not "extincting" till the end of Feb 2002, hopefully!
As for Reptile from the same source: Cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrate with horny scales or plates.
Sorry , just looked and can't find any scales or plates.
Off to play in the garden!
MP
I've been called lots of things in my aviation career spanning over 35 years but I think I'm a few million years short to be called a dinosaur.
From the Collins Gem English Dictionary:-
Dinosaur: extinct reptile, often of gigantic size.
I'm not "extincting" till the end of Feb 2002, hopefully!
As for Reptile from the same source: Cold-blooded, air-breathing vertebrate with horny scales or plates.
Sorry , just looked and can't find any scales or plates.
Off to play in the garden!
MP
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ok boys and girls, the latest rumour from the ramp; engineers have told the cleaners that there will be BAe146 technical support at a certain location not too distant from Derby until February.Further info that may prove of interest is that Flightline may well have a better relationship with Lufty that we have been led to believe.. watch this space
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Last time I was up at EMA (for the Mainline transfer interview-what a complete waste of time that was!!!!) I have to confess I thought I'd walked into the Star Wars bar!! Right on V1RO8!
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The beer's green Pete. Lots of slightly odd and very stroppy pilots pilots hang out there, two heads is standard and the odd extra limb or eye is not unusual. Fair bit of in-breeding by the look of them. Lots of ugly looking ships outside. Wings stuck on upside down, more engines than you can shake a stick at. You know the sort of thing ....
There used to be a place like it in Hamburg. The Dorint I think they called it.
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There used to be a place like it in Hamburg. The Dorint I think they called it.
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5 flightline 146s? Those would be ones with red tails and hastily scrubbed out SR markings then..... (well 4 of them, plus 3 others sat on the ramp doing nowt). Not sure what this has to do with LH or BMIr though.
Would someone please enlighten me.....
Would someone please enlighten me.....
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The 146 Fleet was set up with the dregs of Debonair as the core of it's pilot force. Met some in HAJ and they were the biggest bunch of puffed up pr*cks I've ever seen in a uniform. It's tough on the decent folk on the fleet but there's some pretty huge sighs of relief that the whingeing, whining, sh*t stirring, morons will no longer be causing more stress than they're worth. In other words, good riddance to a crap fleet. They've done nothing but moan since they were first taken on and they'll moan until the door is finally shut behind them. Yep. All tarred with the same brush. Not fair but that's life.
Only one opinion of course!
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Only one opinion of course!
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