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Search: Posts Made By: PaddyMiguel
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Oct 2012, 11:17
Replies: 17
Views: 3,187
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Gosh, that was quick! Thanks. :D SAY is now...

Gosh, that was quick! Thanks. :D

SAY is now Siena which used to be an old USAF airbase during WWll.

I can understand Rubber Dinghy wanting to eradicate all traces of British colonialism; just...
Forum: Cabin Crew
24th Oct 2012, 10:46
Replies: 6
Views: 5,601
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Years ago, we had a crew member (unaffectionately...

Years ago, we had a crew member (unaffectionately known as Gonzo) who was unable to fasten his crew harness around his ample salad-free gut without using an extension seat belt. No one bothered to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Oct 2012, 10:31
Replies: 17
Views: 3,187
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Old Airport Codes

Mumbai (BOM) Kolkata (CCU) Chennai (MAA) Beijing(PEK) are a few examples of airports retaining their IATA codes when the name of the city changed (or reverted to its pre-Colonial name). Does anyone...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Mar 2011, 12:12
Replies: 993
Views: 170,093
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Staff Travel

Saw this comment in today's Independent which made me smile...:)

Wikipedia:
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
8th Mar 2011, 16:11
Replies: 1,094
Views: 165,958
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Wikid

Very droll, mrpony, very droll!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th Jan 2011, 11:07
Replies: 1,880
Views: 270,557
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Worker Representation at Board Level

And, in the words of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, "wouldn't you prefer to have them inside the tent pi$$ing out, rather than outside the tent pi$$ing in?"
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Jan 2011, 13:02
Replies: 1,880
Views: 270,557
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Two Hats

Well, if the PCCC have people like some of the reasonable crew who post on here then there is every hope that PCCC/BASSA/Unite will work together and alongside BA to achieve a profitable,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Jan 2011, 10:37
Replies: 1,880
Views: 270,557
Posted By PaddyMiguel

PCCC within BASSA

Point well made, Litebulbs.
However, even if the PCCC were able to have themselves elected to the leadership of BASSA, perhaps on a ticket of providing their members with a service there would still...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Jan 2011, 09:43
Replies: 1,880
Views: 270,557
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Litebulbs The BASSA Branch Secretary has...

Litebulbs

The BASSA Branch Secretary has been widely blamed for this dispute. He has been painted as some sort of messianic demi-god whose rhetoric and oratory skills have lead his adoring,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Jun 2010, 09:38
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Professor Upchurch

Simon Calder of The Indie doesn't think much of Martin Upchurch's report either



I love that 'British Airways denies it' Must be true then!!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th May 2010, 10:51
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Nutshell

From the more than 4000 comments from airline employees on the other thread, surely this single quote, lifted from a post by HighFlyer14, sums up best this dreadful mess.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th May 2010, 09:39
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Photo of strikers

Simon Calder in today's Indie claims to have the 10 point solution to the strike and his article is accompanied by a photo of the strikers. There's no guarantee of course that they are strikers; they...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th May 2010, 12:01
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Anonymous voices

Oneye said


I believe that ALL BA employees are prevented from speaking to the media without consent from the Press Office, hence the need for anonymity.

As for the silence from...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th May 2010, 09:43
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

DH earns in total more than most longhaul captains

Perhaps it's his bank account that's broken

From the Times Online



source...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th May 2010, 14:26
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Staff Travel taxes

Rocco, even when I fly on my 'free' ticket which I get once a year as a long-serving but retired employee, I have to pay taxes. My trip to South America cost me over £200 even though the ticket was...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th May 2010, 11:09
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Older Cabin Crew

Chico G said:


Agreed Chico

Experience is what you get after making a mistake. Repeating everything that you learned in your first year of flying 25 times doesn't amount to 25 years of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st May 2010, 10:37
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

This is how Simon Calder of The Indie neatly sums...

This is how Simon Calder of The Indie neatly sums up the whole mess:




source...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th May 2010, 09:38
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Snas, Snas, Snas! Hard-working, sensitive mum...

Snas, Snas, Snas! Hard-working, sensitive mum versus brutish, uncaring manager, geddit??
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th May 2010, 08:17
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

A union in name only: why ballot blunders threaten Unite's resolve

And this article, also in The Indie today, has some very interesting quotes lifted (how?) from the BASSA forum

Andy McSmith: A union in name only: why ballot blunders threaten Unite's resolve -...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th May 2010, 08:02
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Mark Steel: BA strike - a complete load of ballots

For those who need a little light relief whilst the Court of Appeal deliberates, try Mark Steel in The Indie

Mark Steel: BA strike - a complete load of ballots - Mark Steel, Commentators - The...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th May 2010, 17:38
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Don't forget, we have a new government that is...

Don't forget, we have a new government that is about to bring in huge cuts to public service employees' wages. A shot across the bows of one of the biggest unions in the country would not go amiss...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th May 2010, 19:21
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

High Stakes

You can bet your bottom dollar that WW et al have known since March that the ballot (and thus the strike) was illegal due to Unite's failure to correctly notify members of the outcome. Holding off an...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th May 2010, 14:34
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

And there's the rub, Diplome. According to a post...

And there's the rub, Diplome. According to a post (#2788) on the 'other' forum there are some 5750 crew supporting BASSA. A few are diehard militants who have posted here that they would rather see...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th May 2010, 13:41
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

BA chief dents hopes of strike talks breakthrough

They will if they read The Indie online:
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Apr 2010, 10:19
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

And here's another one, Diplome

But why is BASSA letting the members decide now and not before? What's changed? OK that's two more.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Apr 2010, 10:02
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

errr, why didn't BASSA publish the original...

errr, why didn't BASSA publish the original document for their members review before any of this strike business kicked off?

Why did the members, by a show of hands at a race course, vote not to...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Apr 2010, 13:41
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Private Eye

'Blackleg' writes in this week's Private Eye


Then, just to rub salt into the wound, in the classifieds section under EYE NEED
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Apr 2010, 10:33
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Mystery Shoppers and Crew Management

PAXboy


Your excellent post sums up the dilemma of managing cabin crew from a distance.

"You can't manage what you can't measure" was drummed in to me on my management courses. However,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2010, 12:33
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

AO You can tell the quality of the CSD...

AO
You can tell the quality of the CSD rightaway by the manner in which he/she greets you as you board the aircraft. Many SLF have said how they know how the rest of their flight is going to be...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Mar 2010, 15:19
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Nice one Paxboy but

what Marx actually said was
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Mar 2010, 14:15
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

BASSA vs UNITE

WW may not have Unite in his sights but the crosshairs are firmly focused on BASSA. This strike is similar to the 1997 dispute when BA wanted £42m savings from Cabin Services and BASSA resisted...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Mar 2010, 14:48
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,602
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Maybe they should be looking for facts too. Unite...

Maybe they should be looking for facts too. Unite never accepted any offer from Willie Walsh so how could WW reject their acceptance? They refused to recommend BA's offer if I remember correctly.
Forum: Cabin Crew
19th Mar 2010, 14:36
Replies: 3,713
Views: 1,060,236
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Volunteer crew

My memories of the 'Junior Jets', those newly qualified pilots re-deployed as cabin crew a few years ago, were of a bunch of enthusiastic, hard-working, hard playing crew who brought a welcome breath...
Forum: Cabin Crew
19th Mar 2010, 14:01
Replies: 3,713
Views: 1,060,236
Posted By PaddyMiguel

Indeed we do, wiggy

And lest anyone think that all journos are pro BA and anti BASSA here's Mark Steel in the Independent:
Forum: Cabin Crew
17th Mar 2010, 17:38
Replies: 3,713
Views: 1,060,236
Posted By PaddyMiguel

How do you push hard on a kitchen fitter and a...

How do you push hard on a kitchen fitter and a 33%er off on sick leave plus another rep who hasn't flown since the imposition? BASSA have been granted carte blanche (by a show of hands I believe) to...
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