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Search: Posts Made By: ExecClubPax
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Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2013, 15:02
Replies: 2,403
Views: 2,205,284
Posted By ExecClubPax

Never run out of altitude, speed and ideas at the...

Never run out of altitude, speed and ideas at the same time. On the face of the evidence to date, it appears this crew did just that. It doesn't create much confidence in those, like myself, who pay...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Aug 2010, 13:12
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

'Brace for impact - we're about to crash'...

'Brace for impact - we're about to crash' Terrified plane passengers hear crash warning by mistake | Mail Online...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Aug 2010, 11:02
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

Question now is, will the UNITE leadership sit...

Question now is, will the UNITE leadership sit back or will they do something about this latest outrage. Indeed, it was TW who after the first injunction bemoaned "its a sad day for democratic...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Aug 2010, 10:53
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

Lotpax Let me make it simple for you. The...

Lotpax

Let me make it simple for you. The BA leadership team have the full backing of the Board and Shareholders. Consequently, there are no questions being asked of it so there is no need for...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Jul 2010, 11:41
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

leiard/mrpony No matter where the figures...

leiard/mrpony

No matter where the figures come from, BASSA's declining membership must be a cause for concern for the Branch officials. On 26th July the BASSA website claimed 9736, today it shows...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Jul 2010, 10:01
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

No matter what the strength of support for IA was...

No matter what the strength of support for IA was earlier this year, it appears BASSA's membership is still ebbing away. It was 9757 on 20 July and today the website admits to only 9736.

Going...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Jul 2010, 13:58
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

As I understand it, crew wishing to accept BA's...

As I understand it, crew wishing to accept BA's latest offer had to provide a certificate to the effect they were not union members at the date the offer was declared. As BA have played this whole...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Jul 2010, 13:31
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

As of today, BASSA's declared membership was...

As of today, BASSA's declared membership was 9757. So the vote suggests 65% of its members either voted for the offer or tacitly accepted it by abstaining.

Given there is something like 12000+...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Jul 2010, 14:50
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

Nice one Jetset Lady. I worked at Gatwick for the...

Nice one Jetset Lady. I worked at Gatwick for the best part of 40 years and I can tell you after most night shifts I looked like that too. Good to see you still have a great sense of humour.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th Jul 2010, 16:34
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

Litebulbs; can we clear one thing up? I thought...

Litebulbs; can we clear one thing up? I thought you said in an earlier post you are not aircrew neither are you employed by BA.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Jun 2010, 13:04
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

Whereas I would like to hope it were so, I don't...

Whereas I would like to hope it were so, I don't think this is the end game of the BA v BASSA dispute. The Unions have invested too much capital in their war against BA and would never allow a...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jun 2010, 19:31
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

The Latest BA Offer

Don't forget there is no intention of replacing the 184 crew on long haul flights when one down working was imposed last November. Neither is there any mention of the return of staff travel...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Jun 2010, 11:18
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

WasCrew. Mr Walsh has no need to take any...

WasCrew. Mr Walsh has no need to take any precipitive action.

Tactically, he doesn't want to give UNITE/BASSA any fig-leaf to hide behind by issuing new contracts under SOSR. All he needs do is...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
22nd Jun 2010, 10:30
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

It is muted that today's emergency budget will...

It is muted that today's emergency budget will contain measures to change airline passenger tax from a per seat to a per aircraft basis.

This could have major ramifications for BA and any other...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th Jun 2010, 12:13
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,293
Posted By ExecClubPax

Another 12 Weeks of Strikes

It seems UNITE/BASSA have written to its BA CC members announcing another 12 weeks of strikes from 3 August through to the 25 October. This is yet another attack on the average family holiday. Not...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th May 2010, 15:06
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Why do the working cabin crew need a voice? Every...

Why do the working cabin crew need a voice? Every Chatham Dockyard livery that lifts off RWY 27 L/R or RWY 09 L/R with the deep roar of a Trent of IAE engine is more eloquent and indisputable than...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th May 2010, 15:58
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Yes it's Cleggs ambition to do to the British...

Yes it's Cleggs ambition to do to the British Aviation industry what Jack Straw did for the London dockers. Even if BASSA don't cause BA's demise, the Lib-Dem faction of the colition want to stop all...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd May 2010, 13:24
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Why won't UNITE/BASSA come out to play today?

So what happened today? On the Andrew Marr show, Mr Walsh was quite clear and optimistic that further talks would be held later in the day. So why then have United failed to "come out to play"? Could...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd May 2010, 07:44
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Tweeting From Inside the ACAS Talks

It suprises me no one here has yet commented on Derek Simpson's alleged tweeting to the outside world during yesterday's talks.

Contributors to the cabin crew forum suggest his messages were...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
22nd May 2010, 14:27
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Any Answer's Link

BBC iPlayer - Any Answers?: 22/05/2010 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sdz2x/b00sds54/Any_Answers_22_05_2010/)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st May 2010, 07:30
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Should BA Be Allowed to Operate?

I too saw yesterday's disgraceful antics of reputed BASSA/Unite supporters on the court steps and the open top bus. I am now uncertain as to whether my safety and welfare during a flight can be put...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th May 2010, 08:06
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Tony Woodley and his Unite Brothers are bemoaning...

Tony Woodley and his Unite Brothers are bemoaning the impact on democracy arising from the latest injunction which, in effect removes protection from those BA cabin crew taking strike action in...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th May 2010, 15:47
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Okay let's do the math. If the membership...

Okay let's do the math.

If the membership was 10,049 as stated and the turnout was 71% then the number of actual voters was 7,135. The number of those rejecting the offer is said to be 81% which...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Apr 2010, 14:32
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Solipsism personified Solipsism = view that...

Solipsism personified

Solipsism = view that the self is the only knowable, or the only existent thing.

A bit like BASSA feeling it is the only entity capable of managing BA's cabin crew...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Apr 2010, 14:16
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

MissM I suspect those cabin crew that took...

MissM

I suspect those cabin crew that took strike action did so in the full knowledge their pay and allowances for strikes dates would be withheld. By going on strike, they effectively accepted...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Apr 2010, 16:51
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

3 Days of Lost Operations

Given BA have lost at least 3 full days of operations and will have been financially damaged by the recent strikes, would anyone wish to hazard a guess whether the cabin crew current offer on the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
12th Apr 2010, 15:19
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Hello MissM You say "I think all of us were...

Hello MissM

You say "I think all of us were expecting serious negotiations and hopefully a settled agreement."

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. Am I right in saying at one of the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
31st Mar 2010, 13:51
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

I thought it was the union's case that BA did all...

I thought it was the union's case that BA did all the intimidating and harrassment.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
31st Mar 2010, 13:19
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

From reading the cabin crew forum I understand...

From reading the cabin crew forum I understand there is a distinct possibility that lists of non striking BA cabin crew are being compiled.


Clearly BA would have a defacto list of strikers (or...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Mar 2010, 15:36
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Having seen recent video clips of striking BA...

Having seen recent video clips of striking BA cabin crew abusing their working colleagues and using distasteful metaphors to denigrate the company's CEO, I'm not sure I would want to fly with the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Mar 2010, 10:37
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

I don't think its a fair measure to consider the...

I don't think its a fair measure to consider the number of aircraft flights departing or cancelled. The important indicator is the number of booked passengers flown. With consolidation of flights on...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Mar 2010, 08:28
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

BA's Gatwick Based Cabin Crew

Remarks acknowledging the committed customer service offered by BA's Gatwick based cabin crew during the current round of IA do not surprise me.

Gatwich as a base for civil aviation has always...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Mar 2010, 16:28
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Even with the rewording as outlined above, it...

Even with the rewording as outlined above, it still sugests the denizens of acedemia lack a grasp of real world economics. Once the strike was called, BA's losses multiplied and consequently, as...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Mar 2010, 13:28
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

"WW wants to break the union." I think...

"WW wants to break the union."


I think you should add "in my opinion" because I've heard nothing from Mr Walsh that suggests he wishes to break the Union. From current performace, it seems...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Mar 2010, 16:39
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,852
Posted By ExecClubPax

Rather than being in two minds, this is a time...

Rather than being in two minds, this is a time for some single mindedness.
The issues at stake in the current round of industrial action at BA is management's right to manage. Over the last year,...
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