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Search: Posts Made By: FlyingTom
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Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Apr 2012, 22:51
Replies: 507
Views: 259,006
Posted By FlyingTom

If it helps you guess the delay in recruitment,...

If it helps you guess the delay in recruitment, my internal course has been put back 4 months, and I was one of the first in the queue. That fits in with the time needed to integrate BMI crews. I...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Aug 2011, 12:42
Replies: 220
Views: 100,378
Posted By FlyingTom

Stable Checked. Commuting on the Airbus just...

Stable Checked.

Commuting on the Airbus just needs a bit of pre planning. Firstly live near a BA destination with 7+ daily flights like GVA, CDG, NCE, LIN, BCN. Then bid for 5 day trips. If you...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Oct 2010, 07:36
Replies: 111
Views: 46,180
Posted By FlyingTom

One solution: join BA first and then bid for a...

One solution: join BA first and then bid for a GSS command. They are recruiting.

But I can assure you it isn't that quick either. :)
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Jun 2009, 12:12
Replies: 65
Views: 13,015
Posted By FlyingTom

I am very grateful to Ryanair. If they...

I am very grateful to Ryanair.

If they hadn't thrown me out when they bought Buzz I would have had to work for the sweatshop tyrants.

Instead I worked for the two best airlines going, TFly and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Apr 2009, 15:02
Replies: 14
Views: 2,345
Posted By FlyingTom

Gordon Brown did not introduce the tax on...

Gordon Brown did not introduce the tax on dividends, the Tories did at 10%. Gordon raised it to 25%.

All other points agreed with though.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Feb 2009, 10:20
Replies: 75
Views: 37,303
Posted By FlyingTom

Well put Sully. It has affected me too. ...

Well put Sully.

It has affected me too.

Pension cut 50% (Barp dc scheme), pay cut imminent?

BA pilot!

And Willy would like me to suggest ways I could give back more because there's is...
Forum: Cabin Crew
23rd Jan 2009, 13:04
Replies: 371
Views: 49,650
Posted By FlyingTom

Hmm. After operation Columbine-High has blown...

Hmm. After operation Columbine-High has blown through, I wonder which staff group will be looked at next? I'm for the cabin crew on this one. If profit is good for business then how come austerity...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Jan 2009, 12:41
Replies: 47
Views: 23,806
Posted By FlyingTom

Why can't we outsource the managers? I think...

Why can't we outsource the managers?

I think if you look at their pay deals they are a bit overpaid. Lets get some bob-a-job managers to run things. :)
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2009, 10:12
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,060,372
Posted By FlyingTom

The Waterbus has a ditching pushbutton that...

The Waterbus has a ditching pushbutton that closes all the vents/outflow valve etc. Also the bleeds are turned off in the ditching 'with engines' procedure.

Well done everyone :)

oops, we...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2009, 22:35
Replies: 32
Views: 14,879
Posted By FlyingTom

I've flown at right angles 4000' beneath the...

I've flown at right angles 4000' beneath the course of an A380 on test so probably light, and had severe turbulence. There is definately something different about the A380's wake.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Oct 2008, 08:47
Replies: 93
Views: 31,577
Posted By FlyingTom

RoyHudd. That's interesting. I didn't know...

RoyHudd.

That's interesting. I didn't know OS had subcontractors working for them. If so it would certainly support this thread direction re sacrificial airline.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Oct 2008, 22:04
Replies: 42
Views: 13,987
Posted By FlyingTom

BA mainline only pays 11.9% towards your pension...

BA mainline only pays 11.9% towards your pension these days.

The guy who helped set the dc pension up now runs OpenSkies!
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Sep 2008, 11:37
Replies: 1
Views: 678
Posted By FlyingTom

The insurance was always capped anyway unlike...

The insurance was always capped anyway unlike another pilots' association which has uncapped insurance.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Sep 2008, 11:32
Replies: 3,326
Views: 1,390,069
Posted By FlyingTom

The 75 and 74 fleets have been deemed in surplus...

The 75 and 74 fleets have been deemed in surplus for Captains, so those Captains affected are bidding onto other fleets as Captains. Someone questioned if it would be better to bid LHS to RHS on the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Aug 2008, 10:23
Replies: 3,326
Views: 1,390,069
Posted By FlyingTom

I have to take the reciprical view to EGKK. ...

I have to take the reciprical view to EGKK.

The plan is reactive and all announcements are to support increases in passenger fares, squeezing the employees for greater productivity and generally...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Jul 2008, 09:08
Replies: 272
Views: 38,948
Posted By FlyingTom

Just to clarify NO WAY BA was to counter BA's...

Just to clarify NO WAY BA was to counter BA's proposed average salary pension. That would have had a big effect on a 24 pay point scale like the pilots'.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Jul 2008, 22:31
Replies: 272
Views: 38,948
Posted By FlyingTom

I'm with Bermudatriangle and the economists. ...

I'm with Bermudatriangle and the economists.

BA really think oil will peak at $190. Their wails of dispair are intended to cause stress and achieve concessions from employees and shareholders.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Jul 2008, 22:04
Replies: 272
Views: 38,948
Posted By FlyingTom

:D There is a bit of a purge going on as we...

:D

There is a bit of a purge going on as we speak though, it just highlights how disconnected Waterworld is from operations that no one has noticed.

There are redundancies in HR, IM(IT!),...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
17th Jun 2008, 18:16
Replies: 194
Views: 26,228
Posted By FlyingTom

Absolutely, I'd do it again. I was a 30 yr...

Absolutely, I'd do it again.

I was a 30 yr old career changer back in 2000. I remember WWW (thanks) on PPRUNE back then. I started as FlyingTomato, named after the VW Beetle I slogged up to...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Jun 2008, 16:40
Replies: 3,326
Views: 1,390,069
Posted By FlyingTom

The BA recruitment process takes you rapidly from...

The BA recruitment process takes you rapidly from Hero to Zero.

Once in you realise that the company value you less than the CSD, you are branded with 2 stripes for 4 years to remind you, your...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th May 2008, 17:34
Replies: 71
Views: 8,303
Posted By FlyingTom

April the 15th was when BALPA showed support for...

April the 15th was when BALPA showed support for others. Only it was just BA members that bothered to show up. If my memory serves correctly (it does) the only other support was from Air Lingus.
...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th May 2008, 09:06
Replies: 71
Views: 8,303
Posted By FlyingTom

Yet. One 757 is not going to have much...

Yet.

One 757 is not going to have much effect. Try 24 787's.
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2008, 08:44
Replies: 48
Views: 11,971
Posted By FlyingTom

Where are all you journo's when there is a real...

Where are all you journo's when there is a real story???

WILLIE DID NOT HEROICALLY TURN TURN DOWN HIS BONUS, HE NEVER TRIGGERED IT. Print that.

This man has has no dignity, he's still...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th May 2008, 11:26
Replies: 48
Views: 11,971
Posted By FlyingTom

Brain you are right. He should have stayed a...

Brain you are right.

He should have stayed a mortal pilot, he has clearly overstretched himself.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th May 2008, 16:13
Replies: 41
Views: 12,254
Posted By FlyingTom

Did you say it happened on the old GBee Beehive...

Did you say it happened on the old GBee Beehive side of the airport ?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th May 2008, 19:49
Replies: 3,326
Views: 1,390,069
Posted By FlyingTom

Fil Yes you are right. The numbers in the...

Fil

Yes you are right. The numbers in the list refer to predicted retirement numbers based purely on the number of pilots reaching 55 each year. The numbers in brackets were the actual seniority...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2008, 10:49
Replies: 166
Views: 66,698
Posted By FlyingTom

Capt Burkill hasn't contacted the media. The...

Capt Burkill hasn't contacted the media.

The first time it was cabin crew colleagues with some saucy pictures to sell. :ok:

This time it was someone who knew him.

If the Mirror had spoken...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2008, 09:25
Replies: 7
Views: 3,857
Posted By FlyingTom

HW: You have hit the nail on the head....

HW:



You have hit the nail on the head. This is BA's approach to customer service. A BA manager sacked all the outstation ground staff 2 years ago (I think it's referred to as outsourcing). ...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Apr 2008, 09:24
Replies: 166
Views: 66,698
Posted By FlyingTom

By definition whatever Capt Burkill, SFO Coward...

By definition whatever Capt Burkill, SFO Coward and the heavy did was correct as no one died on an a/c that tried to kill them. The criticisms are about finer points, which are several magnitudes of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Apr 2008, 08:57
Replies: 3,326
Views: 1,390,069
Posted By FlyingTom

Attrition since 2006 at 31st March:

Retirement went from age 55 to 65 in 2007, it seems to have reduced retirements by about 30/year so far. Those 30/year will mostly be spread over a rolling next 5 years as most will go at about 60. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2008, 09:40
Replies: 116
Views: 14,081
Posted By FlyingTom

C.P Training in Cranebank with their own...

C.P
Training in Cranebank with their own checkers. Admittedly some ex BA early retirees.

SR71
I agree with your observation, why did BALPA not stop the rot from below, or even notice ? I don't...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2008, 09:09
Replies: 6
Views: 3,226
Posted By FlyingTom

Pleasure. Well someone has got to stand up for...

Pleasure. Well someone has got to stand up for our customers rights and it isn't going to be these management pirates, it's right to go over their heads and petition the investors.

Unions have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Apr 2008, 16:17
Replies: 456
Views: 67,497
Posted By FlyingTom

RBS are a big corporate customer of BA. Hope...

RBS are a big corporate customer of BA. Hope they are going to fry Willie at their next meeting.

Probably looking for a discount on their BACF LCY-EDI shuttle. The banking world is a towering...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Apr 2008, 08:00
Replies: 456
Views: 67,497
Posted By FlyingTom

WW All my finest irony was wasted on you :{ ...

WW

All my finest irony was wasted on you :{

Skipness.

Add huge number of case lawyers to that list!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Apr 2008, 22:56
Replies: 456
Views: 67,497
Posted By FlyingTom

If you walk through BA HQ, Waterwold, in uniform...

If you walk through BA HQ, Waterwold, in uniform or displaying an airside pass you become concious of hundreds of aggressive eyes peering at you from behind capuccinos with the question "what's he...
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