Flybe to aquire BA Connect. Crew thread. (No Spotters)-(Part 2)
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In connection with the base closure at BRS, interesting to note that Jim French did not even play lip service to his statutory obligation to notify/consult with any union before announcing closure.
I smell BS too
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Rumour has it that the letter from flybe closing the BRS base will be sent to us this week and back dated to whatever date last week they choose.
If they are able to do this it suggests to me that the upper echelons of BALPA have been nobbled by either Monsieur FB or Honest Paddy.
If they are able to do this it suggests to me that the upper echelons of BALPA have been nobbled by either Monsieur FB or Honest Paddy.
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Another flame from Borat the Pilot
Ghengis Cant Very amusing Resurgam......Your talent is clearly wasted on the flight deck!
Too rite m8,
Flite deck works betta without him
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The Exeter Bash?
From the other side of the cockpit door, may I ask were any of you at the 'Welcome to Flybe' event at Exeter a week or so ago? It was, so my spies tell me very professional, everyone was very welcoming to the ex BACON folk attending, apart from one important person in cabin services?
No one is spilling who it was however, any ideas chaps??
No one is spilling who it was however, any ideas chaps??
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Good grief!! Fancy meeting you here OFB!! You've just had a go at me for being an engineer on the Cabin Crew thread, and here you are on here. More to the point OFB, a slightly different angle to your other posts!! What's this, trying to be level-headed and having a chip on both shoulders!! Can I just say to all the ex-BAcon guys and Galls, flight deck, CC, ops etc, etc,...oh yes, and the scum of the earth, (that's the engineers, I know 'cos I are one), welcome to the company. Let's give it a good bash. There are difficult times ahead for ALL of us. But please, don't bring any preconceived malicious thoughts across! If you don't want to work for FLYBE then...don't, no doubt Richard B, MOL etc are waiting with bated breathes for your applications!! Hope to get to meet and have a beer or two with some of you in the near future...even OFB!
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Hallo Beaverman! How strange, just posted on the CC thread, moved over to look at this andhere you are. Please read my cc post, its spooky, over there I offer to buy you beer! First one's on you then?
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I was in Exeter today.
Being an ex bacon guy ( from midnight tonight ) It was welcoming to meet a flybe, and now fellow colleague, make an effort and come over and welcome me to flybe.
I didn't want to add to all the bitching before.
As that all seems to have finished, on this thread, and all those who said the deal would never have been done have gone silent, I am one of probably many who have sat back and watched It all happen without giving THEIR OWN PERSONNAL OPINION.
I for one will be a "flybe person" NOT "When I worked at BA connect person"
Being an ex bacon guy ( from midnight tonight ) It was welcoming to meet a flybe, and now fellow colleague, make an effort and come over and welcome me to flybe.
I didn't want to add to all the bitching before.
As that all seems to have finished, on this thread, and all those who said the deal would never have been done have gone silent, I am one of probably many who have sat back and watched It all happen without giving THEIR OWN PERSONNAL OPINION.
I for one will be a "flybe person" NOT "When I worked at BA connect person"
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Well we now know.
The seniority lists will be merged by date of joining the individual company.
This means alot of BACON pilots go straight onto the 195.
I perdict a riot as well.
The seniority lists will be merged by date of joining the individual company.
This means alot of BACON pilots go straight onto the 195.
I perdict a riot as well.
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I predict a riot? Nah not right now at any rate. But what I do smell is someone stirring the honeytruck.
No idea where you get your info from Modderator but its nothing like the info we are hearing from the company council. The seniority issue is still being negotiated.
No idea where you get your info from Modderator but its nothing like the info we are hearing from the company council. The seniority issue is still being negotiated.
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Modderator. You are a liar. Please note no asterisks. Your information is wrong. meetings re seniority continue. Another is scheduled for thursday 29th March. Legal advice would preclude what you suggest has been decided.
I REALLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE
Would the moderators please consider preventing "Modderator" from making any further posts in the T&Cs forum.
The forums rules ask that we all behave in a professional and ethical manner when we make posts. For the past number of weeks all of the posts made by "Modderator" re. Flybe/BACON have been based on disinformation with the sole aim of stirring up trouble in what is an already difficult and stressful situation for many.
I understand that PPruNe and the moderators have to strike a balance between freedom of expression and censorship of harmful material. It seems to me that letting "Modderator" post complete drivel on the website serves only to devalue PPruNe. Just a thought.
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The forums rules ask that we all behave in a professional and ethical manner when we make posts. For the past number of weeks all of the posts made by "Modderator" re. Flybe/BACON have been based on disinformation with the sole aim of stirring up trouble in what is an already difficult and stressful situation for many.
I understand that PPruNe and the moderators have to strike a balance between freedom of expression and censorship of harmful material. It seems to me that letting "Modderator" post complete drivel on the website serves only to devalue PPruNe. Just a thought.
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modderator,
whilst you are entitled to your views as much as anybody and you seem so sure of your information, I would ask that you effectively resign yourself from future postings on this forum if your 'source' subsequently proves unreliable! That's fair isn't it?
On the other hand you might be right on the seniority issue in which case everybody will owe you an apology!!
whilst you are entitled to your views as much as anybody and you seem so sure of your information, I would ask that you effectively resign yourself from future postings on this forum if your 'source' subsequently proves unreliable! That's fair isn't it?
On the other hand you might be right on the seniority issue in which case everybody will owe you an apology!!
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Why are you so correct? I happen to have access to a lot of information that you sky monkeys don't. I know for a fact the seniority lists are being merged. Not my fault you don't like the situation. You bus drivers gossip from the start of a duty till the end of a duty, you think the more you talk up a situation the more chance it has of becoming reality.
Why you are so bothered about seniority lists is beyond me. The way I see it is,
a. The company will do what it has to do regardless of seniority lists.
b. You all love flying Dash 8's. So moving to the E-jet is not an issue.
c. It's not about money because you all want to live in the regions.
d. It's not about leave because the company will allocate it if it doesn't suit them.
The only possible reason is, it's something to gossip about during your 2 hour turnarounds in Norwich.
I promise you, the seniority lists do not mean a thing. Look at the top of the list and you will see senior Jockeys still flying around in a Dash8. The reason? The company cannot afford for them to go on the Jet. Jet drivers are easily available and nobody wants to fly a prop. Period.
Why you are so bothered about seniority lists is beyond me. The way I see it is,
a. The company will do what it has to do regardless of seniority lists.
b. You all love flying Dash 8's. So moving to the E-jet is not an issue.
c. It's not about money because you all want to live in the regions.
d. It's not about leave because the company will allocate it if it doesn't suit them.
The only possible reason is, it's something to gossip about during your 2 hour turnarounds in Norwich.
I promise you, the seniority lists do not mean a thing. Look at the top of the list and you will see senior Jockeys still flying around in a Dash8. The reason? The company cannot afford for them to go on the Jet. Jet drivers are easily available and nobody wants to fly a prop. Period.
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Moderrator.
Well worked out - the seniority lists will be merged!! Don't think anyone ever expect a deal to be done whereby BACon company council agreed to have all their pilots placed at the bottom of the list.
But what you posted earlier was they were being merged by date of joining. Well DOJ will come into it, but no doubt in some complicated factored way with an equation to work out what each pilots DOJ is worth on the new list, so as not to massively disadvantage Flybe pilots.
Even the lady in the canteen knows they will merge!
Well worked out - the seniority lists will be merged!! Don't think anyone ever expect a deal to be done whereby BACon company council agreed to have all their pilots placed at the bottom of the list.
But what you posted earlier was they were being merged by date of joining. Well DOJ will come into it, but no doubt in some complicated factored way with an equation to work out what each pilots DOJ is worth on the new list, so as not to massively disadvantage Flybe pilots.
Even the lady in the canteen knows they will merge!
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Originally Posted by bermudasriangle
what fun the summer schedule will provide.Good luck to all of you trying to make this circus run like an on time regional airline....
The vast majority of BE departures out of EDI were late yesterday, similar pattern at GLA and BHX.