Virgin pilots discontent
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Virgin pilots discontent
Anyone know why virgin pilots are talking of industrial action. I recently sat behind a couple of them on the car-park bus, and they seemed very upset at something their management are doing. Redundancy perhaps? Whats the rumour?
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"Virgin pilots discontent"
Oh really!! They should think themselves fortunate they have a job at present, or does the world owe them a living?
If that is true then my advise for them is to stop winging and go find another job if things are not to their satisfaction at VS. I say to them, welcome to the "real world" where redundancies and furloughs for the rest of us mere mortals are a fact of life.
Virgin and BA are not immune to the realities of these bad times (worse to come). Jobs for life are a thing of the past, for a lot of us.
Oh really!! They should think themselves fortunate they have a job at present, or does the world owe them a living?
If that is true then my advise for them is to stop winging and go find another job if things are not to their satisfaction at VS. I say to them, welcome to the "real world" where redundancies and furloughs for the rest of us mere mortals are a fact of life.
Virgin and BA are not immune to the realities of these bad times (worse to come). Jobs for life are a thing of the past, for a lot of us.
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dublo wanquer knows no other way to write; it's the same whatever the subject. If you have lost the will to live and more time on your unemployed hands then search his or her (I suspect a him) posts and see what I mean.
I suspect the pilots were moaning at the fact that they weren't chosen for the TV ad with all the glamour puss models in tight skirts.
I suspect the pilots were moaning at the fact that they weren't chosen for the TV ad with all the glamour puss models in tight skirts.
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Yes. Don't earwig on other peoples conversation and then report on Pprune.
Would you like it if someone listened in on YOUR conversation with a colleague and then posted it.
Get a life my friend and button up.
And no I'm not a VS employee!!
Don't take this the wrong way. End of.
Rgds
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Would you like it if someone listened in on YOUR conversation with a colleague and then posted it.
Get a life my friend and button up.
And no I'm not a VS employee!!
Don't take this the wrong way. End of.
Rgds
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Show me a pilot, no matter how good their job seems to be, who hasn't been pissed off by their company's management at sometime or other, and I will officially be astounded.
But -anker has a point. I was pissed off enough by Virgin Atlantic to leave. A good move as it turned out to be.
But -anker has a point. I was pissed off enough by Virgin Atlantic to leave. A good move as it turned out to be.
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Dan W
Cor you must have been p**sed off! I worked for VS back in the good old days of the classic. What a fantastic place to work, we were the envy of many airlines. I know things have since changed and not necessarily for the better but hey a job at the moment is surely good. IF they are talking about action to maintain their pay and conditions then fair play to them in the current days where our job as aircrew is being de-valued by the bean counters and the glut of european 'imports' who think the pay is good compared to where they come from flooding the market and taking away jobs from the UK boys, and susequently keeping pay low because they are earning a 'fortune' compared to back home (EEU open doors s**t) Any action has my support to maintain all T's and C's.
European Guys this is not a personal attack on you. I would do the same if the grass was greener on the other side
Rgds
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Cor you must have been p**sed off! I worked for VS back in the good old days of the classic. What a fantastic place to work, we were the envy of many airlines. I know things have since changed and not necessarily for the better but hey a job at the moment is surely good. IF they are talking about action to maintain their pay and conditions then fair play to them in the current days where our job as aircrew is being de-valued by the bean counters and the glut of european 'imports' who think the pay is good compared to where they come from flooding the market and taking away jobs from the UK boys, and susequently keeping pay low because they are earning a 'fortune' compared to back home (EEU open doors s**t) Any action has my support to maintain all T's and C's.
European Guys this is not a personal attack on you. I would do the same if the grass was greener on the other side
Rgds
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Yes. Don't earwig on other peoples conversation and then report on PPRuNe.
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Hey Toxic of Tunbridge, I think we are on the same wavelength!!
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Mods please lock this thread. What the Virgin boys want is up to them. Don't let the earwiggers interfere.
Rgds
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Mods please lock this thread. What the Virgin boys want is up to them. Don't let the earwiggers interfere.
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Merge and Purge.
Could it be about seniority following the VS/BMI merger
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Its all about pay. the pilots rejected an offer from the company so the company decided not to give them a pay rise this year. Obviously the Cabin Crew can expect the same.
No redundancies for pilots or Cabin Crew yet
No redundancies for pilots or Cabin Crew yet
