Originally Posted by
PUCCI GALORE
really sorry that there is this delineation between Mixed and WW. It should be one Fleet. I know all the reasons. As others here will know at times we have had pilots working as cabin crew when they were overmanned and they were paid pilot money. So custom and practice had already had people either end of the trolley earning different sums of money.
Had I had the opportunity I would have helped them in a heartbeat - but no - the Powers-That-Be decided that we might contaminate them. What with you may well ask.
The minute that you create separate entities then you create problems. I think that they all now have more experience - our colleagues at Gatwick have achieved this and so will they
So many of the Mixed Fleets benefits would never have been achieved though if this were the case. Whilst yes custom and practice had already had people either end of the trolly earning different sums of money, was there any custom and practice of either end of the trolley working to different standards, or taking part in different performance management processes?
I agree with and applaud your overall sentiment, that its a shame there is such division, but to realise the full benefits of MF (much more over and above reduced salaries) I can see how the balance in the end came down to separation of the two.