BA Trial - Crew paid £10 to give aircraft 'light clean', save on cleaners
Mar 7, 2017, 3:18 am
#17
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Another example of the Skift Article "If one particular day we don’t come up with an idea to reduce our costs, then we’re not doing our job."
I'm sure there's a middle manager at Waterside towers somewhere who got their picture up on the "Cost Cut of the Week" wall-chart, a gold star and a free flight to Band 1 (HBO) to say well done.
I'm sure there's a middle manager at Waterside towers somewhere who got their picture up on the "Cost Cut of the Week" wall-chart, a gold star and a free flight to Band 1 (HBO) to say well done.
Mar 7, 2017, 3:23 am
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Mar 7, 2017, 3:26 am
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This is all fine when things run smoothly, but when you hit IRROPS (which happens all too frequently at LHR), aircraft get stuck off stand or down route holding for a slot, then the proverbial hits the fan (or gets stuck in the pan).
Mar 7, 2017, 3:33 am
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Do you have any other irrelevant analogies?
This is all fine when things run smoothly, but when you hit IRROPS (which happens all too frequently at LHR), aircraft get stuck off stand or down route holding for a slot, then the proverbial hits the fan (or gets stuck in the pan).
This is all fine when things run smoothly, but when you hit IRROPS (which happens all too frequently at LHR), aircraft get stuck off stand or down route holding for a slot, then the proverbial hits the fan (or gets stuck in the pan).
And the trial doesn't apply to LHR so that's irrelevant.
Emptying the toilets when the tanks are only 1/3rd full does seem to be a waste of money. Over half full then yes empty them wherever the plane is.
If a plane is doing short runs then empty them at LGW when they return to base.
Mar 7, 2017, 3:45 am
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The next step is that one or two of the cabin crew will be asked to clean the seats and two others to aid the boarding process so that BA can save labour cost in out stations. Qantas is doing this by using cabin crew to man the gate boarding process so I can see BA may wish to trial after Alex Cruz used every trick he knows and still can not achieve any result.
Mar 7, 2017, 3:46 am
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Is this story actually true anyway? I haven't heard a peep from any LGW crew friends. There was a payment years ago when cleaners couldn't get to aircraft without causing delay, are we sure this isn't just this?
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Mar 7, 2017, 3:47 am
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Mar 7, 2017, 4:09 am
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I'm sure they'll be coming up with another great idea soon enough. Didn't Ryanair cme up with the idea of charging for toilet access? Who knows what BA will jump on to next - bring your own hand soap? Perhaps a coin box to contribute to the fuel costs on top of fuel surcharges?
Mar 7, 2017, 5:38 am
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Does anyone actually read the last 2 lines of the story before posting?
It was certainly in place when I last operated out of LGW in the early 2000s, its a complete non story.
Last night British Airways told The Sun: “In the rare event that cleaners are delayed, our Gatwick cabin crew can carry out light cleaning of the cabin to ensure flights depart on time.
“This flexibility has been in place for many years and helps us keep our flights punctual.”
“This flexibility has been in place for many years and helps us keep our flights punctual.”
Mar 7, 2017, 5:43 am
#30
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It seems we have passed the point where you could comfortably come up with some sarcastic hyperbole about BA cost-cutting measures knowing full well it would be read as a joke. Now finally the truth is worse than the fiction - if anyone on FT had suggested this it would have been put in the trash (sorry).
I'm scared that someone at Waterside at the end of their tether will jokingly suggest something like making pax pay for speedy boarding, and AC will adopt that as his latest 'initiative'.
First they came for the cleaners.....
I'm scared that someone at Waterside at the end of their tether will jokingly suggest something like making pax pay for speedy boarding, and AC will adopt that as his latest 'initiative'.
First they came for the cleaners.....