BA to lease 9 Qatar A320s + crews during strike
Jun 23, 2017, 1:14 am
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If I were BA I would be very nervous about putting my customers in Qatar (domestic) First seats! They will soon realise what they are missing .....
Slightly surprised that Qatar have enough short-haul crew with permission to work in the UK.
Slightly surprised that Qatar have enough short-haul crew with permission to work in the UK.
Jun 23, 2017, 1:15 am
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EDIT: I see you've now edited your post, which makes my reply a little redundant.
Jun 23, 2017, 1:15 am
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Jun 23, 2017, 1:20 am
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Surely any self respecting crew would refuse to work these services? As it's breaking and undermining their colleagues in another company who are in dispute with their employer?
Jun 23, 2017, 1:32 am
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Jun 23, 2017, 1:40 am
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In fact if they are self respecting they will probably grab the chance because unless there is a thaw soon in the Qatar position they might be laid off.
Jun 23, 2017, 1:40 am
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Presumably the Qatar crews are on reduced flight schedules or at risk of being laid off with an idle A320/321 fleet. Not illogical that they'd be happy to work the Qatar planes on a BA schedule in those circumstances.
Jun 23, 2017, 2:35 am
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A number of posts have been removed which described the political situation in the Middle East and the issue of human rights for employees. Those subjects are not suitable material for the BA board and can only live in OMNI/PR for those with access rights.
Please keep to the core subject of BA's decision to seek wet lease permission for QR aircraft, not the side issues.
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Please keep to the core subject of BA's decision to seek wet lease permission for QR aircraft, not the side issues.
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Jun 23, 2017, 3:09 am
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Qatar has LOTS of eastern european crew who have every right to work in the UK. I strongly doubt this would be an issue.
Jun 23, 2017, 4:51 am
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But you assume these crew are used on long-haul where their language skills are more useful. Logically Qatar would staff short-haul with local crew (and you can only work on an aircraft type on which you have been trained).
Jun 23, 2017, 5:03 am
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