Rumours: announcement Friday, MAN unions involved
Oct 22, 2008, 8:32 am
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Rumours: announcement Friday, MAN unions involved
PPrune has come alive with chatter...
http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...mi-friday.html
...not all of it useful, but:
http://www.pprune.org/airlines-airpo...mi-friday.html
...not all of it useful, but:
An "Insider" tells me that all the unions have been called in to a meeting at the hall on Friday after which an announcement will be made to the press, if this involves all employee groups it may be something more significant than just moving the 330s to Heathrow Hopefully it will have a positive spin !
I don't know who your "insider" is, but it was never all unions summoned to the meeting at Donington Hall - only unions connected with Manchester.
You can all draw your own conclusions from that, but you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out that it was bad news!
You can all draw your own conclusions from that, but you don't have to be a rocket scientist to work out that it was bad news!
Oct 22, 2008, 8:41 am
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I have watched the few pprune threads going on this week, but in typical pprune fashion, a lot of them come to nothing.
If it is the mooted MAN long-haul cull, then my thoughts are with some of the excellent bmi staff on the ground and in the air. Hopefully it is just rumours though, but let's wait and see.
If it is the mooted MAN long-haul cull, then my thoughts are with some of the excellent bmi staff on the ground and in the air. Hopefully it is just rumours though, but let's wait and see.
Oct 22, 2008, 9:05 am
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If it's the LHR move, which I suspect it will be, I would also presume that'll be the end of ORD unless there's a deal with UA to take over one daily rotation. We all know UA want aircraft for other routes.
For bmi to go solo to ORD would be as suicidal as going to JFK !
For bmi to go solo to ORD would be as suicidal as going to JFK !
Oct 22, 2008, 12:27 pm
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Oct 22, 2008, 12:30 pm
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EDIT. Or not.. -_-
Oct 22, 2008, 2:54 pm
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Oct 23, 2008, 3:43 pm
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If it's the LHR move, which I suspect it will be, I would also presume that'll be the end of ORD unless there's a deal with UA to take over one daily rotation. We all know UA want aircraft for other routes.
For bmi to go solo to ORD would be as suicidal as going to JFK !
For bmi to go solo to ORD would be as suicidal as going to JFK !
Oct 24, 2008, 10:43 am
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Oct 24, 2008, 10:43 am
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From pprune, may answer my own question...
It was posted on Tuesday that the Unions had all been told that the meeting on Friday was cancelled, so NO announcement was to be made. The meeting & announcement were not rumours - all union officials connected with Manchester were invited to be there at 1030 & the announcement was to be made at 1100.
Oct 24, 2008, 10:50 am
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