Sippo
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I ain't gettin on no plane fool
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« on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 07:44:12 » |
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I've bitten my tongue for too long now, and is starting to annoy me. Just get back to work you lazy gob-shites!
One of the wifes friends said it spot on...
'You think you've got low pay and awful working conditions, then think of all those dedicated soldiers in Afghanistan! They're not on strike!'
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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Barry Scott
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 08:15:28 » |
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My Dad's wife is a purser and she has many friends who are also cabin crew. Every single person she knows didn't want to strike. Many of them also hate Unite. They also wanted to cross the picket line, but this just leads to a work environment that is near impossible to put up with. My old man, who knows more about it than me, explained that it's nothing more than a load of dickwaving between the egos that are Willy Walsh and the twats up top in Unite. Apparently Unite have neither the interests of BA or it's staff in it's mind, but just alike to flex their muscles at Willy Walsh. Think what your wife's friend says is stupid though.  |
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Colin Todd
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 08:15:58 » |
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I agree.
Especially as the cabin crew strike seems to be bsed on the fact they are asked to do a bit more work on a flight for the best pay and conditions in the industry. For fucks sake, you serve drinks and food. If you crash they you're pretty much fucked anyway so i dont see how it has anything to do with safety
I had more sympathy for the post office strikers, and thats really saying something.
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Nemo
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:09:28 » |
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The one thing I don't quite get, is that if Unite have as much influence in the Labour Party as the Daily Heil and co claim they do, why would they strike now, right before an election?
Willie Walsh is clearly a massive twunt, how he's kept his job I'll never quite know. That said, it seems unwise to strike considering the financial sitaution BA is in to start with.
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:31:03 » |
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I've bitten my tongue for too long now, and is starting to annoy me. Just get back to work you lazy gob-shites!
One of the wifes friends said it spot on...
I wonder what slaves were told when they got captured.??.."You lucky people!!".
There is always somebody worse off than you.....thats not the issue here.
'You think you've got low pay and awful working conditions, then think of all those dedicated soldiers in Afghanistan! They're not on strike!'
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Arriba
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 13:27:22 » |
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i'm on the side of the strikers. other peoples jobs are irrelivant
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 13:41:27 » |
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If they don't like it they should go work for another airline. Oh wait, they won't because they get paid the most of any airline.
They are kicking up a fuss because they'll have to work a bit harder, it has been established that BA have been overstaffing flights in comparison to other airlines, so the amount of additional work is hardly unmanageable. The other contractual issues are just tough shit, no matter what they are used to or expect.
People are flying with budget airlines now. Cost is more important than service, that argument doesn't stack up.
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Arriba
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 14:54:22 » |
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yeah they earn loads. £11 grand basic,now with more work and less benefits.
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 14:56:21 » |
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yeah they earn loads. £11 grand basic,now with more work and less benefits.
Fuck off is it. The average salary for BA cabin crew is something ridiculous like £30,000 when taking into account bonuses and expenses/allowances etc. |
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Arriba
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« Reply #9 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 14:57:28 » |
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fuck off it is.i said basic
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Sippo
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I ain't gettin on no plane fool
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:02:08 » |
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And free flights for family members don't forget....
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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sheepshagger
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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:06:48 » |
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Arriba you cant talk about basic - its an overall package that counts....
The reason their basic is low is because they get paid flight time etc.... - and their job is flying so they are going to get it !
And that Scottish twat Brown is so far up Unite's arse that he is too scared to do anything to try and help.......
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Nemo
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« Reply #12 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:06:54 » |
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Not any more.
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Barry Scott
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« Reply #13 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:14:48 » |
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Cabin crew don't get free flights to family members. They will often get discounted for immediate family in limited number and children below 23. Pilots do, but they're not striking. Also £30k might be something the papers like to throw around, but your everyday cabin crew member doesn't earn that. My Dad's wife is 43, has been with BA for ages and she's a purser, she earns about that.
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Arriba
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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 15:17:14 » |
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the sun said it, so it must be true.
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