Holiday Trauma - Thomas Cook Airline Crew on strike
Discussion
I had a wider smile as I typed the post above. Childish I know, but. 
Jockman said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Not sure, must depend on the airline, but I know someone who works for Qantas and it seems fairly good. Long haul flight out (albeit looking after business and first class in this case). Then 2-3 days in a nice hotel in a hot place waiting for the return leg and a nice little daily living allowance/stipend to go with it (which apparently most of them do their utmost to save completely rather than actually use it). For 12 hours working the aisle twice a week its not that bad.
The Thomas Cook example is more applicable...."Unite said a cabin crew member will typically work 10 to 15 hour shifts and up to 60 hours a week.
Duties include pre-flight preparations, safety and security checks, passenger boarding, in-flight service of headsets, drinks, food, duty free sales and other promotions, such as scratch cards."
Gargamel said:
Surely know one really expects people to work a fifteen hour shift on a planned basis
I think you find that there's quite a few airline staff on shifts around 15 hours - in early (5am ?) ready for the first flights out and not off again until about 8pm (?) after the early evening rush.Robertj21a said:
I think you find that there's quite a few airline staff on shifts around 15 hours - in early (5am ?) ready for the first flights out and not off again until about 8pm (?) after the early evening rush.
Well colour me surprised. Not least that many employees would accept those terms. They seem unnecessary, it would make more sense to have a greater total workforce working less hours. I accept the training costs would be higher, but I suspect they must have additional staff anyway, since Working Time Directive would kick in fairly quickly on repeated 15 hour shifts.
Is it one of those where if you pull 15 hours you don't work the next day ?
Jockman said:
I know that Emirates have a clever clock in system for their cabin crew. When the wheels leave the ground, pay starts. When the wheels touch the ground again, pay stops.
Stuck on the tarmac, waiting an hour? No pay.
Ryanair is the same, wheels up to wheels down is pay time.Stuck on the tarmac, waiting an hour? No pay.
speedchick said:
Ryanair is the same, wheels up to wheels down is pay time.
As an aside, in the last 12 months I've flown with Ethiad, Virgin, Emirates, Monarch and Thompson. The best cabin crew service I received was with Thompson, with Monarch not far behind. Perhaps I just expected that bit more from the others and it wasn't forthcoming.
Jockman said:
As an aside, in the last 12 months I've flown with Ethiad, Virgin, Emirates, Monarch and Thompson.
The best cabin crew service I received was with Thompson, with Monarch not far behind. Perhaps I just expected that bit more from the others and it wasn't forthcoming.
BA World Traveller is unbelievably inconsistent. It varies between just about acceptable and 'how the hell did she get a job working with customers'.The best cabin crew service I received was with Thompson, with Monarch not far behind. Perhaps I just expected that bit more from the others and it wasn't forthcoming.
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