A330-200 to MUC in October?

[Travelpro72]

This may have already been covered but with the slowdown in int'l traffic is it possible that we'll see quite a few of our seasonal AND year round routes lose daily service? I know some are not daily but I wonder if they'll pull down service a bit.

 

[Whatnow?]

This may have already been covered but with the slowdown in int'l traffic is it possible that we'll see quite a few of our seasonal AND year round routes lose daily service? I know some are not daily but I wonder if they'll pull down service a bit.

The company released their 2009 T/A Seasonal Schedule this past week. All flights will operate daily with the exception of 4. BHX and SNN will operate 5 days a week, LIS will operate 6 days a week, and BCN to start will operate 4 days a week from 4/05-5/10 then going to daily after that for the rest of the season. The second daily FRA will be upgraded to an A330. That's it, no big suprises or cancellations!

 

[Travelpro72]

Ok so now my next question is if or should I say WHEN AFA wins the fight to have a crew rest area how will they do it with the 332 that is already delivered?

 

[beachboy]

This was written in 2007 by the IAM. CO has been down this road and won the arbitration. Why USAirways would take it down this path is beyond me. "IF/When" AFA wins they will have to block F/C seats on the route for a period of 12-18 months until the modifications are made. Moving water lines and electrics to accommodate the POD access.

The Crew Bunk Debacle
Are they on the way? After what seems to be an eternity, the first 777 is scheduled to be delivered in March with the crew rest facility finally installed.One thing is for sure, when the aircraft arrives, the company will be announcing the event much like they did the profit sharing checks. I wonder what photo ops the company has arranged. We won’t be there. It will be like taking credit for the war in Iraq. Years ago, in a nego-tiations session far, far, away, the company agreed to provide the workforce with cabin crew rest facilities upon ratification ofthe contract. If my memory serves me right, this was in the year 2000 at the beginning ofthe millennium. Soon after ratification, the company informed the Union that they were not going to install the bunks. Luckily for them they had an excuse. The excuse proved impossible for the Union to ignore, which was that the original bunks were notsafe due to a post contract change to the fire suppression design. The Union did however insist and prevail on bringing the company to the table which resulted in the Business First seats currently used. Crew rest seats are presently inadequate on Tel Aviv flights. So on the eve of this historic and long awaited event (holding your breath is notrecommended) the Union would like to remind the hard working flight attendants of Continental Airlines, that you and your Union negotiated the CrewBunks and any hoopla surrounding their delivery should be with the acknow-ledgement that they came at a price and that they are not manna from company heaven.

 

[A320 Driver]

You are better off not asking. All I know is the "envoy" cabin is tore up from the floor up" Something to do with the seats and bulkheads and walls won't be ready in time so they are trying improvise, then fix it 2 months later. And then when AFA wins the crew rest greivance (which CO has been down this road) so duuuh.....they will go from 20 business class seats to 15. Boy that crew rest pod down below looks cheap now huh?

Not much you could do to make that pod cheap. You ever been in one? On top of the weight it adds to the airplane, the ceiling height is 4 1/2 feet.

Pics look nice on the internet though.

A320 Driver B)

 

[beachboy]

I worked serveral airplanes that had real crew rest in the tail or below. Are you refering to the pilot rest on the 332 behind the cockpit or the Lower-Deck Mobile Crew-Rest? We need to lay down. How many people sleep or "rest" sitting upright? I know our girls look sometimes like cows but we don't all sleep like them.

 

[Itestwell]

I know our girls look sometimes like cows but we don't all sleep like them.

Nice.

 

[beachboy]

I revise the statement to none of us sleep like cows. The humor came out slightly off. Itestwell long time no see. I knew you had to be lurking under that glassy surface. Must be old home week around here.

 

[USstew23]

On top of the weight it adds to the airplane, the ceiling height is 4 1/2 feet.


A320 Driver B)

Well then all I can say is tuff s#!t to the people in charge!!! If it adds weight then maybe these poor passengers will get a reprieve and they will actually have to reduce the number of coach seats and passengers will actually be able to get into the row!! They have created the weight issues with the AB fleet themselves!

 

[Itestwell]

I revise the statement to none of us sleep like cows. The humor came out slightly off. Itestwell long time no see. I knew you had to be lurking under that glassy surface. Must be old home week around here.

:bleh:

 

[beachboy]

Oh Itest- STOP.....or I will get in a twitter with that tongue flapping. 😉 Back to the scheduled crew rest drama already in progress. The cost issue will really hit them when they loose 5 business class seats out of 20 for crew rest because they wanted to play cheapo. Heck Turkish Airways even has the pod on the 330-200. Sad really. The only people what could treat workers with more disdain is WALMART itself.

 

[autofixer]

I believe WALMART employees are happy and their company is very profitable.

http://boingboing.net/2009/02/01/life-at-walmart.html

LCC hates its employees and it is very unprofitable. Is there a correlation?

 

[beachboy]

WHAT!!!? I just spit my tea out on the screen!!! Walmart workers are so underpaid that thousands in every state get taxpayer assistance. Walmart even brags about getting away with it! Why offer healthcare when you should be using your state resources they say. And they have a fleet of private jets that at the HINT of union being on property they are like the NTSB go team from AR right to the store to install cameras and squash it on the spot. They alter time cards. It goes on and on. They claim they have great jobs with fulltime workers but what they don't tell you is fulltime at Walmart is 28 hours a week! I WILL NOT shop there and niether will a member of my family. They are pure evil PURE SIMPLE EVIL. Google it or if you have Encore channel watch the 2 hour film The High Cost of Low Price. They have old regional managers store employees and everyone telling what they are instructed to do.

 

[autofixer]

Talking about poor. How about E190 F/Os? Adjusted for a 40 hour week, they make $12.37 per hour. I think COSTCO starts their employees at $17 per hour. LCC steals time from its flight crews and has been doing so regularly for years, simular to altering time cards. Many LCC E190 F/Os are having to quit a go to work elsewhere...maybe WALMART, to make ends meet, since they are based away from home and have to buy hotel rooms or a crash pad at their domicile. At least WALMART employees get to go home at night. This company is pure evil. The crew rest facility debacle is just another in a long, long line of LCC kicking its employees in the teeth.

 

[ussnark]

WHAT!!!? I just spit my tea out on the screen!!! Walmart workers are so underpaid that thousands in every state get taxpayer assistance. Walmart even brags about getting away with it! Why offer healthcare when you should be using your state resources they say. And they have a fleet of private jets that at the HINT of union being on property they are like the NTSB go team from AR right to the store to install cameras and squash it on the spot. The alter time cards. It goes on and on. They claim they have great jobs will fulltime workers but what they don't tell you is fulltime at Walmart is 28 hours a week! I WILL NOT shop there and niether will a member of my family. They are pure evil PURE SIMPLE EVIL. Google it or if you have Encore channel watch the 2 hour film The High Cost of Low Price. They have old regional managers store employees and everyone telling what they are instructed to do.

I, personally, fill a cart with merchandise, then, before the check-out area, abandon the cart, which, likely requires Wal-Mart hire extra people. I do it wearing a pro-union t-shirt. Great way to spend 45 minutes. Obviously, those executives have no ideas who their fathers were.