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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #870 on: April 02, 2013, 10:20:57 AM »
I really can't see this late shift lasting; at 9.15, 12 of us leave - that's 4 offload teams. That only leaves about 8 permanent members of staff plus about 8 new temps who can't drive any of the vehicles yet. As at 22:00 there were still 37 more flights to come in - most of them the "biggies" - Dalaman, Sharm, Hurghada, Paphos etc.

They're well and truly fecked. Apparently last night planes were on the ground for over an hour before anyone got to them - what a shambles.

I predict my new late shift will be 16.30 - 01:00 and that will start within a fortnight.

Oh, and I had a suitcase today with "Guaranteed for 5 years" emblazoned on it.  The manufacturer really shouldn't set me challenges like that... whistle:

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Why on earth did they change the shifts like that...?  noooo:

I have no idea - there's no contingency built in either. If everything gets delayed for a couple of hours (say if French Air Traffic strike) then we would still be trying to send planes out at 23:00 which we couldn't do as most of the pushback drivers and headsets men would hae gone home  noooo:

Still, plenty of overtime for me  ;D Friday, Saturday and Sunday I'm doing 10 hours overtime each day, Monday and Tuesday 3 hours an probably 7 1/2 on Wednesday  :thumbsup:

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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #871 on: April 02, 2013, 11:55:37 AM »
Phrases I rarely use:  "thankfully, our next flights are from Heathrow"
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #872 on: April 02, 2013, 12:00:58 PM »
I am hoping to go to Pink Sis's place in Spain (reasonable rates) next month, arriving the day Pasties leaves. East Midlands  :thumbsup:
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #873 on: April 02, 2013, 12:03:23 PM »
. . . East Midlands  :thumbsup:
noooo:    Bastard airport with a sodding supermarket in the middle of it and an information desk that will not tell you where the Avis car rental is because they were having a disagreement with Avis


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« Reply #874 on: April 02, 2013, 12:04:45 PM »
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #875 on: April 02, 2013, 12:19:51 PM »
It was 2010 so maybe all better now.  Very embarrassing though as I was flying in from Edinburgh with senior guy from USA and we had to go play hunt the car rental.  Seems Avis were refusing to pay an increased access fee for their discourtesy buses.
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #876 on: April 02, 2013, 03:21:34 PM »
It was 2010 so maybe all better now.  Very embarrassing though as I was flying in from Edinburgh with senior guy from USA and we had to go play hunt the car rental.  Seems Avis were refusing to pay an increased access fee for their discourtesy buses.

No buses to/from planes in Pafos now...  noooo:

They put the price up and the airlines refused to pay it... result = no buses... Walk to the plane.
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #877 on: April 02, 2013, 03:23:46 PM »
It was 2010 so maybe all better now.  Very embarrassing though as I was flying in from Edinburgh with senior guy from USA and we had to go play hunt the car rental.  Seems Avis were refusing to pay an increased access fee for their discourtesy buses.

No buses to/from planes in Pafos now...  noooo:

They put the price up and the airlines refused to pay it... result = no buses... Walk to the plane.

They  got cattle pens now...... rubschin:

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« Reply #878 on: April 02, 2013, 03:24:14 PM »
It was 2010 so maybe all better now.  Very embarrassing though as I was flying in from Edinburgh with senior guy from USA and we had to go play hunt the car rental.  Seems Avis were refusing to pay an increased access fee for their discourtesy buses.

No buses to/from planes in Pafos now...  noooo:

They put the price up and the airlines refused to pay it... result = no buses... Walk to the plane.

They  got cattle pens now...... rubschin:

Indeed...  noooo:
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #879 on: April 02, 2013, 03:31:49 PM »
If memory serves,  it was not a long bus journey - a minute or so. Hardly a long walk :P

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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #880 on: April 02, 2013, 03:33:25 PM »
If memory serves,  it was not a long bus journey - a minute or so. Hardly a long walk :P

Not for us maybe, but for you, with those little legs . . .  whistle:
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« Reply #881 on: April 02, 2013, 03:33:55 PM »
If memory serves,  it was not a long bus journey - a minute or so. Hardly a long walk :P

For normal sized legs....  whistle:
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« Reply #882 on: April 02, 2013, 03:35:20 PM »
If memory serves,  it was not a long bus journey - a minute or so. Hardly a long walk :P

For normal sized legs....  whistle:

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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #883 on: April 02, 2013, 03:36:17 PM »
If memory serves,  it was not a long bus journey - a minute or so. Hardly a long walk :P

For normal sized legs....  whistle:

Beat you to it.     point:

I was searching for the name of those baby luggage things that you pull them along on....  redface:
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Re: TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread
« Reply #884 on: April 02, 2013, 03:37:05 PM »
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