TMR's all new "Tales from the Underworld" thread

[Barman]

Today I drink 5 or 6 pints, sleep until whenever, then wake up and drink some more with a take-away curry from Everest Spice (https://www.everestspice.co.uk/pages_about.html) then sleep again. 8937 to be operated by G-EZUP (bit of an old shitter) with 125 booked pax. Don't expect it to leave on time...it was 12 minutes late getting off the blocks on its first flight to Malaga today.

Arse! 

[The Moan Ranger]

Today I drink 5 or 6 pints, sleep until whenever, then wake up and drink some more with a take-away curry from Everest Spice (https://www.everestspice.co.uk/pages_about.html) then sleep again. 8937 to be operated by G-EZUP (bit of an old shitter) with 125 booked pax. Don't expect it to leave on time...it was 12 minutes late getting off the blocks on its first flight to Malaga today.

Arse! 

Yeah, but that's "block time" and it's veeery generous to allow airlines not to get fined by the regulators. Time made up in the air usually compensates a long was to recovery.

[Barman]

Today I drink 5 or 6 pints, sleep until whenever, then wake up and drink some more with a take-away curry from Everest Spice (https://www.everestspice.co.uk/pages_about.html) then sleep again. 8937 to be operated by G-EZUP (bit of an old shitter) with 125 booked pax. Don't expect it to leave on time...it was 12 minutes late getting off the blocks on its first flight to Malaga today.

Arse! 

Yeah, but that's "block time" and it's veeery generous to allow airlines not to get fined by the regulators. Time made up in the air usually compensates a long was to recovery.

Nearly at Malaga... 

[The Moan Ranger]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

[Barman]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

[The Moan Ranger]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

[Barman]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

[The Moan Ranger]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

On the upside, it's planned on an A321 and not many of them get cancelled 

[Barman]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

On the upside, it's planned on an A321 and not many of them get cancelled 

 

[apc2010]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

Extra day to clean...

[Barman]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

Extra day to clean...

I dunno... If they are cancelling so many flights how likely is it to find another empty aircraft...? 

[apc2010]

Today I drink 5 or 6 pints, sleep until whenever, then wake up and drink some more with a take-away curry from Everest Spice (https://www.everestspice.co.uk/pages_about.html) then sleep again. 8937 to be operated by G-EZUP (bit of an old shitter) with 125 booked pax. Don't expect it to leave on time...it was 12 minutes late getting off the blocks on its first flight to Malaga today.

Arse! 

Yeah, but that's "block time" and it's veeery generous to allow airlines not to get fined by the regulators. Time made up in the air usually compensates a long was to recovery.

Nearly at Malaga... 

Snigger....

[Steve]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

They've just sacked the head of Manchester Airport for this accepting business without having the staff fiasco  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-61002096
 
Hopefully your management will get the 'you have to pay the going rate' message

[The Moan Ranger]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

On the upside, it's planned on an A321 and not many of them get cancelled 

 

240 passengers booked...235 seats...

[Barman]

Another 4 nights with just me running the whole cleaning & baggage operation. No major calamities this time, just the daily fire-fighting of too few staff, internal squabbling and additional tasks piled on daily.

We're gonna be right royally fucked when the the summer schedule (190+ flights daily) kicks in on 27th March. 

As predicted, it's a clusterfuck. The press office blames Covid for staff shortages, but that is being VERY economical with the truth. Probably 5% Covid, 95% we simply can't get staff despite the pay rise. Lockdown made people lazy, they don't want to work - especially a physical, work-in-all-weather, unsociable hours environment. I've just finished a night where I had to send all the bags out from 19:00 in the North terminal (baggage controller shortage) spend 3 hours printing stuff on a slow printer in a different location as our soopah-doopah printer has snuffed it, 3 hours doing systems/paperwok for an colleague who injured themself cleaning an aircraft, then go to the South terminal to send out the first lot of bags from there until I was relieved, then BACK to the North terminal to help shift bags there, due to staff shortages. Was meant to finish at 05:45, left at 06:30.

Back in on Saturday - and back to the old 2 days/2 nights pattern. Thank fuck. Constant night shifts are a curse.

Get somebody to look after U28933 on Friday please... I don't want to be hanging around all day thank you very much...

Friday I will be getting drunk early doors and there's no guarantee it will not be cancelled - another 19 cancelled already today. 

Shit! 

On the upside, it's planned on an A321 and not many of them get cancelled 

 

240 passengers booked...235 seats...

Please, please please let it be the SiL...