Rottweiler22:
I work at Newcastle airport, and the downturn in aviation is brutal. Airlines have no other option than to park up 75% of their fleets. Booking are down by that number. Their incomes are down, so practically every airline in Europe is getting it’s employees to take unpaid leave. Some for a month, and some, like easyJet for 3 months. The hope is a positive trend gets going by June, bookings increase, aircraft start flying again, and so do the people.
Some airports are partially closing, and some are rumoured to shut up shop altogether while this passes. I know a lot of handling staff at airports who are hanging onto the brink of redundancy. In typical fashion, the management say very little and let employees stay in the lurch. And when they do it’s classic management talk. Such as “we are monitoring the situation closely, and will keep you updated in due course”. But I did hear that an airport staff member was told off the record that he should probably be applying for other jobs.
I delivered to Luton airport last night - 20 people in the lobby, shuttle busses parked and dark, easyjet planes parked and dark; arrivals - about a dozen people came in; the taxi parking in front was full, I delivered about 1/4 of the usual quantity.
You would think with all the panic buying stores and warehouses would be hiring like crazy (even if only temp/agency) but that’s hardly the case - so far only Morisons have announced plans to expand their workforce. Obviously supermarkets and their suppliers know very well that this is only very temporary and they’re in for a period of vastly reduced trade as well in the mid-term
Rottweiler22:
I work at Newcastle airport, and the downturn in aviation is brutal. Airlines have no other option than to park up 75% of their fleets. Booking are down by that number. Their incomes are down, so practically every airline in Europe is getting it’s employees to take unpaid leave. Some for a month, and some, like easyJet for 3 months. The hope is a positive trend gets going by June, bookings increase, aircraft start flying again, and so do the people.
Some airports are partially closing, and some are rumoured to shut up shop altogether while this passes. I know a lot of handling staff at airports who are hanging onto the brink of redundancy. In typical fashion, the management say very little and let employees stay in the lurch. And when they do it’s classic management talk. Such as “we are monitoring the situation closely, and will keep you updated in due course”. But I did hear that an airport staff member was told off the record that he should probably be applying for other jobs.
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Rottweiler22:
I work at Newcastle airport, and the downturn in aviation is brutal. Airlines have no other option than to park up 75% of their fleets. Booking are down by that number. Their incomes are down, so practically every airline in Europe is getting it’s employees to take unpaid leave. Some for a month, and some, like easyJet for 3 months. The hope is a positive trend gets going by June, bookings increase, aircraft start flying again, and so do the people.
Some airports are partially closing, and some are rumoured to shut up shop altogether while this passes. I know a lot of handling staff at airports who are hanging onto the brink of redundancy. In typical fashion, the management say very little and let employees stay in the lurch. And when they do it’s classic management talk. Such as “we are monitoring the situation closely, and will keep you updated in due course”. But I did hear that an airport staff member was told off the record that he should probably be applying for other jobs.
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Cheers Mate.
A problem is (in aviation, anyway, but I know it will also be happening to other industries), that most companies will bounce back when this is all over. It may take a while to recover to 2019 levels, but there will still be some sort of upturn. Because of this, redundancies aren’t really any option, but they need some way of temporarily cutting costs whilst trade is down. Hence the obsession with unpaid leave. But, many unscrupulous companies are using it as the perfect excuse to dilute pay and Ts & Cs. The mentality of “You’re just lucky to be in a job…” is doing it’s rounds. And what they take, you will find extremely difficult to get back.
On a more positive note, I do think that after the closure of bars and restaurants is lifted, there will be a boom in trade. Think of all the kids who will flock to the town centres, with all this built up energy. Boris may as well declare a national holiday on the weekend it’s lifted, just so people can go on the lash for 3 days. Much like the Royal Wedding, World Cup sort of atmosphere. I look forward to that.
Rottweiler22:
I work at Newcastle airport, and the downturn in aviation is brutal. Airlines have no other option than to park up 75% of their fleets. Booking are down by that number. Their incomes are down, so practically every airline in Europe is getting it’s employees to take unpaid leave. Some for a month, and some, like easyJet for 3 months. The hope is a positive trend gets going by June, bookings increase, aircraft start flying again, and so do the people.
Some airports are partially closing, and some are rumoured to shut up shop altogether while this passes. I know a lot of handling staff at airports who are hanging onto the brink of redundancy. In typical fashion, the management say very little and let employees stay in the lurch. And when they do it’s classic management talk. Such as “we are monitoring the situation closely, and will keep you updated in due course”. But I did hear that an airport staff member was told off the record that he should probably be applying for other jobs.
DTF couriers might be after drivers
20 Alder Rd, North Shields NE29 8SD
Hours:
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Cheers Mate.
A problem is (in aviation, anyway, but I know it will also be happening to other industries), that most companies will bounce back when this is all over. It may take a while to recover to 2019 levels, but there will still be some sort of upturn. Because of this, redundancies aren’t really any option, but they need some way of temporarily cutting costs whilst trade is down. Hence the obsession with unpaid leave. But, many unscrupulous companies are using it as the perfect excuse to dilute pay and Ts & Cs. The mentality of “You’re just lucky to be in a job…” is doing it’s rounds. And what they take, you will find extremely difficult to get back.
On a more positive note, I do think that after the closure of bars and restaurants is lifted, there will be a boom in trade. Think of all the kids who will flock to the town centres, with all this built up energy. Boris may as well declare a national holiday on the weekend it’s lifted, just so people can go on the lash for 3 days. Much like the Royal Wedding, World Cup sort of atmosphere. I look forward to that.
It will end sometime of course.
To get it ended asap is to follow the Chinese example and go for a hard shut down. Half measures and delaying those measures isn’t the way to go.
Crack down now, so we get out the other side quicker.
Had the dreaded letter on Friday about lay offs or short weeks , hopefully boss can get on the summer market bandwagon
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Rottweiler22:
Some airports are partially closing, and some are rumoured to shut up shop altogether while this passes.
I drove past Manchester Airport on Thursday and noticed that the matrix signs stated that all flights are using Terminal 1, so maybe they have mothballed terminals 2&3
Franglais:
To get it ended asap is to follow the Chinese example and go for a hard shut down. Half measures and delaying those measures isn’t the way to go.
Crack down now, so we get out the other side quicker.
Until there has been independent verification there is no way of knowing whether the measures China has adopted have worked, first known case of Covid 19 in China was on Dec 9th China notified WHO on Dec 31st, yet was still denying to it’s own people that there was a problem. It has blamed everyone from the US military to the Italians, if they had held their hands up and come clean then maybe they could be believed. This has turned into a massive face saving exercise for the Chinese government knowing that it must keep it’s people under control for fear of losing power
Yes they have mothballed T3 & T2, my lad was furloughed last Wednesday.
The airline’s & travel companies are in it up to their necks, as they are having to refund money, when normally they would be raking it in at this time of year.
wish me luck