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Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

How long have you been on furlough, Woody?

G-CPTN wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:40 pm

How long have you been on furlough, Woody?

Since March last year, but I’ve been working for the Royal Mail part time, via an agency

SAA getting back into the air, wonder for how long?

https://www.africaninsider.com/business ... ankruptcy/

Woody wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:47 pm

G-CPTN wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:40 pm

How long have you been on furlough, Woody?

Since March last year, but I’ve been working for the Royal Mail part time, via an agency

You've done well to last so long.2 years back I got a xmas job at Royal Mail,Chester.I lasted 5 shifts.

Woody wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:41 pm

I’ve got to go to Perry Oaks International to collect my ID pass, meeting with a manager next week and then I should be able to return to work

Just received this

Dear Paul,

As per your recent telephone conversation, we will be recalling you back from the CRP pool on 30 September 2021 to return as a
Ground Operations Agent in Ground Operations - Baggage team.

Attached is your return-to-work letter. Please read through this information and respond back to this email confirming your intent to
return to work on 30 September 2021.

British Airways blames pilots as it ditches plans for new low-cost airline

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/business ... index.html

London (CNN Business)British Airways has abandoned plans to launch a low-cost carrier at London's second biggest airport, Gatwick, blaming pilots for its decision to scrap the new initiative.

The reversal comes less than a month after British Airways unveiled plans for a short-haul subsidiary to compete with Ryanair (RYAAY) and EasyJet (ESYJY) in an area of aviation that is recovering more quickly from the pandemic than the transatlantic and other long-haul routes that used to generate most of its profit. It had hoped to start operating by next summer.

"We're disappointed that our plans for a new short-haul subsidiary at Gatwick have not received [the British Airline Pilots' Association] support," British Airways, which is owned by International Airlines Group (ICAGY), said in a statement Thursday.
"After many years of losing money on European flights from the airport, we were clear that coming out of the pandemic, we needed a plan to make Gatwick profitable and competitive," the company added, saying it would pursue "alternative uses" for slots at Gatwick.
In a statement shared with CNN Business, the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) said that it was unable to reach an "acceptable" agreement with British Airways despite its "best efforts."
"BALPA remains open to future negotiations with British Airways to address our members' concerns with the proposal for [London Gatwick] short-haul or about any other part of the business," the group added.
Shares in IAG (ICAGY) were down roughly 1% in London.
British Airways has been particularly hard hit by coronavirus-related travel restrictions, because the bulk of its business relies on long-haul flights, particularly between North America and Britain where restrictions have only recently been relaxed.

By comparison, rivals Ryanair and EasyJet, which predominantly serve routes within Europe, experienced a stronger recovery in passenger traffic levels over the summer thanks to fewer restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers on the continent.
British Airways has tried to venture into the short-haul travel market before. The carrier launched a low-cost carrier in 1998 called Go Fly, which operated out of London's Stansted airport, now Ryanair's primary base. Go Fly was bought four years later by EasyJet, which is the biggest airline operating out of Gatwick.

PP

Today’s scuttlebutt is that IAG are going to try and buy at least some of EasyJet.

See post #657 - obviously not! History repeats itself? DanAir at Gatwick -> BA 'low-cost EOG -> ??? At the time of that savaging I recall several explanations why BA 'short-haul' at Gatwick was 'loss-making' all involving significant 'creative accounting' when you dug a little deeper.

Didn't BA try it once before? Although Go was Stansted-based, not Gatwick. Buying part of EasyJet would be like getting some of it back.

I remember my wife being really impressed that I identified a distant aircraft as a 737 - I could tell it had the Go logo on the tail and I knew they flew 737s.

Didn’t IAG sign a letter of intent to buy a load of 737Max, before MCAS and coronavirus, wonder if they could start a new subsidiary at LGW with them

Confidently predicting that ZA will come off the Red list this week as I return to work

How about this for a theory

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 26418.html

Oh FFS

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 28356.html

So this is it folks, back to Perry Oaks International for a 12.30 start, then they’ve given me 4 days off

Your employer is very understanding of how traumatic a return to work is. They are doing the right thing by allowing you to ease back in.
I assume that after your next shift you will only need three days to recover and two off after the next, etc.
Be glad you have such a benevolent and caring employer.

PP

Gatwick back on the table apparently

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/ba-clo ... 021-10-03/

Well this is progress; https://www.businessinsider.co.za/trave ... ca-2021-10.

From elsewhere

Internet chatter of some A380s being used on short haul routes (possibly FRA and MAD) within Europe in November to get crew familiar with aircraft again, prior to longhaul use. Any concrete and verifiable details ?

G-XLEA positioned to Manila last week, presumably for heavy Mx

Hopefully for JNB route when ZA comes off red list.