Hopes of end to BA dispute
Jul 29th 2003, 2:28 am
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Hopes of end to BA dispute
If you wish to see an Aussie at work look at BA , that over blown twat Rod Eddington who set Ansett on the road to its end by cutting back on all maintenace on its fleet for short term profit.
Why he got the top job at BA is beyond me he left Ansett just before the roof fell in thanks to his cost cutting .
This guy is typical Aussie management who see little value in the doers and creates a vast army of pen pushers who over manage and run business into the ground , dump the bastard now.
Hopes of end to BA dispute
The chief executive of British Airways last night raised hopes of an end to the "swipe card" dispute after he appeared to give ground over the introduction of the system.
Rod Eddington said after separate meetings with leaders of the three unions involved that there was a "good chance" of an agreement by the end of the week. He conceded for the first time that BA had underestimated the strength of opposition from its check-in staff at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, raising the prospect of a further delay in electronic timekeeping.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ba/story/0...007945,00.html
Why he got the top job at BA is beyond me he left Ansett just before the roof fell in thanks to his cost cutting .
This guy is typical Aussie management who see little value in the doers and creates a vast army of pen pushers who over manage and run business into the ground , dump the bastard now.
Hopes of end to BA dispute
The chief executive of British Airways last night raised hopes of an end to the "swipe card" dispute after he appeared to give ground over the introduction of the system.
Rod Eddington said after separate meetings with leaders of the three unions involved that there was a "good chance" of an agreement by the end of the week. He conceded for the first time that BA had underestimated the strength of opposition from its check-in staff at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, raising the prospect of a further delay in electronic timekeeping.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ba/story/0...007945,00.html
Jul 29th 2003, 2:51 am
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Re: Hopes of end to BA dispute
Originally posted by pommie bastard
If you wish to see an Aussie at work look at BA , that over blown twat Rod Eddington who set Ansett on the road to its end by cutting back on all maintenace on its fleet for short term profit.
Why he got the top job at BA is beyond me he left Ansett just before the roof fell in thanks to his cost cutting .
This guy is typical Aussie management who see little value in the doers and creates a vast army of pen pushers who over manage and run business into the ground , dump the bastard now.
Hopes of end to BA dispute
The chief executive of British Airways last night raised hopes of an end to the "swipe card" dispute after he appeared to give ground over the introduction of the system.
Rod Eddington said after separate meetings with leaders of the three unions involved that there was a "good chance" of an agreement by the end of the week. He conceded for the first time that BA had underestimated the strength of opposition from its check-in staff at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, raising the prospect of a further delay in electronic timekeeping.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ba/story/0...007945,00.html
If you wish to see an Aussie at work look at BA , that over blown twat Rod Eddington who set Ansett on the road to its end by cutting back on all maintenace on its fleet for short term profit.
Why he got the top job at BA is beyond me he left Ansett just before the roof fell in thanks to his cost cutting .
This guy is typical Aussie management who see little value in the doers and creates a vast army of pen pushers who over manage and run business into the ground , dump the bastard now.
Hopes of end to BA dispute
The chief executive of British Airways last night raised hopes of an end to the "swipe card" dispute after he appeared to give ground over the introduction of the system.
Rod Eddington said after separate meetings with leaders of the three unions involved that there was a "good chance" of an agreement by the end of the week. He conceded for the first time that BA had underestimated the strength of opposition from its check-in staff at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, raising the prospect of a further delay in electronic timekeeping.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ba/story/0...007945,00.html
Blokes like this are trying to drag employment practices back to the pre-WW2 days. We already have far too many people on temporary contracts without the benefits hard fought for by the unions. People these days dismiss the unions but would not even be able to go for a p*ss without losing wages were it not for their efforts in the past.
Once everything is sold, everything run down, everything wrung out for every penny, every gain and right thrown away for a bribe that does not last, what will be left to lose? Working people now are slowly being turned into day workers with no rights and just rules and regulations that keep them in line, not make their working lives fulfilling.
People today are throwing away gains made by parents and grandparents for a few quid bribes (e.g., higher rates for temps) but these rights (e.g., sick pay) will have to be fought for all over again by their kids or perhaps their kids will just have much harder lives?
Jul 29th 2003, 4:34 am
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Re: Hopes of end to BA dispute
Originally posted by Wilf
Blokes like this are trying to drag employment practices back to the pre-WW2 days. We already have far too many people on temporary contracts without the benefits hard fought for by the unions. People these days dismiss the unions but would not even be able to go for a p*ss without losing wages were it not for their efforts in the past.
Once everything is sold, everything run down, everything wrung out for every penny, every gain and right thrown away for a bribe that does not last, what will be left to lose? Working people now are slowly being turned into day workers with no rights and just rules and regulations that keep them in line, not make their working lives fulfilling.
People today are throwing away gains made by parents and grandparents for a few quid bribes (e.g., higher rates for temps) but these rights (e.g., sick pay) will have to be fought for all over again by their kids or perhaps their kids will just have much harder lives?
Blokes like this are trying to drag employment practices back to the pre-WW2 days. We already have far too many people on temporary contracts without the benefits hard fought for by the unions. People these days dismiss the unions but would not even be able to go for a p*ss without losing wages were it not for their efforts in the past.
Once everything is sold, everything run down, everything wrung out for every penny, every gain and right thrown away for a bribe that does not last, what will be left to lose? Working people now are slowly being turned into day workers with no rights and just rules and regulations that keep them in line, not make their working lives fulfilling.
People today are throwing away gains made by parents and grandparents for a few quid bribes (e.g., higher rates for temps) but these rights (e.g., sick pay) will have to be fought for all over again by their kids or perhaps their kids will just have much harder lives?
quite right - no creativity, zero imagination/new ideas, no long term view. There seems one prevailing mgmt style - cut costs and make whats left more flexible. Hardly rocket science.
This undermines staffs important loyalty and commimtment and its a cliche but very very true - staff are the companies biggest asset. Its there behaviour and active engagement that will take companies forward. This bloke like many other ceo's at the moment is short termist and one diminsional probably becasue hes wrongly incentived himself driven by shareholdlers who are not looking sufficently far ahead.
James
