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Jet2, Easy and even TUI have learned the hard way. Eastern European ACMIs only make a profit because of horrible employment practices and scant maintenance on their aircraft. During the season of S22, SLX had 2 aircraft which STORM engineers said were rejected by BA due to corrosion and APU oil leaks. Easy and TUI knew that but licked their lips at the low ball offer.
Jet2, Easy and even TUI have learned the hard way. Eastern European ACMIs only make a profit because of horrible employment practices and scant maintenance on their aircraft. During the season of S22, SLX had 2 aircraft which STORM engineers said were rejected by BA due to corrosion and APU oil leaks. Easy and TUI knew that but licked their lips at the low ball offer.
I felt very sorry for the Storm Aviation lads I spoke within the smoking areas, none would - or could - guarantee that any particular frame was likely leave the tarmac the next day. So the usual palaver would play out - send bags to an aircraft, send a ramp team, load it, often wait for a crew to turn up, often be advised it's declared "gone tech", remove passengers, remove bags, tow it to the 230 stands waiting for repair.
The hours, and staff, lost by this charade caused a landslide of other delayed/cancelled easyJet flights from LGW in 2022.
'Twas a pretty horrible time. I would, however, point out that when I was advised that we would have SLX, I said to the easyJet bloke "Oh my" although I used far coarser language.
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Yup, lost count of the amount of times we had to take the bags we had loaded off, as Storm tried - and failed - to coax the knackers back to life. Dreadful, ex-Wizz, more chewing gum than actual carpet on the floor. They had the cheek to ask us to "deep clean them" before they were returned. They were cleaner with us after a week than they probably were for the preceding 5 years.
I felt very sorry for the Storm Aviation lads I spoke within the smoking areas, none would - or could - guarantee that any particular frame was likely leave the tarmac the next day. So the usual palaver would play out - send bags to an aircraft, send a ramp team, load it, often wait for a crew to turn up, often be advised it's declared "gone tech", remove passengers, remove bags, tow it to the 230 stands waiting for repair.
The hours, and staff, lost by this charade caused a landslide of other delayed/cancelled easyJet flights from LGW in 2022.
'Twas a pretty horrible time. I would, however, point out that when I was advised that we would have SLX, I said to the easyJet bloke "Oh my" although I used far coarser language.
I felt very sorry for the Storm Aviation lads I spoke within the smoking areas, none would - or could - guarantee that any particular frame was likely leave the tarmac the next day. So the usual palaver would play out - send bags to an aircraft, send a ramp team, load it, often wait for a crew to turn up, often be advised it's declared "gone tech", remove passengers, remove bags, tow it to the 230 stands waiting for repair.
The hours, and staff, lost by this charade caused a landslide of other delayed/cancelled easyJet flights from LGW in 2022.
'Twas a pretty horrible time. I would, however, point out that when I was advised that we would have SLX, I said to the easyJet bloke "Oh my" although I used far coarser language.
