MORE FLIGHTS CANCELLED AS BAA OPERATES 30% STAFFING LEVELS

[Jim Mason]

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15.08.06
MORE FLIGHTS CANCELLED AS BAA OPERATES 30% STAFFING LEVELS

BRING IN THE ARMY AND GET BRITAIN MOVING



As a result of the BAA?s chronic inability to staff their Stansted security
facilities, combined with nonsensical hand baggage restrictions, security
queues are now stretching dramatically through the Stansted terminal
paralysing the operation there.

At 04.00 this morning, BAA Stansted had opened just 4 out of 14 security
points at the airport. Passengers had already been checking in for one hour
at that point. At 05.00 this morning, just one hour prior to the scheduled
first wave of departures, BAA Stansted had opened just 7 out of 14 security
points.

Once again flights will be delayed and more cancellations are inevitable.
Already Ryanair has been forced to cancel eight flights this morning. The
chaotic scenes at Stansted Airport show that there is no foundation to BAA
CEO Stephen Nelson?s claim that staffing is not a problem.

Ryanair once again calls on the UK Government to take the lead, bypass the
dithering and relieve the paralysis by:

Bringing in the army or the police to support the hard pressed BAA front
line staff while the current level of security searching is in place.
Introduce common sense to searching and baggage regulations, restoring the
situation to normal as a matter of urgency.
Ryanair sincerely apologises to passengers for the inevitable cancellations
and delays but continues to press for common sense security measures and
Government support through army and police personnel when it is clear that
the BAA front line staff can not cope.

[The Voice of EDI]

Post by Jim Mason
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Bringing in the army or the police to support the hard pressed BAA front
line staff while the current level of security searching is in place.
Introduce common sense to searching and baggage regulations, restoring the
situation to normal as a matter of urgency.

never thought I'd see John Dundas agree with MOL on anything, but there
ya go :)

[John Dundas]

Post by The Voice of EDI

Post by Jim Mason
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Bringing in the army or the police to support the hard pressed BAA
front line staff while the current level of security searching is
in place. Introduce common sense to searching and baggage
regulations, restoring the situation to normal as a matter of
urgency.

never thought I'd see John Dundas agree with MOL on anything, but
there ya go :)

Hi
I dont agree with him at all. He stole my idea. There's a difference
lol

[The Voice of EDI]

Post by John Dundas

Post by The Voice of EDI
never thought I'd see John Dundas agree with MOL on anything, but
there ya go :)

Hi
I dont agree with him at all. He stole my idea. There's a difference
lol

Indeed!









:)