Especially as it was preceeded by an 0410 Faro (for which I have to set my alarm for 0210!) with 2 days in the sim before that, all with minimum rest in between! Knackered, probably much like yourself!

PS…and the Ibiza doesn’t take off until 10 past midnight!

I hope this post makes sense but I have just got in (10am) from a very long night Dalaman!

As flightcrew we are very guilty of jumping down the throats of our groundstaff. We are paid reasonable (used to be excellent) salaries to do a skilled job but we tend to expect too much from the people who work around us. I am always expected to perform to a very high level so consequently I expect the same from the cleaner, dispatcher, refueller, etc. The problem is that these guys also work long anti-social hours but for much less money and correspondingly can frequently be highly unmotivated. The ground staff (along with the cabin crew) face another condiserably greater pressure in the form of 235 B757 passengers staring them angrily in the face! I’m not defending the situation but the ground staff are in a lose/lose situation when it comes to dealing with delays which when compounded by poor salary, understaffing, antisocial hours and other staff needed to dispatch other flights, etc so unfortunately the service they give reflects their feelings about their current situation. I know that is of no help to the passenger (I would be pretty livid too) but it is an unfortunate human nature which I think is probably more dominant than any cultural issue. On the other hand, there are a few Spanish airport workers who seem to be on permanent 24 hour siesta but you get that at all airports!

Night Ibiza with all the Club 18-30 brigade tonight. Whoooppeee, my avatar all over again!!!