Southend Airport

[tottenham541]

Eddie Stobart about to go under. Luckily all the talk of him buying the club, financing the new stadium never happened or we would be in sh*t street.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...t-transport-firm-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse

Won’t affect the airport much as another handler will just take over dealing with the flights, not sure why people work for Stobart anyway as the money is awful.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I remember a letter in Viz where 'Eddie' from Carlisle said that he makes his drivers paint the names of any women they have killed on their trucks in the spirit of full disclosure.

 

[Ricey]

Eddie Stobart about to go under. Luckily all the talk of him buying the club, financing the new stadium never happened or we would be in sh*t street.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...t-transport-firm-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse

Eddie Stobart has nothing to do with the airport. Stobart Group owns both and this is purely related to the Eddie Stobart Transport which has been having problems for years. Stobart Aviation are doing really well and having great success with both Southend and Carlisle.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Eddie Stobart has nothing to do with the airport. Stobart Group owns both and this is purely related to the Eddie Stobart Transport which has been having problems for years. Stobart Aviation are doing really well and having great success with both Southend and Carlisle.

Well I just picked a thread rather than start a new one!

 

[Member]

I love City airport, so quick and easy plus I like the smaller planes with twin seats rather that triple seats. You never get stuck in the middle between 2 fatties.

Flew on an A220 the other day which was a new plane for me to tick off, really nice aircraft with a 3-2 seat configuration.

 

[Ex-Member1]

Just got back from Tenerife, flying Sleazy Jet from Southend, horrendous lack of legroom on both flights, even Wee Jimmy Krankie would have had trouble squeezing in to the seat pitch. Be warned!!

 

[ESG]

Just got back from Tenerife, flying Sleazy Jet from Southend, horrendous lack of legroom on both flights, even Wee Jimmy Krankie would have had trouble squeezing in to the seat pitch. Be warned!!

Maybe it could be a question for Nicola Sturgeon at a leaders debate

 

[Firestorm]

Eddie Stobart about to go under. Luckily all the talk of him buying the club, financing the new stadium never happened or we would be in sh*t street.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...t-transport-firm-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse

Nowt to do with Stobart any more

He then sold off the original Eddie Stobart Logistics (trucking and warehousing) arm in 2014 to private equity firm Douglas Bay Capital, (DBay) who put William Stobart in charge.
DBC then floated it , so its totally unrelated , other than they have similar names , to the company running the Airport

Oops Ricey beat me to it....

 

[MK Shrimper]

Glad I brought this up.

 

[Firestorm]

Glad I brought this up.

Back on to the Carpenters again........

 

[MK Shrimper]

Back on to the Carpenters again........

Woodn't it be lovely.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Back on to the Carpenters again........

Woodn't it be lovely.

Dear God,Please no.

 

[tottenham541]

Looks like staff at Southend airport are going on strike over the Xmas period then.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Looks like staff at Southend airport are going on strike over the Xmas period then.

Hope they do better than the workers at Girona airport who were recently forced by Ryan Air to renegociate the terms of their contracts in order to "save" their jobs.

Edit I see the SEN strike is about union recognition.

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18095082.southend-airport-staff-vote-strike-christmas/

 

[Ricey]

Looks like staff at Southend airport are going on strike over the Xmas period then.

By any chance if that relating to pay? They always have been known for underpaying staff. Their salaries for the roles are shocking.

 

[tottenham541]

By any chance if that relating to pay? They always have been known for underpaying staff. Their salaries for the roles are shocking.

Yep pay is one reason, same at Stansted, so glad I don’t work for them, Stobart have to many fingers in to many pies.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Well I'm flying out boxing day so they better be up and running

 

[RHB]

Well I'm flying out boxing day so they better be up and running

The last thing I would want is to put the bockers on your flight Webby, but as we are now treated to 2/3 flights over our house in the early hours of the morning, daily, I would be quite happy if the Airport were to seize up completely over the Christmas period.

 

[maldon]

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[Blueronron]

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Is the answer Steps ?