Thedelldays Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck mate. Don't agree with you but good luck any how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Is it's on the SKY news rolling banner. BREAKING NEWS BA SACK DUNCAN HOLLEY FOR GROSS MISCONDUCT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 If that's not victimisation, I don't know what is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 I blame Rupert........Duncan has never recovered.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 What an a*sehole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 What an a*sehole. I take it you don't like Duncan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck mate. Don't agree with you but good luck any how Same from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 what the hell is this thread all about?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Duncan you are one of us and what ever your view on this they fought a dirty game. Good luck with everything from me - hope you win through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 what the hell is this thread all about?? It's a secret, you're either ITK or you ain't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 It's a secret, you're either ITK or you ain't. i aint :smt005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Some of the dolly birds on the picket lines may have had an effect for some.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO5 4BW Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Politically motivated move by a management under pressure. All the best Duncan, hope you win the dispute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Is Fitzhugh really the guy that has been sacked for "politically motivated reasons" they are talking about on the news? Ouch. Good luck to you Fitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 If that's not victimisation, I don't know what is? Gross misconduct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintbletch Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck Duncan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10100725.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Beaten to it by krissyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Hope Duncan takes BA to ET and kicks their backside. I've never flown with them since the Virgin dirty tricks debacle - we go with Virgin or Singapore Airlines depending on where we are going who are far better than BA's rude service. I've never worked in the airline industry or BA but I know a number of people who have and BA's senior managers have a long and well established record of ineptitude in industrial relations and archaic employment practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Goodluck FF, for starting that Pompey thread you are a legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhite91 Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck Duncan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Goodluck FF, for starting that Pompey thread you are a legend! :smt023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Goodluck FF, for starting that Pompey thread you are a legend! Let's hope this thread doesn't touch 500 pages. Thanks for all your messages - not worth getting into the whys and wherefores but for what it is worth this is all about the dispute and my part in it. Regardless of your views on unions take it from me I was sacked for going about my union duties in a manner that BA had over the previous 12 years had no issue with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red and White Army Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Are you a trolley dolley then Duncan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Are you a trolley dolley then Duncan? Not any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Duncan, good luck to you. I know you have been shafted. You alluded to a union breaker being employed by BA. Sad days....how do workers and management talk without unions? I guess they don't!! One side the management will dictate to the workers who will just have to accept it or leave. Will I fly BA again? Not if I can help it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Does this mean Duncy is responsible for the BA strikes? You know, the ones that cost thousands of innocent people hundreds of pounds and cost them their holidays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Duncan get your hair cut and have a shave before you're next on telly you scruffy c.unt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntingdon Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 There's something quite refreshing about companies sacking militant unionists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuRomseySaint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 There's something quite refreshing about companies sacking militant unionists ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Let's hope this thread doesn't touch 500 pages. Thanks for all your messages - not worth getting into the whys and wherefores but for what it is worth this is all about the dispute and my part in it. Regardless of your views on unions take it from me I was sacked for going about my union duties in a manner that BA had over the previous 12 years had no issue with. Have Radio 5 run an interview today with that bloke they had on before? He spoke a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Does this mean Duncy is responsible for the BA strikes? You know, the ones that cost thousands of innocent people hundreds of pounds and cost them their holidays? Yep. Don't forget the additional loss of revenue and reputation to BA, which will cost his members jobs in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Have Radio 5 run an interview today with that bloke they had on before? He spoke a lot of sense. [/quote Next Tuesday Victoria Derbyshire show - have a listen if you are up in time. As for being scruffy - did not know i was going to be on tele when i left home - that interview was conducted Junction 3 on the M3! As for being militant - no not me, just believe in sticking uop for people's rights. As for ruining peoples holidays - unfortunately strikes do hurt people but the fault does not have to be the Unions. If you are being driven into a corner and an employer wants to take all your terms and conditions off you so you will struggle to pay your morgage etc etc what do you suggest Stu? I believe in what I do and now I have lost my job. I still have 2 kids at school, but I would do it again because I believe in what I do. Sorry. I am a middle of the road socialist, not a commie or a trot. In fact I voted Liberal today because I see them as the only party with an ounce of decency in them. I happen to care about people worse off than me - hence me getting involved in the Union. It's no more no less. Cheers for the messages of support - it's been a long day already and it aint over yet! Anyway I have always the Saints to cheer me up. Gulp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joensuu Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck Duncan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Super Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 No doubt FF will now get a nice lucrative job with the union, whilst the 'minions' he has been representing will no doubt get a hefty round of redundancies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 All the best Duncan, even if I do stongly disagree with what you've been trying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Duncan, good luck to you. I know you have been shafted. You alluded to a union breaker being employed by BA. Sad days....how do workers and management talk without unions? I guess they don't!! One side the management will dictate to the workers who will just have to accept it or leave. Will I fly BA again? Not if I can help it The action was all about protecting the excessive pay, staffing and conditions of long haul crew at Heathrow. Thats why Gatwick and the regional airports werent interested in supporting the strike. All Duncan has done is accelerated the drift of people away from BA to Easyjet, Ryanair and the like who dont pay cabin crew £50,000pa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 All the best Duncan, even if I do stongly disagree with what you've been trying to do. Seconded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Unfortunate Duncan, sure it'll turn out well in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Channon's Sideburns Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 All the Best Duncan. Regardless of whether people agree with the strike etc, you have stood up to be counted, and not run to the hills like most people in large companies nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenwilkins Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Good luck Duncan. I'm not a great Union man but I can quite believe that this action is the latest action in BA heavy handed game plan to become the English version of Ryanair. PS Will this give you more time to get an update of ITN together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Goodluck mate. Damn dirty BA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Hi Duncan, sorry to hear your news today. I may be a conservative (with a small 'c') but I'm not anti-unions when they operate in a moderate way, which I know you do. To address Stu's point ... Perhaps one way of hitting BA's management where it hurts without affecting the "average Joe's" holiday plans would be to refuse to serve business and 1st class passengers on long haul flights. My understanding is that airlines like BA make most of their profits from the top 10% or so of their clientele so might that have been a more targetted option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 good luck duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redondo Saint Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Hi Duncan, sorry to hear your news today. I may be a conservative (with a small 'c') but I'm not anti-unions when they operate in a moderate way, which I know you do. To address Stu's point ... Perhaps one way of hitting BA's management where it hurts without affecting the "average Joe's" holiday plans would be to refuse to serve business and 1st class passengers on long haul flights. My understanding is that airlines like BA make most of their profits from the top 10% or so of their clientele so might that have been a more targetted option? I do hope you are not an advisor to the unions or management with ideas like this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Fight the fight, coz you're in the right! Respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Hi Duncan, sorry to hear your news today. I may be a conservative (with a small 'c') but I'm not anti-unions when they operate in a moderate way, which I know you do. To address Stu's point ... Perhaps one way of hitting BA's management where it hurts without affecting the "average Joe's" holiday plans would be to refuse to serve business and 1st class passengers on long haul flights. My understanding is that airlines like BA make most of their profits from the top 10% or so of their clientele so might that have been a more targetted option? Virgin Atlantic can break even on an Airbus A340 flight by selling 7 first class seats and nothing else. Or at least they could, that has probably changed with oil prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Virgin Atlantic can break even on an Airbus A340 flight by selling 7 first class seats and nothing else. Or at least they could, that has probably changed with oil prices. Aye, that was my suspicion. Any thoughts on this Duncan? I.e. Hit the fat cats without hitting the families who have spent a year looking forward to their holidays? (I'm not having a pop here, just chewing the cud on alternative courses of action) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney Posted 6 May, 2010 Share Posted 6 May, 2010 Best of luck in the future FF,Nice to see not everybodys joined the (im all right jack brigade.)The people moaning about the unions are the same lot who graciously accept their payrises negotiated by hardworking people like your goodself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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