Originally Posted by
sigep_nm
As far as I have heard (from the training department) is that we have outright purchased the sim. There is a break even point that I cant remember, but it something like crews for the amount of 31 aircraft. I suppose they are planning on maybe training 900 guys for difference training. As far as the waiting in the alley because the ground guys are Xj, remember they are rampies, aka, they would give a s888 what airline is next in line.
yeah, i just talked to my buddy over there and he says that panam bought the sim and that you guys bought first rights to it ( kinda like the same deal we have in mem with flight safety). he said ofcourse you guys would be using it almost 24 hours a day while the planes were coming back on line but that once the big rush is over then panam can use it for their own business.
as far as the rampers you are right, but it still doesn't make sense to me.. of course they are going to take care of their own first, and then the others. if a mesaba plane was pushed or parked late i am sure the ramp sups know all about it, we have to send a report to our ops, and then 2 days later base manager finally gets it and then nothing changes.. ever time we pull in its like clock work for us.. we get to the circle, are allowed to taxi in, get infront of the gate, and then about 15 min later we see them stroll out of the break room juggling their wands and having a good time... the only time i have seen a notable improvement is the week nwa gave us the ramp quality assurance forms to fill out.. it asked everything from how long have we been waiting to be pushed or parked, where did the rampers come from, and the choices where: another plane or the break room....hahahaha, i mean even nwa was sick of the delays we were getting... i have never seen the rampers move as fast as i did that week we were turning those forms in.