Unijet Blames BBC programme.
fox1
Tour operator Unijet is blaming the BBC for a 50% drop in job
applications for holiday representatives. Unijet reckon that the
'fly-on-the-wall' BBC programme about Unijet holiday rep's has put
aspiring applicants off!
What does Unijet expect after this series was shown on prime time TV
over a six week period.? If it succeeded in putting off future reps
working Unijet's 100 hour, £100 per week job. Just imagine what its
going to do for their bookings in 1998!
It was there for all to see wart's and all! Airport hassles, flight
delays, accommodation moans and groans. The BBC programme was a PR
disaster for Unijet and compulsive viewing for holidaymakers who will
be thinking about taking their business elsewhere.
This programme was bad press for holiday rep's in other companies who
will get tarred with the man-hungry brush of Unijet's unfortunates.
The saying used to be "Dont let your daughter go on the stage". The
modern-day version should be "Dont let your daughter get on the plane".
We now await the BBC programme on the day-to-day running of Britannia
Airways due early this year. ;-)
martin
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:24:43 GMT, fox1 <fo...@edinburgh.airport.com>
wrote:
>
>We now await the BBC programme on the day-to-day running of Britannia
>Airways due early this year. ;-)
>
Now THAT is one Im really going to look forward to... very different
company and standards Britannia viz a viz resort reps. I noted also
on Unijet not one rep spoke the local language when dealing with
problems with hotels and airport staff.
martin
Joe Curry
The message <34af99c8...@news.prestel.co.uk>
from mar...@milbray.prestel.ns.co.uk (martin) contains these words:
> >We now await the BBC programme on the day-to-day running of Britannia
> >Airways due early this year. ;-)
> Now THAT is one Im really going to look forward to... very different
> company and standards Britannia viz a viz resort reps. I noted also
> on Unijet not one rep spoke the local language when dealing with
> problems with hotels and airport staff.
Ah! but they spoke the universal language of love! I'm jesting of course,
either the BBC were playing the popular, boy meets girl on holiday theme,
or life with the rep's and their expectations are really like those
portrayed.
Thomson's of course insist on a strict code of conduct not just from their
rep's but from their guest. I remember at one time they were pushing the
message that only girls lower down the social scale would dream of going
topless on holiday. That code of conduct would leave me a bit lower down
than Satan for watching!;-)
Going back to a more serious side, BY have a safety record which befits
a top class airline. Their aircraft and crews, both cabin and flight
deck, are far superior than some of the main scheduled carriers .
BY are more into Long haul charters these days and their fleet of 767's
looks like growing to the exclusion of the 757. Their owner Thomson,
however would like some 320's and they have bowed to his wishes by
leasing some 320's from Transaer for 1998.
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martin
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 15:41:07 GMT, Joe Curry <abi...@zetnet.co.uk>
>Going back to a more serious side, BY have a safety record which befits
>a top class airline. Their aircraft and crews, both cabin and flight
>deck, are far superior than some of the main scheduled carriers .
Constellations when operating under the name of Euravia before the
actual Britannia came on line and when it changed its name to
Britannia when using them.... they have gone from strength to strenght
on quality, diligence , and a proper operating environment. Good luck
to them.
martin
Hugh D Colton
In article <34b09a9b...@news.prestel.co.uk>,
mar...@milbray.prestel.ns.co.uk (martin) wrote:
Don't over do it Martin. Brittania had a very serious accident with one of their Brittania
aircraft (G-ANBB) when it undershot the approach to Ljubljana on 31 August 1966. Pilot error was
the reason I believe, incorrect settings of the altimeters.
There was talk in aviation circles and the aviation media afterwards of a name change - apparently
rejected on the grounds that this would bring more bad than good publicity. Since then BY have
kept a clean record.
Hugh
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martin
>In article <34b09a9b...@news.prestel.co.uk>,
> mar...@milbray.prestel.ns.co.uk (martin) wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 15:41:07 GMT, Joe Curry <abi...@zetnet.co.uk>
>rejected on the grounds that this would bring more bad than good publicity. Since then BY have
>kept a clean record.
>
>Hugh
Better than MY old favourite had... Eagle Viking at BBS and BGO and
Britannia at INN to name but a few but I still loved them and their
crew and Harold Bamberg too! How things have changed - now charter
airlines start up today, and have the newest equipment to operate
tomorrow (leased, or otherwise)
martin