BOOO!!!, the bastards are trying to ruin all the fun.
If they had a plan, they wouldn’t be in this mess. What radical solutions are they going to come up with before tomorrow?
It’s next weekend the shits really gonna hit the fan. Glad I’m not going abroad for the bank holiday
If it’s actual staff shortages as in not enough people we are looking at 3-4 weeks of this easy for all vetting to be complete if the answer is “hire more people”
If it’s a case that they are protecting their bottom line so as not to give workers more money and shifts then it should be more effectively rectified. I’m guessing financially they aren’t going to want to take the hit..and
Is our government actually going to do something if they fail to implement a realistic resolution ? Or is this more of the same ” saying something so as not to look like an ineffective government”
You have until the Dail summer break to sort this out!
I’m too lazy to do any research but I’m assuming the people all queuing outside was to do with a lack of agents at the bag drop and check in areas not at security?
This is madness and real reputational damage for tourism.
The army are garda vetted by default. They could surely do the basics?
Then they could submit a nice bill to DAA for their trouble.
Hrmm, er…they said they were addressing it over two months ago lol. A whole junior minister was allocated even with daily emergency calls to monitor the crisis.
>Ms Naughton said that the delays experienced in March had been addressed.
>She said: “We had daily meetings with the daa and they had managed the queues and managed to improve the situation, so what happened last weekend was extremely disappointing.”
The ball was dropped it seems.
Why did the ministers wait until it got this bad before hand wringing and telling the daa to get their act together?
The daa are an utter shambles and I hope the CEO/manager/whatever important person will not be getting a bonus this year, but they are a semi-state body and the government should have been making noises about it months ago, not waiting until we look like an absolute disgrace internationally. I assume that the majority of tourists who’ve been affected over the past while flying out are thinking that they’re never coming back again.
I know one of the politicians has said the army has better things to be doing than sorting out this mess, which is true, but this is something the army would excel at.
Don’t employ people on contracts that they didn’t afford to live on. Make the jobs you are advertising worth taking.
What deadline?
It just says report by tomorrow on how they will deal with this for the coming weekend.
Fernando Torres is a another useless backbencher with a made up cabinent position.
ffs Get this shit sorted
When the NCT lifts were broken, there was a shit tonne of money spent on temporary staff (and they still have this contract going 2.5 years later). I don’t see why similar can’t be setup here. Even go out and source former employees on contract rates until they’ve the staff issue sorted.
I’m going back to Cork > Heathrow for my transatlantic flights going forward. Journey takes longer but there’s no risk of queuing to miss a flight.
I have a plan, might be quite crazy for the DAA but: offer people good contracts with good wages and good conditions, then people might actually want to take the job. Quite shocking, I know.
Can we clap for the people who have to queue? That not work?
More bullshit. Policing is a disgrace. Health is a disgrace. Massive squandering of public funds. Inefficient public service held to ransom by he unions. No accountability if you fuck up. No train to the airport. Ireland took in €68 billion in taxes last year – if managed properly this could and should be one of the most prosperous countries in the would. Root and branch reform of all state and semi state bodies would be a good place to start.
1. Please arrive 6h prior to your flight
2. KPIs = 100%, blame passengers for not adhering to guidelines
3. Profit
Edit: 4. Hire staff to man the airport bar 24/7. Less training requirements than DAA staff
There is a simple solution to this: offer the staff 40 hour weeks rather than 20 hours and a requirement to be available for an unpaid 20 hours. Anyone involved in this stupid attempt to abuse employees should simply be fired on the spot.
They’ll have it sorted by Wednesday. Unfortunately there may be some completely unforeseen event just around the corner
Oh look at the ministers with all their bravado! How about you feicin go out there and help. Bunch a spuds 🥔 Pay ppl properly and you’ll get plenty of ppl wanting to do the work!
Eamon Ryan must be giving himself a severe scolding in front of the mirror.
“We have a solution…that we will share the details on the next couples of weeks/month! We appreciate the feedback and will make sure THE customers are happy”
…
…..
………
Or what? A spanking? I mean what happens if they miss the deadline? Nothing, that’s exactly what will happen…..
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BOOO!!!, the bastards are trying to ruin all the fun.
If they had a plan, they wouldn’t be in this mess. What radical solutions are they going to come up with before tomorrow?
It’s next weekend the shits really gonna hit the fan. Glad I’m not going abroad for the bank holiday
If it’s actual staff shortages as in not enough people we are looking at 3-4 weeks of this easy for all vetting to be complete if the answer is “hire more people”
If it’s a case that they are protecting their bottom line so as not to give workers more money and shifts then it should be more effectively rectified. I’m guessing financially they aren’t going to want to take the hit..and
Is our government actually going to do something if they fail to implement a realistic resolution ? Or is this more of the same ” saying something so as not to look like an ineffective government”
You have until the Dail summer break to sort this out!
I’m too lazy to do any research but I’m assuming the people all queuing outside was to do with a lack of agents at the bag drop and check in areas not at security?
This is madness and real reputational damage for tourism.
The army are garda vetted by default. They could surely do the basics?
Then they could submit a nice bill to DAA for their trouble.
Hrmm, er…they said they were addressing it over two months ago lol. A whole junior minister was allocated even with daily emergency calls to monitor the crisis.
>Ms Naughton said that the delays experienced in March had been addressed.
>She said: “We had daily meetings with the daa and they had managed the queues and managed to improve the situation, so what happened last weekend was extremely disappointing.”
The ball was dropped it seems.
Why did the ministers wait until it got this bad before hand wringing and telling the daa to get their act together?
The daa are an utter shambles and I hope the CEO/manager/whatever important person will not be getting a bonus this year, but they are a semi-state body and the government should have been making noises about it months ago, not waiting until we look like an absolute disgrace internationally. I assume that the majority of tourists who’ve been affected over the past while flying out are thinking that they’re never coming back again.
I know one of the politicians has said the army has better things to be doing than sorting out this mess, which is true, but this is something the army would excel at.
Don’t employ people on contracts that they didn’t afford to live on. Make the jobs you are advertising worth taking.
What deadline?
It just says report by tomorrow on how they will deal with this for the coming weekend.
Fernando Torres is a another useless backbencher with a made up cabinent position.
ffs Get this shit sorted
When the NCT lifts were broken, there was a shit tonne of money spent on temporary staff (and they still have this contract going 2.5 years later). I don’t see why similar can’t be setup here. Even go out and source former employees on contract rates until they’ve the staff issue sorted.
I’m going back to Cork > Heathrow for my transatlantic flights going forward. Journey takes longer but there’s no risk of queuing to miss a flight.
I have a plan, might be quite crazy for the DAA but: offer people good contracts with good wages and good conditions, then people might actually want to take the job. Quite shocking, I know.
Can we clap for the people who have to queue? That not work?
More bullshit. Policing is a disgrace. Health is a disgrace. Massive squandering of public funds. Inefficient public service held to ransom by he unions. No accountability if you fuck up. No train to the airport. Ireland took in €68 billion in taxes last year – if managed properly this could and should be one of the most prosperous countries in the would. Root and branch reform of all state and semi state bodies would be a good place to start.
1. Please arrive 6h prior to your flight
2. KPIs = 100%, blame passengers for not adhering to guidelines
3. Profit
Edit: 4. Hire staff to man the airport bar 24/7. Less training requirements than DAA staff
There is a simple solution to this: offer the staff 40 hour weeks rather than 20 hours and a requirement to be available for an unpaid 20 hours. Anyone involved in this stupid attempt to abuse employees should simply be fired on the spot.
They’ll have it sorted by Wednesday. Unfortunately there may be some completely unforeseen event just around the corner
Oh look at the ministers with all their bravado! How about you feicin go out there and help. Bunch a spuds 🥔 Pay ppl properly and you’ll get plenty of ppl wanting to do the work!
Eamon Ryan must be giving himself a severe scolding in front of the mirror.
“We have a solution…that we will share the details on the next couples of weeks/month! We appreciate the feedback and will make sure THE customers are happy”
…
…..
………
Or what? A spanking? I mean what happens if they miss the deadline? Nothing, that’s exactly what will happen…..