Imagine forking out big money for flights and holidays, you go to the airport 4-5 hours before your flight and still miss it!!...With security so bad it's only a matter of time before there is trouble, a riot of some sort! |
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By *ancy38Woman
over a year ago
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"Having failed an EU Aviation security audit, all the staff have to be retrained, and re-vetted, it’s an utter mess"
Is this the main cause of this.
Just seems everything has gone to sh*t these last few years. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
This chaotic shambles is the consequence of poor planning short sightedness and mismanagement: penny pinching results in staff being fully integrated into the airport's security system too late, in order to cut costs.
Airports are no longer public services nowadays; they are businesses designed to generate a surplus for shareholders, both individuals and financial institutions.
The bottom line, profit, is the core measure of success, not improved service to airline users since the airports in Ireland are a cartel.
To leave this country by aircraft can only be achieved at a handful of locations! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now"
Because up until very recently they were only offering part time contracts for new staff. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ah rights. It seems the only way to get it working properly is to completely privatise it. Anything in this country that is state or semi state ran is a shambles |
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Because up until very recently they were only offering part time contracts for new staff. "
Not only that but they laid off people during the pandemic and are now trying to hire them back for lower wages and much poorer conditions. 
They're only offering a little above minimum wage, with 12 hour shifts and only guaranteed 20 hrs per week, or at least that was the recruitment drive they had going a few weeks ago. |
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"Ah rights. It seems the only way to get it working properly is to completely privatise it. Anything in this country that is state or semi state ran is a shambles "
Yeah, cos privatised businesses never fail |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Because up until very recently they were only offering part time contracts for new staff.
Not only that but they laid off people during the pandemic and are now trying to hire them back for lower wages and much poorer conditions.
They're only offering a little above minimum wage, with 12 hour shifts and only guaranteed 20 hrs per week, or at least that was the recruitment drive they had going a few weeks ago. "
Yeah I have a mate who was let go and then begged to come back on worse conditions and pay  Backfired on them now and they’ll be forced to up the ante wage wise in order to even get the staff! |
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Because up until very recently they were only offering part time contracts for new staff.
Not only that but they laid off people during the pandemic and are now trying to hire them back for lower wages and much poorer conditions.
They're only offering a little above minimum wage, with 12 hour shifts and only guaranteed 20 hrs per week, or at least that was the recruitment drive they had going a few weeks ago.
Yeah I have a mate who was let go and then begged to come back on worse conditions and pay Backfired on them now and they’ll be forced to up the ante wage wise in order to even get the staff! "
I think they said they had 4000 applications for the 700 jobs they advertised. I'm presuming the training it's the current issue, or they're just not attracting the right candidates. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wage subsidy scheme allowed companies to retain staff as 80% of wage (up to €40k-ish) was paid by the government
Daa could see demand
Why are we in this mess??? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Because up until very recently they were only offering part time contracts for new staff.
Not only that but they laid off people during the pandemic and are now trying to hire them back for lower wages and much poorer conditions.
They're only offering a little above minimum wage, with 12 hour shifts and only guaranteed 20 hrs per week, or at least that was the recruitment drive they had going a few weeks ago.
Yeah I have a mate who was let go and then begged to come back on worse conditions and pay Backfired on them now and they’ll be forced to up the ante wage wise in order to even get the staff!
I think they said they had 4000 applications for the 700 jobs they advertised. I'm presuming the training it's the current issue, or they're just not attracting the right candidates. "
Or people don’t like what’s on offer after the interview |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Waterford airport, its time to shine  "
You'd have to cut down the s on the runway first .....Hard to believe Ryanair started there....they could always rename it Dublin South and run bus's up the M9 |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Waterford airport, its time to shine
You'd have to cut down the s on the runway first .....Hard to believe Ryanair started there....they could always rename it Dublin South and run bus's up the M9 "
Didn't realise that you can't type W**ds  |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Two years of pandemic have caused many people to re-evaluate the priorities in their lives, and how they choose to spend their time in the work-life balance.
Many employers are only now awakening to the fact that employees are no longer prepared to work for wages that are too low to allow them to enjoy life.
Many older workers, who are still fit and able have simply decided to retire permanently. I have effectively made that decision; a new social contract between owners and employees is required.
I would readily work, but an employer would have to pay a preiym above the minimum wage to get me.
There are historical parallels: after the Black Death pandemic had ravaged the working population in England, farm workers demanded much better work conditions because of their scarcity and land owners deeply resented this fundamental shift in the balance of power.
Business owners will now have to be prepared to provide these new scarce employees with proper wages and conditions, but will deeply resent having to do so because profits will fall significantly.
I would not go to work in DAA, Dublin Airport, because the place is a chaotic shambles, whose raison D'etre is paying as little as possible for a job that is grief-laden.
This is an international problem,especially in western industrialised economies where automation is the ultimate objective.
I was at Dublin Airport on Sunday; it was horrendous. |
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now"
Shannon is meant to be grand as well, had a mate fly out from there in April, only took 20 mins to get through to their gate. |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Shannon is meant to be grand as well, had a mate fly out from there in April, only took 20 mins to get through to their gate."
Thats because nobody uses the airport in fairness....if there's demand airlines would step in...they haven't
I flew to London 3 weeks ago ...hit airport at 8am ....out of security in 5 mins .....its a lottery at the moment |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Shannon is meant to be grand as well, had a mate fly out from there in April, only took 20 mins to get through to their gate.
Thats because nobody uses the airport in fairness....if there's demand airlines would step in...they haven't
I flew to London 3 weeks ago ...hit airport at 8am ....out of security in 5 mins .....its a lottery at the moment "
Had the same experience from belfast city
But dublin seems like a shit-show   |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Apparently DAA can’t recruit staff. Or retain them. It takes ages to train someone and they can’t find trainers!!! At least Cork is some bit normal. They might add more flights to cork airport now
Shannon is meant to be grand as well, had a mate fly out from there in April, only took 20 mins to get through to their gate.
Thats because nobody uses the airport in fairness....if there's demand airlines would step in...they haven't
I flew to London 3 weeks ago ...hit airport at 8am ....out of security in 5 mins .....its a lottery at the moment
Had the same experience from belfast city
But dublin seems like a shit-show "
Definitely.....17 people walking off the job on sunday morning explains what happened then ....wonder if they ever came back |
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