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Scottish airport's staff get cash bonuses for spotting oversize bags

STAFF at Glasgow Airport are incentivised with cash bonuses to catch easyJet passengers travelling with oversized bags, according to a leaked…

The National (Scotland)

UK airport staff offered cash bonuses for spotting easyJet passengers with oversized bags

Staff are rewarded for ‘doing the right thing’ by spotting easyJet passengers with oversized bags

The Independent UK

UK airport staff get bonuses for spotting easyJet oversize bags, email shows

Swissport staff at seven airports in UK and Channel Islands eligible for £1.20-a-bag payment through incentive scheme

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UK airport staff 'receiving bonuses for catching easyJet passengers with oversized bags'

Ground staff enforcing these rules are employed by third-party handling companies, which vary between airports

Evening Standard

Glasgow airport threatened by ‘significant’ summer strike action

Unite’s warning comes as French air-traffic controller scuppered the travel plans of 40,000 Ryanair passengers

The Independent UK

Glasgow Airport strike may have significant impact union 'keen to avoid'

Around 450 workers are on course for strike action over the busy summer period as part of three pay disputes

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow Airport strike may have significant impact we are keen to avoid – union

Unite industrial officer Pat McIlvogue said Glasgow Airport Ltd are refusing to meet with the union.

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Warning airport staff strike could ‘ground planes and passengers’

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Holidaymakers warned over looming strikes at Scottish airport this summer

HOLIDAYMAKERS have been warned of the potential for strike action at Glasgow Airport over the summer as more than 800 workers from five companies…

The National (Scotland)

Strikes by airport workers could disrupt summer holidaymakers, union warns

Unite said it could soon ballot more than 800 workers at Glasgow Airport on industrial action amid pay disputes.

Evening Standard

Holidaymakers warned that airport strikes could disrupt summer getaways

Strikes could ‘ground planes and passengers’

The Independent UK

Qantas makes mercy plea for illegal sackings 'mistake'

Qantas has urged a court to treat its illegal sacking of almost 2000 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic as a mistake and impose a "mid-range" penalty.

AAP

‘The dumbest thing I’ve ever done’: spy trial’s tales of scheming, bluster and a love triangle

Trial of three ‘minions’ in spy ring for Russia heard of chaotic errors, tangled relationships, a cancer lie and a red button

The Guardian - UK

'Complacency' behind Canberra horror flight, official report says

Link Airways to amend training guidance to Swissport.

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How to book a luxury break for less

Be flexible and bag the best bargains from start, in an airport lounge with free food and drink, to end, in a five-star hotel

Evening Standard

Jealous man guilty of murdering west London housemate after spying on her and boyfriend

Sheldon Rodrigues stabbed Stephanie Hansen repeatedly in the neck and battered her over the head with a hairdryer and large fan, jurors heard

Evening Standard

‘Obsessed man killed housemate after spying on her with secret devices’

Sheldon Rodrigues, 30, was allegedly angry that 39-year-old Stephanie Hansen was seeing a married work colleague

The Independent UK

Airport staff ‘Googled passport rules on a phone’ – then turned away British Airways passenger

Exclusive: Swissport is ‘conducting a thorough review of relevant training materials’

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The Independent UK

Airport staff ‘Googled passport rules on a phone’ – then turned away British Airways passenger

Exclusive: Swissport is ‘conducting a thorough review of relevant training materials’

The Independent UK

Airport staff ‘Googled passport rules on a phone’ – then turned away British Airways passenger

Exclusive: Swissport is ‘conducting a thorough review of relevant training materials’

Daily Mirror

Holidaymaker slams airline who lost all his bags - 'stop blaming Brexit and Covid'

Ross Dudgeon, from Melbourne in Australia, spent two weeks in Scotland without his bags or any of his belongings after taking a flight from Amsterdam to Scotland with KLM

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh passengers 'upset' as four bags lost on return from dream holiday

The Berthet family were on their way back from a dream holiday in Florida when they landed in Edinburgh before making their last flight home but had to board the aircraft without each of their missing bags.

The Guardian - US

Dirty planes and high prices: US workers and passengers expect further misery as air travel rebounds

Employees complain about pay and conditions, travelers say prices are too high and service is poor – why is airline travel so bad?

Wales Online

Chaos and missed flights for holidaymakers after delays and IT problems hit airport

Passengers were left in tears as their baggage was unloaded from planes that were about to leave

Daily Mirror

Ryanair passengers miss flights after airport screens say 'relax' and not board

Holiday hopefuls were left in tears at East Midlands Airport when their flights took off without them, with one dad paying an extra £2,000 so his children didn't miss out

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