0bserver Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 The cargo plane carrying the post was cancelled again today. This seems to be a recurring theme with the Post Office at the moment. It never seemed to be a problem in the past and the only cancellations were down to bad weather (totally understandable). It could be coincidence but since West Atlantic switched from the ATP to the ATR aircraft, there's been big issues with tech reliability. Maybe instead of worrying about funfairs, MHKs could concern themselves with more important things like this. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 10 minutes ago, 0bserver said: The cargo plane carrying the post was cancelled again today. This seems to be a recurring theme with the Post Office at the moment. It never seemed to be a problem in the past and the only cancellations were down to bad weather (totally understandable). It could be coincidence but since West Atlantic switched from the ATP to the ATR aircraft, there's been big issues with tech reliability. Maybe instead of worrying about funfairs, MHKs could concern themselves with more important things like this. Not sure what can be done about a plane contracted by Royal Mail, unless you know a way of forcing then to hire an expensive jet? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lamb Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 8 minutes ago, Banker said: Not sure what can be done about a plane contracted by Royal Mail, unless you know a way of forcing then to hire an expensive jet? Service level agreement? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 3 minutes ago, Harry Lamb said: Service level agreement? Presumably between RM & airline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 12 minutes ago, Banker said: Not sure what can be done about a plane contracted by Royal Mail, unless you know a way of forcing then to hire an expensive jet? There's other providers. Loganair were after it not so long ago. Would that be out of the frying pan in to the fire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 minutes ago, 0bserver said: There's other providers. Loganair were after it not so long ago. Would that be out of the frying pan in to the fire? Suggest you contact Royal Mail to make that suggestion, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, Banker said: Suggest you contact Royal Mail to make that suggestion, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it I would write to them but they're probably on strike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 42 minutes ago, 0bserver said: There's other providers. Loganair were after it not so long ago. Would that be out of the frying pan in to the fire? As discussed that here long time ago. Loganair tried to bully securing the mail flight. I don't think its contracted by Royal Mail I'm pretty sure it's contracted IOM end. Eggs in basket comes to mind and following Brexit, the number of operators we can turn to for operating the postal flight is reduced. The ATP was awesomely reliable and great as a passenger plane too. Miss them. I don't know how West Atlantics business down at the airport is going. It must have been a blow when Loganair decided to take on their own line maintenance rather than use WA as previous operators here had done. We also discussed here in the past about the fact that other operators e.g. DHL also bring in their own daily plane. Maybe we can get something bigger and more reliable if forces were combined. Those old ATRs are dogs and maintenance nightmares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 11 minutes ago, NoTailT said: As discussed that here long time ago. Loganair tried to bully securing the mail flight. I don't think its contracted by Royal Mail I'm pretty sure it's contracted IOM end. Eggs in basket comes to mind and following Brexit, the number of operators we can turn to for operating the postal flight is reduced. The ATP was awesomely reliable and great as a passenger plane too. Miss them. I don't know how West Atlantics business down at the airport is going. It must have been a blow when Loganair decided to take on their own line maintenance rather than use WA as previous operators here had done. We also discussed here in the past about the fact that other operators e.g. DHL also bring in their own daily plane. Maybe we can get something bigger and more reliable if forces were combined. Those old ATRs are dogs and maintenance nightmares. It brings in Royal mail post etc , therefore it’s contracted by Royal Mail!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 19 minutes ago, Banker said: It brings in Royal mail post etc , therefore it’s contracted by Royal Mail!! It takes Isle of Man post away and puts it in to RMs network too.. I don't know for fact, but I'm pretty sure it's contracted on the IOM side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 13 minutes ago, NoTailT said: It takes Isle of Man post away and puts it in to RMs network too.. I don't know for fact, but I'm pretty sure it's contracted on the IOM side. Wrong as usual!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 32 minutes ago, Banker said: Wrong as usual!! If you say so! I don't know, so I'm not particularly arsed either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Ask The Chairman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 5 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Ask The Chairman. C’mon @Stu Peters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 According to the press report, it's (as stated by Banker) a Royal Mail issue. IOMPO uses the same service for outgoing mail, is aware of recent problems and is considering options. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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