BlackPhemie Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Totaly disagree with you there, what hapens at the airports have nothing to do with the dockers in lerwick, the same as im sure if something happend to the flights and they bussed the airport staff to carry bags of the boats. why would they get extra money for doing their normal working hours? plus id thought they are employed by the Lerwick Port A. and they would only do that if their employer agreed with the airport managment to lend them their staff.This was sea cargo brought in by air not air cargo so rightfully dockers work. Those rates of pay are the normal rates for the job on a Sunday more than a mile from the normal port when raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdal Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Dockers would have been 'rained off'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 This was sea cargo brought in by air not air cargo so rightfully dockers work. Those rates of pay are the normal rates for the job on a Sunday more than a mile from the normal port when raining. And people wonder what's wrong with the Country...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPhemie Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Dockers would have been 'rained off'.Quite right too – the plane should have stood on the runway and waited until Monday when the rain stops and the dockers could have been put up in the Sumburgh Hotel until then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 its only sea cargo when it gets on a boat. the owner changed his mind and took it off the sea and put it to air and as its their cargo they can do what they want. As all the dockers are employees of the LPA they could have lost their jobs for working for someone else. or they could have flown up the Aberdeen dockers as its them that touches it first? persuming their employers agreed to release them to work else where too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 plus id thought they are employed by the Lerwick Port A. and they would only do that if their employer agreed with the airport managment to lend them their staff. The Lerwick dockers are employed by Petersons SBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I didnt know that, thanks. so they belong to a private firm then. so the airport would need to have an aragment with the sbs first to 'borrow' them? As the airport is a privately owned (i think) its good that all the staff mucked in for the better good to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser chef Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Anybody else think this has gotten ridiculous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Normal for here chef..... #sprootaid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I didnt know that, thanks. so they belong to a private firm then. so the airport would need to have an aragment with the sbs first to 'borrow' them? I would have thought that Peterson SBS would bill them in a normal commercial arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilldellin Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Maybe I should clarify, on da left Tesco and on da right Co-op http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/atr727.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suds Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Anybody else think this has gotten ridiculous?Yip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Maybe I should clarify, on da left Tesco and on da right Co-op http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb479/beenister/atr727.jpg ....and straight ahead, a braw gud steyuch and dumba. Mercy dey hae da brug ta crugel anunder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 People, I do detect that BlackPhemie's posts are tongue in cheek..... Dockers(as most remember them/it) are pretty much a thing of the past apart from the Freezer Boats that come in and the meal boats in Bressay. I think BlackPhemie's post is in reference to how good the old dockers had it!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackPhemie Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 I think BlackPhemie's post is in reference to how good the old dockers had it!. http://photos.shetland-museum.org.uk/image.php?i=29340&r=2&t=4&x=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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