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Airport Improve Employee Relations With ‘Airport Learning’ Classes

Posted by SEO SERVICES in Training and Education on July 13th, 2010

Manchester Airport has quickly built a reputation as of the most interesting and innovative airports in the UK. Recent winners of an ACI award, they have also recently added games consoles and Scalextric tracks to their airport lounges, demonstrating their fun side to passengers of all ages.

The most recent development from the airport has been dubbed the ‘airport learning scheme’, whereby staff of the airport can take off an hour or two to learn a skill which is new to them.
Classes on offer to staff so far include photography, languages and hanging basket making. The scheme is also set to offer more socially based classes, including deaf awareness, career planning and first aid lessons, all of which appear to be proving very popular with employees.

According to senior members of Manchester Airport, the scheme has helped employees learn new skills but has also bought up their confidence and morale, whilst at the same time bringing down employee stress levels and customer complaints. They have also suggested the scheme has even lowered the number of sick days (on average) taken by employees, from security staff right the way through to employees at airport hotels.

Tracey Thompson, the coordinator of the learning centre in Manchester Airport, told the press that “it gives them another interest that’s seperate from just coming into work, it makes the workforce happier and better qualified, which can only be a good thing”.
Hundreds of members of staff have already completed the airport learning scheme, with another 400 reported to be waiting to take up the initiative.

You can see some of the employees’ work throughout the airport, as the hanging baskets are often displayed in the lounge as well as in Manchester airport parking lots.

With so many rave reviews coming in for Manchester Airport over the last couple of years, it’s probably worth the other UK airports paying attention to how the best airport in the UK (according to the ACI) works with its staff. It not only appears to improve customers’ view of the services, but also provides a more content, happier workforce that can only have a beneficial impact on customer relations.

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Fruit Trees Disallowed At Manchester Airport Gardens

Posted by SEO SERVICES in Travel on July 1st, 2010

Just a few hundred yards from the busy main runway at Manchester’s busy airport over 100 airport staff are now gardening on their own allotments, provided by the airport. But they have been told that they are not allowed to grow any plants that might attract birds.

Staff have been keen to sign up to the project, many working in teams. Some are growing vegetables including lettuce, onions and cabbages, but they’ve been warned not to grow plants that could be a food source for birds. Staff have even become quite competitive as they try to establish the best allotments.

Although the allotments are located alongside some of the Manchester Airport parking lots, they are within close proximity to the main runway. It’s therefore important that they don’t attract flocks of birds.

Manchester airport has employed a wildlife officer to oversee the plots and ensure that they are not attracting significant number of birds which could present a safety hazard. Birds are often attracted to the undeveloped land that often surrounds airports as this provides an ideal habitat for many species.

But large birds, such as gulls, and even small birds in large numbers can present a significant safety hazard to aircraft. Serious life threatening damage can occur when birds are drawn into the turbines or if they smash into the windscreen. Manchester airport authorities have recognised the risk and taken steps to prevent gardeners from growing any plants that might provide a food source for birds.

The threat of birds strikes isn’t restricted to Manchester Airport. Many other airports take a variety of precautions to minimise the risk from birds. These include the removal of seed bearing plants that are a food source for many birds and using insecticides to kill off other food sources.

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