14/03/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


14/03/2014

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drama the festival was invented for. Good evening. The two local Channel

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Islands airlines, Aurigny and Blue Islands, begin their new codeshare

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system tomorrow. The two`year deal will see both airlines selling their

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own tickets, but all passengers travelling on the same Blue Islands

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ATR aircraft. The move has led to possible strike action over working

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conditions for some ground staff. Here's Jen Smith.

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For years, Blue Islands and Aurigny have competed against each other on

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the Jersey`Guernsey route, but now they've agreed it'll be better to

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work together to cut costs. Blue Islands' planes will be used, but

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Aurigny will also sell tickets for the flights under what's called a

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"codeshare". The deal means fewer flights but bigger planes.

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But as competition on the route is removed, how do passengers know

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they'll be no price hikes? There won't be any price collusion. We

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have our cost of operation and, you know, we will try to sell all other

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seats and maximise our total revenue and we will achieve that with a

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blend of cheaper fares and higher price fears and the message is as

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ever, book early and get a better deal.

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The deal hasn't been without problems. Baggage handlers in Jersey

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have recently threatened strike action after seeing their hours cut

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when Blue Islands moved to using Aurigny's workers. Today, the Blue

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Islands boss said that's not up to him. That is something you will need

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to ask the other company. We are focused on our own ideas.

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The union Unite told the BBC today it's in new talks with its members

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after hearing back from Servisair ` the company which employs the

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baggage handlers. Both airlines are keen to stress the new codeshare

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won't cause disruption for passengers. But neither could

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guarantee flight prices won't rise. Meanwhile, after over 40 years of

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service, the last scheduled Trislander aeroplane will fly

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between Guernsey and Jersey tomorrow. Edward Sault has been to

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meet former pilots marking the end of an era.

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The sight, the sound, the history: If you live in the Channel islands,

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you'll recognise these aeroplanes. They were first used by Aurigny in

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1971, but tomorrow that era comes to an end. Today, some of the pilots

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that worked day in, day out on these aeroplanes gathered together to

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reminisce about times gone by. You fell in love with them, certainly I

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did. It was so solidly built, typically British. Ingenious design.

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It has been part of building up the Channel Islands into what they are

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today. It was like flying a small aircraft but it was an airline. It

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could do things that some of the bigger airlines could not.

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This was St Ouen's beach in Jersey in 1998 when a Trislander, on its

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way to Guernsey, was forced to make an emergency landing much to the

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amazement to those on the ground. The man at the controls that day was

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Chris Winch. He says the aeroplane was very trustworthy. Sometimes we

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would land and not even realise that one of the tyres had burst. The

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passengers sitting looking out of the window could yet and they would

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tap me on the shoulder and tell me, " did you realise that higher as

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both? " The last Trislander will fly between Guernsey and Jersey tomorrow

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and as it takes off, so does over four decades of local aviation

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history. The flights will continue until they

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can find a replacement. This site will become less familiar as well

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that all too familiar sound. And you can hear more from Edward's

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interviews with the former Trislander pilots on BBC Radio

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Guernsey and BBC Radio Jersey in the morning.

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For the first time ever, Jersey is looking to Guernsey to help swell

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its ranks in the Army Reserve ` formerly known as the Territorial

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Army. Mike Wilkins reports on why Jersey's squadron is recruiting on

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new territory. The Channel Islands have a long

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tradition of serving in the British Armed Forces. The Jersey Field

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Squadron is the local Army Reserve Unit in the Channel Islands. And for

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the first time, it's been recruiting here, in Guernsey, this week. It's

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mainly because the unit's undermanned, but it also sees

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Guernsey as an untapped resource. Yes, this is not about the Jersey

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Field Squadron, this is about the Army Reserve recruiting and the

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Channel Islands. The Field Squadron as the local Army Reserve Unit and

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the Channel Islands. Young men and women, we are asking them to join

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the local Army Reserve. None of the potential soldiers of

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tomorrow wanted to talk on camera today, they were far more interested

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in getting their little hands on the weapons, including rifles and

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grenade launchers. So how would a Guernseyman take to serving in a

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Jersey unit? Well, there are already some who told me the old enemy isn't

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all that bad. June what, I have been accepted really well and to the

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Jersey Field Squadron. The rivalry that some people think exists, it

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does not happen in Jersey. They are in great bunch of guys and we are

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gelling well as a team. So, as the Army Reserve looks for

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more recruits, men and women from Jersey and Guernsey could soon be

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serving together. The head of the Channel Islands'

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competition regulator is stepping down after two years in the role.

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Andrew Riseley will be replaced on first April by Michael Byrne until a

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permanent chief executive is chosen. Mr Riseley says he wants to relocate

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closer to his home in Australia. Fog has severely affected travel in

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the Channel Islands for the second day running. Flights were again

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delayed and cancelled at Jersey and Guernsey airports because of the

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weather. It follows a day of disruption yesterday. There's a

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backlog of passengers waiting to get in and out of the island, and Jersey

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Airport says delays could continue into the weekend.

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And there'll be travel updates on BBC Radio Jersey and BBC Radio

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Guernsey from 6am tomorrow. But that's it from me ` have a good

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weekend and I'll leave you with David Braine and our weekend

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weather. Good night. After the still air and the poor

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visibility over the past couple of days, there is some good news as we

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head into the weekend. More degrees and that has already happened and

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that will continue overnight tonight. We may see some mist

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patches in one of two places but it should remain mainly fine and dry.

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The low cloud has lifted a little bit this evening and that will

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continue. I cannot rule out the possibility of one or two mist

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patches but they should disappear by and large. After a cloudy start

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tomorrow, it will improve with sunny spells in the afternoon but there

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will be some brisk winds developing as well. Temperatures getting up to

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11 or 12 degrees. For the second half of the weekend, it is equally

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as good. Sunday should have some fine weather around and it may be

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cooler temperatures around 11 or 12 degrees. Monday is cloudy again. It

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will be thick and stubborn to move out of the way. On Tuesday we have

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quite a breezy day with westerly winds and son `` some Sunny spells

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with temperatures back to what they should be for this time of year.

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Good night.

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