British Airways is trialing something new at London Gatwick on short haul flights, crew give planes a light clean during the time between flights instead of paying contracted cleaners. COST-cutting British Airways bosses are letting planes take-off with just a “light clean” and toilet waste-tanks unemptied. Crew members are being paid an extra £10 if they give the plane a quick tidy before departure, saving cash on paying contracted cleaners. Crew will be paid an additional £10 per flight segment, and the new standards mean that “a jet’s sewage tank is not always emptied. Instead they fly if it is up to a third full. In addition BA planes can now depart with just 50 per cent levels of drinkable water used for making tea and coffee.” British Airways considers this a test to “see…
