On Friday, out off the blue, I was ask to attend a meeting with the Operations Manager and was told my position no longer existed as they had to cut costs and I was to leave within a hour, as it seams the Theatre is looseing so much money and will before time will as I see it will close.

As it now seams,they will operate with no Chief Projectionist!, will be staffed just by two full-time Projectionists, which may not have the experience to deal with any major technical problems, and quite how they can get away without a Chief Projectionist managing it and to what saving!.
I am sure Imax would would be some what concern that one of their Theatre's is to managed in this way and the way I was treated by this shabby operator!.

They do not and should not deserve to operate a Imax Theatre.

I wish the other projectionists remaining there, all the luck in the world and it was a pleasure to work with them and sadden that I do not now have a career working in a Imax Theatre.

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Try giving Dennis Laws a call at BFI / Science Museum I think he could do with some help at the moment.

talk soon

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Is not Bournmouth Imax getting off the ground at last ?

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The Edwards Boise IMAX Closed abruptly with no early notice. The chief projectionist there had just bought a house and had two young children. He had to make a big change in very little time. Now he is the CP at the Imax here in Spokane. I lost my job as well, but found a new one in very little time. The good part is that this particular theater is owned by the city, and does very well. There is no risk of closing in the near future. In fact, there are plans of a 3D SR theater in the works. I hope it all works out. If it does they will be looking for a CP to take over the old theater, as we will both move to the new one.
I wish you luck in finding another booth to call your own.
It all works out for the better anyways!!!!

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British employment law says that once you've been in a workplace for a certain length of time you're entitled to a notice period and redundancy pay in the event that your job ceases to exist. Sorry to be so vague in failing to remember the details (I guess I'm lucky in that all the companies & institutions I've worked for have been relatively good employers, so I've never needed to look them up) but I'd be really surprised if they're just allowed to make you redundant with so little notice.

There's an advertisement in this weeks Screen International.

TECHNICAL MANAGER

Applications are invited for the position of Technical Manager within a Group of Westcountry Cinemas.

Experience in the Cinema Industry with all types of projectional equipment is essential. Applications by CV and covering letter to:

Box No 67 Screen International, 33-39 Bowling Green Lane, London. EC1R ODA

As a lifelong Trade-unionist I don't think I'll bother now...

Ben, good luck in the job hunting...

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There must be more to life than Film and Rugby...

Strange. The CP with whom I am working with now said that he stuck around long enough to oversee the removal of the eqipment, but maybe he was just referring to the films and non IMAX related equipment. Now the gears in my head are working. I still have the master key to the Building, maybe I will stop in there and see for myself the next time I am in boise. I really miss that theater. But there was one problem: There was a serious engineering error when the building was designed, because they fogot to put a toilet in the booth.
It still kills me to think that the theater is closed. I would give anything to be back there.

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