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Republic CEO says undercover stint opened his eyes
While taping for this Sunday's episode of the CBS show "Undercover Boss," Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford says his biggest eye-opener "was just the disconnect and (poor) communication between the management team and frontline employees." Bedford assumed an alias -- and a hairpiece -- to work unrecognized alongside flight attendants, ticket agents and other employees. Bedford admits to "a lot of embarrassing moments," but says there were plenty of lessons, as well. For instance, working as a flight attendant taught him not to overlook leisure travelers "who may have saved a whole year" for their vacation.
 
Let me guess. A front line employee with some hardships at home is going to get to go on a much needed vacation. Also, an ambitious, overlooked employee is going to get management training, a promotion, and a 25 cent per hour raise.
 
I've watched this series. It's fairly upbeat and does in fact usually highlight some employee that just hasn't had the breaks in life.

I expect it to be a positive portrail of Denver's hometown airline.

Gup
 
Love that show. I like that the CEO's get a chance to experience life "on the line" so to speak. I always thought David Neeleman of JBLU was a cut above the rest for doing this so often.
 
What a crock this show doesn't even skim the surface when it comes to how employees are treated. They pick the hardest working most dedicated 20 year employee and then kiss his arse to show him what a great guy he is for doing his crap job for crap pay for the last 20 years.
 
I think Brian Bedbug has real nerve... to furlough the Midwest people, shove paycuts down the employee groups' throats, misrepresent the creation of jobs, all while taking home $1.5 million in pay last year? And, he's going to go on some show that barely scratches the surface, to act like he cares or act like he's a leader? The guy is just another corporate opportunist lining his own pockets. A leader, not.
 
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What a crock this show doesn't even skim the surface when it comes to how employees are treated. They pick the hardest working most dedicated 20 year employee and then kiss his arse to show him what a great guy he is for doing his crap job for crap pay for the last 20 years.
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Have you watched it? Several episodes have run into substandard employees that often "leave the company" at the end of the show. I think it does a pretty good job of doing more than skimming the surface. If nothing else, I really like the idea of the people at the top being put in the situation of doing jobs that previously were items on a report. Compared to most of the other, less edifying garbage on TV, I think this is a great show.

As for Bedford, I'm cautiously interested to see this episode. When we saw the preview at the conclusion of last weeks episode, I found it interesting that it seemed to focus on Frontier instead of the Republic behemoth. The producers probably thought (correctly, in my opinion) that it would be too confusing as to which company was doing what. While I am not a fan of his company or some of the outcomes of his purchases, from the outside, he would appear to be successful thus far. There are often winners and losers in business, our industry is just harder on those who end up on the "losing" side in my opinion. In other words, if you are a Frontier or MidEx guy, you probably have a more acute perspective than I, and I have no intent of minimizing that in any way.

The real question to me about Republic is this: How did we get to a place where a regional airline is purchasing other airlines? What happens when the parent company operates it's own flights that compete with another company that it is subcontracting for?
 
This show exploits labor to further line the pockets of the execs.
 
So, does he have to work for $15k/yr. and live with his mom while commuting to GRR like some of his FA's?

I mean, to REALLY get the full CHQ experience...

TC

P.S.--Hope all the CHQ people who got me (and the other ex-TWA commuters) to work IND-STL are doing ok! We miss you.
 
huh...no one recognized him at all? Guess he's not "out in front" very often.

I can't see myself NOT recognizing D. Barger if in the same situation. We see him so often, I think I could still pick him out even with a minor disguise.
 
I bet you couldn't. There was a show on a few months back where they looked into identification of suspects and they had a great test they used. They set up a bank teller to deal with a customer and then they had something "drop" to the floor and when the teller returned it was a completely different person. I believe the percentage of people that noticed any change was less than 1/2%. These were not minor changes either. They would replace young with old, blonde with red heads, brunettes with blondes...the list goes on. Unless you are that 1/2% who is super critical and noticed every detail then the odds are you couldn't tell who someone was if they put a wig and glasses on.
 
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I bet you couldn't. There was a show on a few months back where they looked into identification of suspects and they had a great test they used. They set up a bank teller to deal with a customer and then they had something "drop" to the floor and when the teller returned it was a completely different person. I believe the percentage of people that noticed any change was less than 1/2%. These were not minor changes either. They would replace young with old, blonde with red heads, brunettes with blondes...the list goes on. Unless you are that 1/2% who is super critical and noticed every detail then the odds are you couldn't tell who someone was if they put a wig and glasses on.
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Its all in the titties. I guarantee you I will pass your bank test. I love me some cans. Change the teller 5 times. I'll know by the juggs. Enough said. Guys, start paying more attention to hooters a little better, it could mean the difference of being a jacka$$ on national TV or not.
 
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huh...no one recognized him at all? Guess he's not "out in front" very often.

I can't see myself NOT recognizing D. Barger if in the same situation. We see him so often, I think I could still pick him out even with a minor disguise.
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He's a new CEO to F9 so they haven't seen him as much as they saw Menke.

He also grew facial hair, wore glasses and a wig. When I saw his picture even I had a difficult time telling that it was him. It was a pretty good disguise.
 
Guess he had to try something to change his image.

He turned every Wisconsin politician against him, and his company after opening up his pie hole by insulting Milwaukee. Made national news. Now MKE politicians are trying to get Airtran to move their headquarters up there. lol. And Airtran is expanding rapidly in MKE for some reason.
 
UNDERCOVER BOSS ON NOW w/ BRYAN BEDFORD of REPUBLIC

UNDERCOVER BOSS ON NOW w/ BRYAN BEDFORD of REPUBLIC
SOMEONE is making mega $$$$. Anyone watching Undercover Boss right now see Bedford's Super Premium Mega Maxi Mansion with the basketball court, all the turrets, etc? Right before he talked about employees needing to take wage cuts in order to keep their jobs... :angryfire

The RJ business (and acquiring bigger and bigger) is doing QUITE well it seems.

Shhhh...don't tell the kool-aid pilots on here that, though.

SOMEONE is getting wealthy in this economy. (...and in typical fashion airline pilots believe the broke nonsense and keep taking pay cuts)

Oh yeah...love the born again bs too from someone who has destroyed people's careers & airlines
 
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The only basketball court I can afford now is the NERF type that clips on top of the door. Thank you for saving 400 pilot jobs at Midwest you jerkoff! I'm really glad I wasn't planning on making a career there! Sense the sarcasm. Bedford you're an A$$HOLE! If I were the cleaning lady I would've made you lick the toilets clean!!!!
 
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...so rather than give the completely BROKE people $$$ he sends them on vacations & gives them $ to donate to CHARITY??? Is he that far removed from their circumstances STILL????

...and then the best part...he graced the whole airline with their 10% paycut back..WELL... "over the course of the next 3 years" anyway. Doesn't even cover cost of living increases! ARGH

An hour of my life wasted to b/s
 
What a piece of crap this guy is. All religion and family while boning the workers. Then at the end he says he is giving back the 10%, but over 3 years, which is basically a COLA! Then the sweet music plays and people cry, and he goes home to his mansion.
 

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