XJT "imploding"?

[Oakum_Boy]

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/6011776/

 

[Freebrd]

Sure sounds like it. That issue with the huffer doesn't surprise me. You can call the dispatcher and have them notify your destination and half the time the station is unaware of the need for a huffer when you arriveMany times the huffer is inop! Then the station tries to borrow one from a competing carrier. Fun times. And it all falls in management's lap. Our major partners don't seem to be having the same issues as us, at least not to the same extent. And then treating crews like crap and violating the contract doesn't help things either. Hey but we got that " cut your hair" deal going on! ( I know, for a good cause).

 

[Flyguy1226]

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/6011776/

You actually read a.net? Sad.

 

[v1valarob]

You actually read a.net? Sad.

Unfortunately those guys can be good about giving you information that management is keeping secret.

I remember when Colgan lost it's US Airways flying, a.net guys told us before management. Pretty bad when on a conference call someone says "how come every one of our flights outta LGA in a few months shows a Piedmont Dash and not a Saab?"

They pretty much had to come clean.

 

[Freebrd]

Read that piece (SHV?) about mgt.'s visit and it apparently was newsworthy that employees there would like picnics, more things like that! How about fixing the frigging airline first!

 

[Oakum_Boy]

How about fixing the frigging airline first!

That's not an option. In the mean time, don't take any more Jepp revisions than you need, and donate some hair or something useful.

 

[Freebrd]

At least we still have coffee!

*for now

 

[wms]

Imploded, is the correct word. Almost all of our daily operational issues stem from poor decision making at the middle level and the organizational issues we face are the result of five years of penny-pinching catching up with us.

Good money spent wisely will always out-perform stepping over dollars to save dimes, which is what we do.

 

[Clutch]

Half the CRJ's are flying with deferred FMS's the other half deferred water systems. The incompetence is at an all time high.

 

[SoberIrishman]

Its all the General's fault. He gleefully rejoices in the major carriers shopping for the lowest cost, forcing draconian cuts in maintenance and pay to the regionals while he (or she) reaps the benefits of profit sharing payouts on the backs of us who do the donkey work!

 

[Freebrd]

Oh oh! Jenny gonna git ya Sober!

 

[SoberIrishman]

I'm ready. Bring it on.

 

[SoberIrishman]

On a different topic, I should say our thoughts right now should be with those on board Malaysian 370 from KUL to PEK tonight. The outlook does not appear to be good at this time.
Very sad.

 

[Freebrd]

I'm ready. Bring it on.

You been hitting that Irish sauce tonight?

 

[SoberIrishman]

Nope, but I did have fish and chips!

 

[Freebrd]

Better get ya more chips, Jenny is quite the entertainer tonight (her momma too)

 

[JumpersAway]

Brad Holt must be having the time of his life, at the moment. Clearly, nothing is being done to manage the company from the top. No one appears to be at the helm. From what I understand, it's as though he shows up, closes the door, and then goes home at 5 or a bit before. And yet, the pay checks keep on coming...............I want that job!

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Brad Holt must be having the time of his life, at the moment. Clearly, nothing is being done to manage the company from the top. No one appears to be at the helm. From what I understand, it's as though he shows up, closes the door, and then goes home at 5 or a bit before. And yet, the pay checks keep on coming...............I want that job!

If that's true, get the chinstrap cinched down tight, the door is closed because he is plotting with SGU. If he is plotting with SGU, it isn't about changing the Mini Indy date or number of corners. BH may not have a clue as to how to run an effective corporation, that's because he doesn't have to, SGU pulls the strings from the deck of the houseboat, the S.S. Minnow on the lake. The SKYW side isn't doing much better either, it's like watching a one legged duck trying to get to VR. The EMB program and 117 has SGU tied up in knots, so anything more than one desk or cubicle away becomes difficult if not impossible. Brad hasn't kept his seniority number on the Skywest pilots list for nothing....

 

[Mercyful Fate]

If that's true, get the chinstrap cinched down tight, the door is closed because he is plotting with SGU. If he is plotting with SGU, it isn't about changing the Mini Indy date or number of corners. BH may not have a clue as to how to run an effective corporation, that's because he doesn't have to, SGU pulls the strings from the deck of the houseboat, the S.S. Minnow on the lake. The SKYW side isn't doing much better either, it's like watching a one legged duck trying to get to VR. The EMB program and 117 has SGU tied up in knots, so anything more than one desk or cubicle away becomes difficult if not impossible. Brad hasn't kept his seniority number on the Skywest pilots list for nothing....

One sentence you say he is, then the next if he is. You a little confused?

 

[BigPappa]

Guys take a deep breath! It is all going to be OK. What is going on is that the 117 rules have brought added operational difficuly to the table for ALL airlines. The regionals are seeing more side effect due to all that and staffing issues combined. No need to panic (yet)! Sit tight and have a cold one once a while..

 

[COOPERVANE]

PBR called Brad H's plan since it was announced he was going to be at the helm many years ago.

So far he has been about 100% correct.

 

[Freebrd]

Correcto Copper! If this was any other industry except airlines BH would be history!

 

[PBRstreetgang]

PBR called Brad H's plan since it was announced he was going to be at the helm many years ago.

So far he has been about 100% correct.

You guys, as well as the Skywest guys are pawns in the Skywest gambit. There is something afoot, but since SGU has the meeting rooms swept for UAL/DAL bugs regularly, we won't know what is happening until it unfolds.

 

[Russ]

That IAH air going to your head PBR? BH is extremely smart and capable, not a popular opinion I know. I'm not sure what the final outcome is, but its has a guiding hand behind it, even if its to shut the place down over the coming years.

 

[XPOO]

FWIW, instead of sending SKW people to ATL to show the people there how its done, they are now sending people to SGU to observe how its done. Its hopefully a step in the right direction, albeit probably a small one.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

they are now sending people to SGU to observe how its done.

I remember when ASA sent middle management to CVG to learn from Comair "how it's done".

Result:

Departure Coordinators
(men in orange vests trying to coordinate the uncoordinatable)

Retractable Walkways
(mole tunnels; wind-whipped and torn, the rampers lost the keys within a week)

 

[PBRstreetgang]

That IAH air going to your head PBR? BH is extremely smart and capable, not a popular opinion I know. I'm not sure what the final outcome is, but its has a guiding hand behind it, even if its to shut the place down over the coming years.

Nope,
The air is just fine, little muggy at times, but OK! BH's best days were being a Metro Capt. He presided over the SKYW pilot group during a time of unprecedented growth, and almost unlimited pilot resources. Management by fear and decree only works when you have unlimited power and a like number of serfs. When the serfs move to another shire, and there is a decreasing number of them to till the fields, the lord begins to hunger. Anybody can run a business when there are unlimited resources, true managers and leaders shine when the times are hard and resources are lean. The SKYW promotion criteria of nepotism and favoritism is showing its shortcomings(no pun intended towards BH's verticality) BH will preside over some of the most nefarious corporate behavior ever devised, likely to be on par with Enron. He will be hated even more than Anita....

 

[Nevets]

FWIW, instead of sending SKW people to ATL to show the people there how its done, they are now sending people to SGU to observe how its done. Its hopefully a step in the right direction, albeit probably a small one.

They should just cut out the middle man and have SGU people do it from SGU. That would truly be a step in the right direction. But instead our boss rather be immoral and unethical so that he put more money in his picket at the expense of his employees.

 

[XPOO]

They should just cut out the middle man and have SGU people do it from SGU. That would truly be a step in the right direction. But instead our boss rather be immoral and unethical so that he put more money in his picket at the expense of his employees.

It will be, eventually. Just not the way YOU envision it.

 

[General Lee]

Wow, this is getting good! PBR in IAH should write this down and create a "Tuesday Night Movie" on TBS....


Bye Bye---General Lee