LXApilot
Owes More Than He Makes
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2003
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Airline Management
Another classic example of Inept and Misguided management. Just because someone has a bean counting degree from Harvard or Yale dosen't mean that they can run an airline. Read the books "hard landing", "turbulent skies" and "flying the line" if you have any ideas that the airlines ever gained anything from managements self-centered and mis-informed decisions. With the salaries paid to upper management- they have no liable stake in the company. If Carty can't be trusted with $1500, then how can he be trusted with the $1.8 billion he is asking for from the hourly wage earners on the front lines? If the employees are serious about their company take some accountability - don't sit back and let there be 1 driver and 100,000 passengers at AMR! When Carty drives the airline into the ground this summer don't sit back and say 'it wasn't our fault- it's they and them out there-' you've got to communicate with your management and be innovative and enthusiastic about your jobs. Most first class passengers flying on major airlines are return travelers who have lucrative and long standing accounts with those airlines- that's the bread and butter- and Carty (your public figurehead and spokesmen) just explained to them the regard and value that the struggling airline places on their business. A two hour delay in a business persons schedule might mean a misconnect, a missed business meeting, and a long time before they choose to spend money for a first class ticket on AA in the future. I am a HUGE supporter of the major airlines (especially the big 3) and want to see those birds dominating the skies all over the world- but until misguided management actually has a stake in the company, real understanding and relationship with the employees, and an understanding of what todays travellers demand from a full-service airline, how can we expect to see those airlines (UAL, USA and AAL) return to profitability? After all, the book "hard landing"
clearly states that Herb Kelleher flies UAL and AAL first-class from DFW to his business meetings in the United States. And he pays full fare for those tickets!
Another classic example of Inept and Misguided management. Just because someone has a bean counting degree from Harvard or Yale dosen't mean that they can run an airline. Read the books "hard landing", "turbulent skies" and "flying the line" if you have any ideas that the airlines ever gained anything from managements self-centered and mis-informed decisions. With the salaries paid to upper management- they have no liable stake in the company. If Carty can't be trusted with $1500, then how can he be trusted with the $1.8 billion he is asking for from the hourly wage earners on the front lines? If the employees are serious about their company take some accountability - don't sit back and let there be 1 driver and 100,000 passengers at AMR! When Carty drives the airline into the ground this summer don't sit back and say 'it wasn't our fault- it's they and them out there-' you've got to communicate with your management and be innovative and enthusiastic about your jobs. Most first class passengers flying on major airlines are return travelers who have lucrative and long standing accounts with those airlines- that's the bread and butter- and Carty (your public figurehead and spokesmen) just explained to them the regard and value that the struggling airline places on their business. A two hour delay in a business persons schedule might mean a misconnect, a missed business meeting, and a long time before they choose to spend money for a first class ticket on AA in the future. I am a HUGE supporter of the major airlines (especially the big 3) and want to see those birds dominating the skies all over the world- but until misguided management actually has a stake in the company, real understanding and relationship with the employees, and an understanding of what todays travellers demand from a full-service airline, how can we expect to see those airlines (UAL, USA and AAL) return to profitability? After all, the book "hard landing"
clearly states that Herb Kelleher flies UAL and AAL first-class from DFW to his business meetings in the United States. And he pays full fare for those tickets!