MONKEY
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- Nov 27, 2002
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From the beginning, it was obvious that the CASMs were too high to operate under the initial plan. Where I give them credit, is that I don’t believe that the plan that was given to the employees of ACA was really the true plan. They new that they would have to dump a bunch of CRJ’s in order to get their CASM down, but there is no way to sell that to the pilot group. Unless you do it under the guise of the evil UAL is killing us, we have to go out on our own to survive. Once they convinced the employee groups, the plan was set in motion. The pilots agreed to lower than industry average wages to fly the BUS. They will most likely file chap 11, dump some debt, and then come out a lean airline with the possibility of making it. A success for the airline, a major coupe to the pilots group. The group gets the BUS, but loses half of their brothers. The best part for management, the pilots are ok with it.
Was it possible for ACA to take the cuts and still make money? I don’t know, but I do know that there are other airlines making a lot of cash at those rates. Management now gets to live out their dreams of trying to be a major, and all it cost was half the employee group.
NOTE - I don’t know that this is the case, but it is an idea that has not been explored on this board.
Was it possible for ACA to take the cuts and still make money? I don’t know, but I do know that there are other airlines making a lot of cash at those rates. Management now gets to live out their dreams of trying to be a major, and all it cost was half the employee group.
NOTE - I don’t know that this is the case, but it is an idea that has not been explored on this board.