Idiots at Airline Management...?

[beech1900kid]

Ever Notice how the airline managers than fail and drive arilines into the ground always get recycled to other airlines? Case in point, John Tague, old CEO from ATA. Makes a few bad decisions and drives them to concessions. Now where is he? UNITED!!! Explain to me which brilliant manager made that call...

 

[CrapEx]

I could not agree with you more.

Just look at the current Management for Corporate Airlines AKA American Connection. They are all EX-Loosers from other airlines, and the company is shrinking every day. Do you really need more managers than Pilots. Well .. YES If you hire all of your friends who have FELONY CONVICTIONS.

Someone please tell me how this is allowed to happen?

 

[Thedude]

Ever Notice how the airline managers than fail and drive arilines into the ground always get recycled to other airlines? Case in point, John Tague, old CEO from ATA. Makes a few bad decisions and drives them to concessions. Now where is he? UNITED!!! Explain to me which brilliant manager made that call...

You must be new in this biz

 

[pilotyip]

What is the solution?

Anyone got a better way to do it?, if so get your resumes out.

 

[beech1900kid]

You must be new in this biz

Not new, just continually baffled by it and utterly surprised at times.

 

[bvt1151]

The only group worse at running an airline than managers is pilots.

 

[Publishers]

One reason

One reason taht they tend to hang around is the specialized and regulatory nature of the business. In many companies, it may be easy to take an individual from another industry and move them into a new one. The rules of business apply to both, management of people, accounting, etc may be easy to assimilate.
Not so the airline field where you need to have a feeling for a number of issues and regulations all to make it work even half decency. That is why it is not as easy to bring in outsiders.

 

[General Lee]

Leo Mullin was an outsider--a banker from Chicago. He obviously didn't understand many things, including employee/management relations ("A contract is a contract"), and strategy---wait until USAir goes to Chap 7---which it hasn't done. He was good a securing lines of credit ($1 billion on 9-11). He would have been a better CFO I believe.....


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[pilotyip]

From ATW (Air Transport World)

Last Spring ATW (the airline management publication) wrote a commentary about how airline management was an "Endangered Species". It has been difficult for the airlines to attract top management, due to the airline problems and low margins. The rewards for management are not there compared to Finance, Medical, etc. Who would want to do it?

 

[General Lee]

I would volunteer for it---except I have a list of DEMANDS: (a "rider" in Hollywood speak)
1. I want atleast $1 MILLION DOLLARS
2. I want a full catered luch everyday--even weekends
3. I want my own Delta golf cart--decked out with woofers (speakers)
to drive around the Delta campus --"Camp Widget"--kinda like Police
Academy--the movie
4. I want a stripper pole in my office (for the new stripper workout tape)
5. I want a trampoline and a grand piano also in my office
6. I want stock options at Southwest Airlines
7. I want to be able to whipsaw Comair against ASA--sounds fun

That wasn't so bad--was it?

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[On Your Six]

Sign me up! I have a high school economics course behind me - should be enough experience....

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Anyone got a better way to do it?, if so get your resumes out.

I don't need an airline management resume to know that hiring a known loser is sure to get you negative results....applies to any job. A better way to do it??? How about promoting known successful performers from within? You know, maybe reward a little loyalty, motivate others to perform by seeing that those who do might actually get a hold of the reins one day? Doesn't seem too hard to me...

 

[pilotyip]

Fresh thoughts

That is what we need is some fresh thoughts,