enigma
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EDIT: The point to this post was to denounce Mr. Rinkers anti-worker attitude, not defend the pay scales at UAL. I'll let the UAL guys do that. It just ticked me that Mr. Rinker is willing to give management a pass when it comes to assessing blame for the situation. (11:00EDT)
Did anyone else hear the Bob Rinker "Money Talk" program today?
As I drove around FLL looking for a decent neighborhood this evening, I was listening to "Money Talk" ( The most popular national financial advice show if I heard correctly).
The hot subject was UAL, and our industry in general. Mr. Rinker flat stated that UAL would be bankrupt within the month.
Then he ticked me off. His view, is that UAL can only survive by negotiating dramatic concessions from its unions. Even after a UAL pilot called and informed him that pilot/labor costs are not near the large percentage of costs per seat mile that he was implying and that the pilots WERE giving concessions, Mr. Rinker repeated his position that the only way to save UAL would be for the unions to accept major concessions. He admitted that the management was bad, and the business plan was bad even before 9/11, and then STILL blamed UAL's downfall on the unions.
I'm not that big a fan of my union, but I have no doubt that the ALPA is not the reason for UAL's hard times. UAL's problem was having a disengenuous management team that demanded concessions in bad times, and then failed to reciprocate when times were good.
Can anyone say BOHICA
8N
Did anyone else hear the Bob Rinker "Money Talk" program today?
As I drove around FLL looking for a decent neighborhood this evening, I was listening to "Money Talk" ( The most popular national financial advice show if I heard correctly).
The hot subject was UAL, and our industry in general. Mr. Rinker flat stated that UAL would be bankrupt within the month.
Then he ticked me off. His view, is that UAL can only survive by negotiating dramatic concessions from its unions. Even after a UAL pilot called and informed him that pilot/labor costs are not near the large percentage of costs per seat mile that he was implying and that the pilots WERE giving concessions, Mr. Rinker repeated his position that the only way to save UAL would be for the unions to accept major concessions. He admitted that the management was bad, and the business plan was bad even before 9/11, and then STILL blamed UAL's downfall on the unions.
I'm not that big a fan of my union, but I have no doubt that the ALPA is not the reason for UAL's hard times. UAL's problem was having a disengenuous management team that demanded concessions in bad times, and then failed to reciprocate when times were good.
Can anyone say BOHICA
8N
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