NWA getting a new look WTFO?

[Networ-King]

Now in this day and age you'd think that saving employee jobs would be the number one goal of any company, but yet again this proves that I know nothing about managing an Airline. Ha.... maybe I should apply for a CEO position with one of the majors......

Then again.... I never took the required course in school to become a CEO....

"How to Fu_K your employees over, and ruin the company and still get millions 101"

Bueller....... Lorenzo.........Goodwin.........Wolf........ anyone????????


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Northwest Airlines gets new look

The Associated Press
4/2/03 7:13 PM


EAGAN, Minn. (AP) -- Northwest Airlines is giving its planes a makeover.

The new paint design includes a simplified Northwest logo and a light silver-gray fuselage. Gone are the red and dark gray bands that run the length of its planes, but Northwest's distinctive red tail will remain.

It's the carrier's first major redesign in 14 years.

"We're introducing a bold new look as a show of confidence that Northwest will fly through the turbulence that is buffeting our airline and our industry," CEO Richard Anderson said in Northwest's employee newspaper.

Northwest declined to discuss details Tuesday, but photographs circulating on the Internet show a 757 with the new design.

It will cost about 5 percent less than the current design, the Eagan-based carrier said. And with a protective clear coat, paint jobs are expected to last six years instead of the current five.

Planes will get the new look as they come due for painting. About 80 planes are scheduled to be painted this year.

Northwest will display a 757-300 with the new paint scheme Thursday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Northwest has a hub in Detroit and is Michigan's largest passenger air carrier.



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[Jack Schitt]

At least we can still say............

"Red tail.....go by rail !!!"

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

Now in this day and age you'd think that saving employee jobs would be the number one goal of any company

Making money is the number one goal. Towards that goal keeping employees happy has some merit.

Management wants you to think that they want to save your jobs. It would not be polite to say otherwise.

Investor conference calls can be very informative. Airlines with "older, more expensive" workforces are very apologetic and acknowledge the disadvantages. The market has been rewarding new airlines with pilots in the first few years of the pay scale. I'm beginning to think, in the American system, airlines were meant to go away after a certain age.

 

[CatYaaak]

Jobs are a happy by-product of a successful company. A successful company is one that stays alive while making money for it's shareholders. Achieving this is a CEOs #1 priority, not maintaining a money-losing jobs program. If that happens, investors will eventually flee and the company ceases to exist altogether.

But I guess I don't get what the big deal is over the new paint scheme. They're getting them during their normal re-painting cycle, it costs less, and lasts longer. So what's the problem?