Parker to become CEO of American

[Andy]

At bankruptcy pay rates for all employees.

So it was a level playing field when compared to other airlines, other than Southwest. ALL of our pay rates have been down the crapper for a long time. Until this latest United contract, I was making more per hour in 2002 than any year since.

 

[PropPiedmont]

And it's Stephen, not Steven. Geez.

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

The Unions - What a Cluster that is going to be

USAPA East V USAPA West V APA that is going to be a very interesting scenario, I wonder who will win? This should be good for at least a 100 pages.
They may even knock SWAPA V AT(ALPA) of the forum, their squabbles will seem very insignificant compared to what is going to happen during the merger.

 

[Turtle21]

And it's Stephen, not Steven. Geez.

Since you at least remember how to spell his name, your recollection of other things at that time is at least provided some measure of credibility.

No one was fawning over Wolf, but things were much better. I can't imagine why some fawn over Parker now. Stockholm syndrome I suppose.

 

[Bringupthebird]

What airline is Wolf running now? Ask Bronner his opinion of Wolf.

 

[WSurf]

Wolf... Not Wolfe... And the airline was a hell of a lot better under Wolf. It had nearly twice as many employees, we were paid far better and we had pride in our product. Parker, among employees, has a reputation as an occasionally irresponsible frat boy who never wears a coat and tie. We have become the Walmart airline under Parker. I fully expect more of the same, just a slight transformation into a Superstore Walmart.

Yes I admit those were better times (Wolf)! Pay, Pride, Fun! But weren't those better times for all the other airlines also??? Not like US Airways was special back then. The industry has changed! Wolf gave up so much to the unions because he knew he was gonna jump ship with money bags!! He and Gangwal walked away with like 35 million! He even got a nice cottage in France for his big Airbus Order. He left this airline in crazy debt!

The airlines probably won't ever be the same. But I like Parker. All CEO's have there faults, but given the company that was handed to him I think he's done a pretty good job.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Seriously?

All this guy has done is try to buy airlines using stock, no organic growth, and paying the (great, my word attached) people at UsAirways basement wages and that makes me wonder how profitable things would have been if wages were just "average". He wouldn't look so stellar....based on his failures, his whole plan was to gut and strip the airline down enough to where the stock swap deals would look like bottom shelf goods at a Goodwill store, cheap for the taking.

No worries, Aviation week will name him man of the year like the cult of personality Jerkoff Smisek......

Good luck USAirways people....you are always a class act.

 

[WSurf]

Seriously?

All this guy has done is try to buy airlines using stock, no organic growth, and paying the (great, my word attached) people at UsAirways basement wages and that makes me wonder how profitable things would have been if wages were just "average". He wouldn't look so stellar....based on his failures, his whole plan was to gut and strip the airline down enough to where the stock swap deals would look like bottom shelf goods at a Goodwill store, cheap for the taking.

No worries, Aviation week will name him man of the year like the cult of personality Jerkoff Smisek......

Good luck USAirways people....you are always a class act.

Only Time will tell.

 

[Turtle21]

Seriously?

All this guy has done is try to buy airlines using stock, no organic growth, and paying the (great, my word attached) people at UsAirways basement wages and that makes me wonder how profitable things would have been if wages were just "average". He wouldn't look so stellar....based on his failures, his whole plan was to gut and strip the airline down enough to where the stock swap deals would look like bottom shelf goods at a Goodwill store, cheap for the taking.

No worries, Aviation week will name him man of the year like the cult of personality Jerkoff Smisek......

Good luck USAirways people....you are always a class act.

I agree but I have to admit DUI takes a better mug shot than I do (I mean hypothetically )

 

[Bringupthebird]

No, Parker wants to completely revamp the airline employee career model. He wants it to be perceived as just another service sector job, like being a waiter, that is done for a while and then moved on. Lifelong careers in the airline industry will be a thing of the past in his vision. The shortage of pilots will likely lead to some sort of government intervention in job-training assistance thus diminishing the argument that experienced pilots (and other airline workers) deserve a higher-than-standard pay scale. It will take a generation for this to play out, but more likely than not we will look back on the MOU as the high water mark in industry pay.

 

[SXMp2c]

Time to retire, bird

 

[sean67]

Time to retire, bird

Like!

 

[weasel_lips]

bird brain

 

[B-atch]

time to retire, bird

+1000,000,000

 

[Blueridgeflyer]

No, Parker wants to completely revamp the airline employee career model. He wants it to be perceived as just another service sector job, like being a waiter, that is done for a while and then moved on. Lifelong careers in the airline industry will be a thing of the past in his vision. The shortage of pilots will likely lead to some sort of government intervention in job-training assistance thus diminishing the argument that experienced pilots (and other airline workers) deserve a higher-than-standard pay scale. It will take a generation for this to play out, but more likely than not we will look back on the MOU as the high water mark in industry pay.

Don't leave this guy in the same room with a box of razor blades.