AA767AV8TOR
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I will start thinking paycut when all our managements return back to the company every single penny they have milked out of the industry over the last three years in bonuses and executive compensation while I was surviving off a 23.5% paycut in 2003 and 1.5% annual increases since.
Besides a 10-20 percent paycut will do little to make this thing work at $135 per barrel. We would have to pay them to come to work to make it truly work.
At some point, the Airlines will have to learn to start charging an appropriate price for their product to cover their costs. Even LUV will have to lean this lesson next year as their cheap hedges run out. They’ve gotten away with it for the last four years as they have put the hurt on the rest of us.
The only thing that will save this industry long-term if the price of oil stays up around $130 per barrel is either re-regulation or foreign ownership. You’re kidding yourself if you think a 10-20 percent paycut will really make a difference except for selling out your future.
Too bad that LUV, in the process of protecting itself and destroying all the competition, might very well annihilate the entire industry and damage itself in the process since they control domestic pricing.
AA767AV8TOR
Besides a 10-20 percent paycut will do little to make this thing work at $135 per barrel. We would have to pay them to come to work to make it truly work.
At some point, the Airlines will have to learn to start charging an appropriate price for their product to cover their costs. Even LUV will have to lean this lesson next year as their cheap hedges run out. They’ve gotten away with it for the last four years as they have put the hurt on the rest of us.
The only thing that will save this industry long-term if the price of oil stays up around $130 per barrel is either re-regulation or foreign ownership. You’re kidding yourself if you think a 10-20 percent paycut will really make a difference except for selling out your future.
Too bad that LUV, in the process of protecting itself and destroying all the competition, might very well annihilate the entire industry and damage itself in the process since they control domestic pricing.
AA767AV8TOR