Working for free

[Secret Squirrel]

in yahoo news

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041228/ap_on_bi_ge/us_airways_6
By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer
PHILADELPHIA - [size=-1]US Airways appealed to its employees to come to Philadelphia International Airport on their days off this weekend to help boost staffing, hoping to avoid the type of Christmas fiasco that left the airline with too few workers to fly all its planes and process luggage. [/size]

In a message to its employees Tuesday, US Airways sought volunteers willing to give up their New Year's Eve plans and work for free in Philadelphia. It said they could expect to be used as customer greeters, ramp agents or baggage sorters.


I guess it has come down to working for free to keep the airline afloat!!!

 

[semperfido]

it is a different world out there for sure

 

[Draginass]

CEO predicting the liquidation of the airline. That'll help bookings.

CEO asking employees to work for free . . . . . the same ones who've taken 40% paycuts, plus he's asking for more and wants to outsource a lot of the potential volunteers.

Yet, Dave Siegel, the previous CEO left last April with $7 million after screwing up the airline even worse and doing nothing for 2 years.

Gotta hand it to Brucey . . . he's has no shame. I'm sure he and the management will drink a toast to the "unpaid volunteers" while he's at the company paid New Years Party at the Ritz and the unpaid volunteers are throwing bags. I wouldn't be surprised if they continued the deliberate shortstaffing in anticipating getting free labor.

 

[OPECJet]

At some point, we'll all be working for free anyway. Your guess is as good as mine when that will happen.

 

[NewBlue]

Dear US Airways management.

If you want us out there meeting and greeting for free haul your bloated @#$ out here and join us.....you know, LEAD.

Love and Kisses,

The rank and file