Hooter's Air will rise from the ashes of the fallen major carriers!
Posted on 04/19/2003 7:32:20 AM PDT by Archangelsk
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:24 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
FORT WORTH, Texas (CNN) -- Outraged by news that troubled American Airlines had planned to give its executives bonuses, flight attendants rescinded their approval of wage cuts and plan to vote again, a union official said late Friday.
No date for the new vote was set. Wednesday, the flight attendants agreed to more than $10 billion in wage concessions over six years. The airline had said it would file for bankruptcy protection if the union did not approve the cuts.
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AA management is marginal and has been since Crandall left. Carty is a Canadian who has jumped ship before for a better deal. Some of the senior techies might find a better job, but the airline "managers" are going nowhere. But, they can always be relied upon to take care of themselves, FIRST. Has anyone mentioned the company provided cars that 100s of managers get?
The sad part, of course, is the stupidity of the flight attendants. They will collectively stomp their little foot, rescind their give-backs, and whine and bitch as bankruptcy takes more from them and puts a lot more of them on the ground. AA will immediately cut all cabin crews to the minimums. I can tell you from experience, flight attendants hate working a standard 40 hour week in one location and will, for the most part, find it tough to get alternative employment.
Surely SW airlines should hire some of these "experts" to help them "lose" money.
Perfect! Very well put.
Those that say they had their own business, charged every dime they could get for whatever service or product they sold. I find these people to be hypocrits. I always took every penny I earned, it is difficult to believe that some here turned down making money.
Ain't it the truth. Shooting at the helmsman just puts more holes in the boat and then everyone drowns. Does anyone really believe the top people won't ALWAYS have it better than the workers?
The flight attendants and other employees should recognize the flying public has drastically reduced flying. That's the real problem. American airlines employees must think people MUST fly. Not true.
It's not too surprising how turning airports into Gestapo checkpoints discourages a pleasant flying experience. Many people have simply thrown in the towel on flying. They don't have confidence flying is any safer and it's a lot more hassle. You commit a federal crime by forgetting a pocket knife you've always carried is in your pocket. Who needs it?
Those bonuses are typical in a firm going bankrupt. It buys tight lips, testimony in federal bankruptcy court, and other forms of slime loyalty.
The bankruptcy is as certain as gold. All this high visibility whining is slight of hand.
Hooter's Air will rise from the ashes of the fallen major carriers!
Probably because the American public needs a quarter to buy a clue. Last time I looked, the number one fear of the flying public is - no big revelation here - terrorism. However, the numbers, in terms of fatalities, show CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) and loss of control as the two largest causes of death during accidents (terrorism, even with 911 accounted for, still ranks near the bottom).
Many people have simply thrown in the towel on flying.
Our economy depends on a large part to keeping our fleet flying, if we don't the terrorists have won.
That's exactly what they are. They think they're better than the rank and file and entitled to these extravgant perks simply because they can do it behind closed doors and (usually) get away with it.
The significant majority of them (if not all of them) are already millionaires many times over and don't need these outrageous benefits. But knowing that the company is in trouble (because of their mismanagement) they take care of themselves first and pad their own pockets while simultaneously plotting to ask for givebacks from the employees.
Looking at it from another perspective, what they are really doing is asking the pilots and flight attendants to pay for their protected retirements and golden parachutes.
Yes, that's exactly what they are: greedy crooks and thieves. My AA Platinum card goes back today.
They run a company that is responsible for tens of thousands of jobs. I think that makes them better than the rank and file. If they weren't, then everyone would be running an airline company.
The significant majority of them (if not all of them) are already millionaires many times over and don't need these outrageous benefits.
Sure they do, again they're providing tens of thousands of jobs. However, I don't think anyone should get bonuses in the company if the company is in trouble. This is indeed pretty stupid on their part.
Yes, that's exactly what they are: greedy crooks and thieves. My AA Platinum card goes back today. Yes, that's exactly what they are: greedy crooks and thieves. My AA Platinum card goes back today.
Good! That's shopping with your dollar. I don't fly American (living in Atlanta, its either AirTran [YES!] or Delta [UGH!]), keep in mind that you not flying AA like you used to will hurt the rank and file you were championing at the beginning of your post rather than the significant majority of multi-millionaires.
Your post is filled with the kind of antagonism that is the cause of many problems in the relationship between company and employee.
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