Airline Assasinations
November 14th 2008 01:22
Since watching the airline industry as a whole I have witnessed brutal cut throat tactics that are a far cry from normal tactics. An industry that asks employees to give back instead of advancing is a bad working environment. Of course there is the finger pointing between employees and management as to who is to blame.
Never have I seen an industry where an airline's demise is considered a victory. Most employees would rather see the airline die than compromise, meaning no jobs!
The industry seems to have changed its course since the AMFA fiasco at Northwest. The lesson learned. It's tough to understand why AMFA still exists.
This is why I have always questioned this industry as a whole even as it evolves in even wider cut throat tactics. Are employees determined to get their way or die, or is management truly an ogre that feeds off the back of their employees? Again, it depends who you ask and who you side with.
If you don't know about the US Airways pilots' fiasco, you will. Since the merge with America West there has been friction between the pilots of AWA and LCC. This particular merger almost took place in the late 90s when United wanted to acquire(merge) with America West and US Airways. Talks are still active between US and United but the pilot fiasco remains a stickler.
But why would two airlines that are running on empty want to merge? I know how bad it is at Airways, but
at United tempers run high. So high in fact that they are calling for Glenn Tilton's resignation. Just read the article and click the links to learn more about the US Airways and United mismanagement.
My assessment is that airlines doll figures to suit their purposes. They claim poverty when it comes to employee raises and when they need a government hand-out. Employees got themselves in this position because they are in a volatile industry and have allowed compromises, good or bad, by perhaps taking from new hires. This is a situation of what goes around comes around.
So Delta marches on and proves that the astute CEO Richard Anderson is playing Northwest unions like a fiddle! Give non-union members the same raise as union members. This warped move would profit Delta's established non-union employees that don't have to pay union dues!
Think about it!
Never have I seen an industry where an airline's demise is considered a victory. Most employees would rather see the airline die than compromise, meaning no jobs!
The industry seems to have changed its course since the AMFA fiasco at Northwest. The lesson learned. It's tough to understand why AMFA still exists.
This is why I have always questioned this industry as a whole even as it evolves in even wider cut throat tactics. Are employees determined to get their way or die, or is management truly an ogre that feeds off the back of their employees? Again, it depends who you ask and who you side with.
If you don't know about the US Airways pilots' fiasco, you will. Since the merge with America West there has been friction between the pilots of AWA and LCC. This particular merger almost took place in the late 90s when United wanted to acquire(merge) with America West and US Airways. Talks are still active between US and United but the pilot fiasco remains a stickler.
But why would two airlines that are running on empty want to merge? I know how bad it is at Airways, but
My assessment is that airlines doll figures to suit their purposes. They claim poverty when it comes to employee raises and when they need a government hand-out. Employees got themselves in this position because they are in a volatile industry and have allowed compromises, good or bad, by perhaps taking from new hires. This is a situation of what goes around comes around.
So Delta marches on and proves that the astute CEO Richard Anderson is playing Northwest unions like a fiddle! Give non-union members the same raise as union members. This warped move would profit Delta's established non-union employees that don't have to pay union dues!
Think about it!
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