[Interested]

Anyone here watch that show on CBS? I wonder what the chances of our CEO or President taking some time and working side by side with some of the mechanics and Fleet Service people at our larger/busier stations? I guess that will never happen.

[Heavy C]

Probably not, Arpey did his his time in the Hole as a bag smasher" with CAL I believe". They don't give a rats ASS about the people that actually run this company, and I'm not talking about Management, "which we have too many of". It's the frontline employees that run this company and AA better realize this. We are pissed off and simply we should not take it anymore.

[TWU informer]

Years ago Bob Crandall did some time working different jobs including Ramp. The program then was called "Walk a Day in My Shoes". After Mr. Crandall worked the ramp area, there were some now equipment purchases made shorty after. Today's leader just hires a consulting firm, sits on their ass, gets bonus awards, and then complains labor cost are the problem.

[1AA]

Ain't that the truth.

[Interested]

Sometimes I wonder where AA would be if Bob Crandall were still in charge.

[TWU informer]

Interested, on 06 September 2010 - 12:09 PM, said:

Sometimes I wonder where AA would be if Bob Crandall were still in charge.

Smaller, More Profitable, and Less Union/Consulting Firm Management. 2003 would not have been a union decision, the airline would have laid-off, shrunk in size, and then a new growth plan would have been implemented by 2007. Quite possibly bankruptcy would have occurred right along with the others. The fleet would have been standardized long ago. Eagle would be gone/sold off and AA would have been purchasiing 100 seat aircrat flown by AA Pilots.

We would have already had early retirements and he would have hired replacements without defined pensions to average down cost. Management would be doing their jobs or shipped out. James C. Little would have probably been fired while working in management and we wouldn't even know his name.

Unions would still be holding protest rallies outside HDQ every now and then, but we would all know where we stand, and AA would have a direction instead of continuous revolving door of consulting firms trying to define our direction. We would all dislike him, but respect him.

IMHO of course

[will fix for food]

TWU informer, on 06 September 2010 - 02:00 PM, said:

Eagle would be gone/sold off and AA would have been purchasiing 100 seat aircrat flown by AA Pilots.

I thought Crandalls grand plan was for A/A to fly international and transcon and Eagle to take the domestic network.

[Barfbag]

will fix for food, on 06 September 2010 - 10:55 PM, said:

I thought Crandalls grand plan was for A/A to fly international and transcon and Eagle to take the domestic network.

Although Bob, took his first Airlines steps with TWA, I don't think he would have purchased TWA assets years later. He certainly would have lobbied strongly in Washington for the end of bankruptcy protection that ailing airline company hide and then reappear.

Bob, the chain smoker that he was, wouldn't last a minute throwing bags in a 757 belly without the carpet.

Arpey could make it through the day, maybe.

Then again our real boss is Willie Walch the CEO at BA.

I don't think Willie is ready to come out and play on the ramp just yet.