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[legacy-to-LCC]

iwantout - check your PM. Thanks, Morgan

another spineless dishrag from tempe...
propoganda is propoganda...regardless of whether or not it is veiled behind the presumed secrecy of a pm.

 

[REACC1]

Yeah, if you have time, please quit. If you just started, we would like to exploit you until you have no soul. Thank you for your efforts in making Usairways the best 60% carrier in the business. :blink: <_<

 

[tadjr]

Just to clarify things, the 60% is D:0. Not arrival or any other DOT numbers. It means the door is closed on time or early 60% of the time. That means no 1 or 2 min delays, but at dept time or earlier. Given the numbers we've been running 60% is gonna be tough anyway. As of last check we were close, but we havent entered the real busy part of this month yet either.

 

[Dog Wonder]

Not to mention the 60% goal requires the contracted out out-stations to make up for lower goals in the hub.

Maybe PIT will come through big time.

 

[Prince of PAWOBs]

Not to mention the 60% goal requires the contracted out out-stations to make up for lower goals in the hub.

Maybe PIT will come through big time.

You can't raise the average very much if you don't have a large number of flights.

Besides, we're too busy dealing with the expedite bags from other stations. But not for too much longer.....hehehe!

The new stock ticker symbol needs to be LEC - Low Expectation Carrier

Oh, and one last thing: What's in it for me? Oh wait! I know......NOTHING.

DoUgIe can come and load the bags if he wants more on time departures. It will help him work off that gut he's accumulated since his Saturday Siesta.

I'm not bitter. Not at all.

Hustle this...

 

[tadjr]

What's in it for me?

Come on now Prince, they are holding Full Time EO positions at $8.72/hr for 3 lucky Burghers who want to come "retire" in the South! I think that would be more than enough for any 20+ year agent to expect from the company. :blink: 🙄

 

[QA4Jet-A]

The Mechanics are certianly going to make sure that this is a bad holiday travel period and nobody can do anything but grin and bear it.

Wow, a very professional attitude.... Yep, you should be voted "Employee of the Year"! Please.... stay home a few dozen years so you don't screw up an airplane and maybe ruin some peoples' lives. 🙁

 

[avion]

I don't disagree that Tempe is an inept bunch of managers. And as usual, they've managed to stumble when they mis-speak and are subsequently misinterpreted in the media. But then again, that's what happens when you regularly lie to the public and employees and your words are no longer listened to or trusted.

So Tempe simply speaks out loud about the holiday period and an internal company conversation turns public. From a pax perspective, it's no surprise to any of us that T-Day weekend is monster period to fly. Delays? Bad Weather? Possible Snow? Lost Bags? Gee, I didn't know that this happens on T-Day :huh: . I also didn't think that US had the delay market cornered over all of the competition -- though I absolutely suspect that US lies near the bottom of the bottom-dwellers.

OK, they have a program called Holiday Hustle. In other words, they're dangling a carrot in front of the mules. So if I'm hearing this thing right and reading the links correctly, Tempe is saying hit 60% in November ( while actually aspiring much higher numbers ) and we'll pay each of you $50. Hit the lost bags target and you all get another $50. BFD! What's the problem with this? Not exactly profit sharing, but if I see a $50 bill laying on the floor, I'm gonna pick it up.

I fully understand the transparancy of Tempe's disrespect towards both you guys and we pax. But you know what? Change has gotta start somewhere. If Tempe thinks they're more clever than you, so what? Hit and exceed that target and take the damned money! You get cash, and we pax get up and flying on time or something close to it during a crappy holidy period. Sure, DP and gang are gonna wink at each other and smile and take all the credit.

But it doesn't change my own opinion of Tempe ( or yours ). It does however make my travel managable and you make a few extra bucks. Life sucks, doesn't it? Now so long as I keep flying with you guys, I'm not gonna stop letting Tempe know what I really think about them. Likewise you folks gotta keep giving employee feedback to seemingly deaf ears and filling out the maintaince forms for broken seats and all of the other crap that's going wrong because Tempe can't manage ops or figure out how to merge airlines. Nothing wrong with holding a doubtful, or an irksome opinion of Tempe. But cynicism is poisonous and it will follow you to the ticket counters and into the cabins. That you can not blame Tempe for.

Let's hope that the weekend goes well and that the weather gods are kind to ops. Take their money and do what you can to improve ops. Parker ain't gonna change, but time will catch up with him. We just don't know when or whether it'll just be him and his team, or the entire airline which takes the big hit.

Hey, T-Day is a day to cook a turkey. Maybe we can roast DP. What do you stuff him with?

Barry

thank you for your statements.. as an employee i speak for the rest of the 35,999, according to the company we have 36,000 thank you for sticking with US. Yeah i will take that 50 bucks or make it 1.00 at this point.. hey Wn has been giving bonuses to their pilots for years for lying on ontime departures since for years they did not use ACARS. thanksgiving and christmas are not buy like they used to be. the arilines with their fare pricing have turned the two day before thanksgiving years ago when it was big time busy and made it like christmas.. you can travel now atleast 10 days either way and save cash. years ago the arilines flew on thanksgiving and christmas from 6am -12pm and closed down or shut down all together .. now day of the holiday in the afternoon is very busy. sad though our company has to be the ONLY company to say here we are to make things work for the consumer during the holiday season...granted we operate a great percentage of traffic in the eastern region but you dont hear other companies giving the public warnings of things to come.. ATC and Weather are one thing... staffing is another... take care

 

[Prince of PAWOBs]

Come on now Prince, they are holding Full Time EO positions at $8.72/hr for 3 lucky Burghers who want to come "retire" in the South! I think that would be more than enough for any 20+ year agent to expect from the company. :blink: 🙄

That's only going to last for so long, then they hire DGS to work those positions at a future date.

US is run by a bunch of rich losers. I said if money was all these dopes cared about it would be their undoing. It's already begun.