Simply put...
I don't know how long you have been w/ NWA finman, but when the NW management starts acting like professionals then maybe the rest of the company will. YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE!!!!!!
Unlike a machine, rogue management can't constantly threaten and intimidate frontline employees and expect them to have their mind on smiling and being nice to customers. They are not robots unfortunately for you finny. When management desimates employees' pay, benefits, and retirement, the result is pissed off and uncaring employees. Then add on the fact that management retains all of their outrageous bonuses, millions in pay, an untouchable retirement accounts....bankruptcy or not. The boiling point is soon attained.
Unlike a machine, rogue management can't constantly threaten and intimidate frontline employees and expect them to have their mind on smiling and being nice to customers. They are not robots unfortunately for you finny. When management desimates employees' pay, benefits, and retirement, the result is pissed off and uncaring employees. Then add on the fact that management retains all of their outrageous bonuses, millions in pay, an untouchable retirement accounts....bankruptcy or not. The boiling point is soon attained.
Finman, you might want to take some human resource courses and put down your calculator for a while.
Damn straight Don. I would never let my disdain for rogue management lead me to do something knowingly dangerous or unsafe. I have felt the uncaring management pressure to "just sign it off" or "when are you going to be done". I will never waver, and haven't in over 20 years. NEVER.
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At the risk of kicking a dead horse, I believe the key word here is "Management", instead of "leadership". A true leader will inspire his troops to rise above and beyond the call of duty, regardless of the difficulties. He does this by LEADING BY EXAMPLE! Here at NWA, I would say about 15-20 percent are of this nature, 30-40 percent are decent enough guys trying to do a tough job under crappy circumstances, and the remaining few aint worth a bucket of warm spit. To be fair, this seems to be about the industry average. I admit to be biased, but I also have noticed that the higher precentage of vets you have at all levels the better. I'm sure most of you vets out there would agree.
Damn straight Don. I would never let my disdain for rogue management lead me to do something knowingly dangerous or unsafe. I have felt the uncaring management pressure to "just sign it off" or "when are you going to be done". I will never waver, and haven't in over 20 years. NEVER.
All I meant was I won't do any management favors, go the extra mile, or care if an aircraft is late. Liars and cheats shouldn't expect to continue on the path of failure and blame it all on the same old lame excuse....labor costs. As the old saying goes..."You can pay me now, or pay me later"
Yea so much for quality and safety, but hey at least the shareholders are pleased.Of course you're right. And now they can't blame it on mechanic labor costs. They have imposed the pay they were after and have got the numbers down to the level they wanted...but then theres that nasty problem with the wheels falling off!
