Another Novel Idea

[BoeingBoy]

Excerpted from an article in the Houston Chronicle dealing with management/pilot negotiations at CAL.....


Denver-based consultant Boyd said unlike some other airlines, Continental has made cuts elsewhere before approaching the labor unions.

"Continental realized from the get-go that you have got to find other ways to be more efficient; you have got to be a better airline," Boyd said.

"I maintain that you could get rid of two or three floors at American Airlines headquarters, and it would be a week before anyone would notice."


If interested, the entire article is here.

Jim

 

[WestCoastGuy]

Im sure the same holds true for Crystal City. I could never figure out the logic of having so many junior vice presidents, senior vice presidents, and regular vice presidents. Not to even mention the regional and corporate level directors. I think there's a lotta paper pushing around there.

 

[mweiss]

There's plenty of evidence. Why did Allegheny feel compelled to push its cool northern (in)efficiency onto two much more efficient airlines? That decision is the number one reason, above all others, that US Airways is in its current state of affairs. You can trace it all back there.

 

[BoeingBoy]

mweiss,

My layman's answer is the "not invented here" syndrome - still apparently alive and well at good ole U.

And by the way, the name had already changed to USAir by the time of the PI/PSA mergers.

Jim

 

[nycbusdriver]

mweiss,

My layman's answer is the "not invented here" syndrome - still apparently alive and well at good ole U.

And by the way, the name had already changed to USAir by the time of the PI/PSA mergers.

Jim

The name change took place way back in 1978. But as we all discovered, the moniker USAir really meant Unfortunately Still Allegheny.

 

[usair_begins_with_u]

UAir is very top heavy with managers that add ZERO value... I know this first hand. Many of the good people in management leave Uair once they figure out what a joke it is, leaving only the less qualified to move up the mgmt ranks. Many current mgrs are not even good managers.. Most are yes men/women who try to hide quietly hoping to stick around as long as they can collecting paychecks they could never pull anywhere else. For example, a few years ago, pretty much the entire US Air pricing team (a very good group) left in bits and pieces and now work for AirTran.

 

[mweiss]

And by the way, the name had already changed to USAir by the time of the PI/PSA mergers.

Yeah, I remembered that. But, as nycbusdriver pointed out, it was Unfortunately Still Allegheny, hence my choice of wording.

 

[BoeingBoy]

Gotcha,

Jim