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Sorry, but a "sick out" over the holidays is also very wrong to the customer, who are the ones who provide a large chunk of the "revenues" that go towards your paycheck. The company may be "wronging" you - but I've always heard that two wrongs don't make a right.Flyboy4u said:Thank You WNP for standing with us who are trying to make a wrong a right with the current situation at AA. It's a shame so many still can't see what is happening right before their own eyes.
Then maybe the FA's who want to play sick over the holidays should go to work for Fed-Ex.WingNaPrayer said:More revenue is generated through cargo than butts in the cheap seats. Planes without passengers, but still holding cargo can fly without FAs.
Check the facts. For the first nine months of 2003, cargo revenue for AMR was $409 million yet total passenger revenue for AMR was $11.8 billion. That makes passenger revenue 28 times greater than cargo revenue. Cargo revenue was 3% of AMR's total revenue for the first nine months. A mere 3%.WingNaPrayer said:More revenue is generated through cargo than butts in the cheap seats. Planes without passengers, but still holding cargo can fly without FAs.
AA's fares must be simplified. There are far too many fare structures and the rules that go with each take an entire tree to print. Passengers know that this many fares, coupled with all the rules and hoops of fire you have to jump through to get them, are purposely designed to confuse and extract revenue from unknowing customers.FWAAA said:Looks like cargo does bring in some serious change, but passenger revenue (even at the low fares) still pays the bills.
I just marked my calendar...for once I agree with WNP.WingNaPrayer said:AA's fares must be simplified. There are far too many fare structures and the rules that go with each take an entire tree to print. Passengers know that this many fares, coupled with all the rules and hoops of fire you have to jump through to get them, are purposely designed to confuse and extract revenue from unknowing customers.
Again, simplified fare rules will make all the difference in increasing revenue, not to mention the fact that they are artificially low - fares have to increase and soon or the party is gonna get mighty damn dull!
Wing,WingNaPrayer said:AA's fares must be simplified. There are far too many fare structures and the rules that go with each take an entire tree to print. Passengers know that this many fares, coupled with all the rules and hoops of fire you have to jump through to get them, are purposely designed to confuse and extract revenue from unknowing customers.
Again, simplified fare rules will make all the difference in increasing revenue, not to mention the fact that they are artificially low - fares have to increase and soon or the party is gonna get mighty damn dull!
What happened was this - Northwest launched a "super duper highly restricted fare sale". Rather than standing pat and letting NWA lose their shirt, Crandall decided to "teach them a lesson" and responded. Had he not done that, I do believe that Value Pricing would have worked - in order for NWA to be able to offer those great, but limited, fares, they would have had to continue the practice of raping the business passenger. THOSE guys would have booked away from NWA in droves and if NWA had to match those fares that were not 21-day-advance-stay-over-a-Saturday-return-on-even-numbered-Tuesday, they could not have made a profit and would have had to abandon the loss leaders. Crandall was so far ahead of his time on this one...too bad his ego had to get in the way.Garfield1966 said:Not sure exactly what the events were that killed it but I do know that one airline here and one there started to offer a discount here and there to gain a market advantage and with in a few months we were back to square one.
...So, it’s been tried. Failed miserably.
I know you were just joking, but tain't funny McGee as they used to say on the radio. For APFA to promote a sickout would be a gross violation of Federal law. Remember what happened to the AA pilots awhile back?meechy36 said:If AA were smart they would have APFA promote a holiday sickout because more flight attendants are PO'ed at APFA than are with the company and would show up for work just to spite the union.
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One last thing, welcome back to the 350 recalled flight attendants, I am glad they are coming back instead of cancelling overage leaves, seems like everyone should be happy...
Mike-BOS