New Deal For Us Airways' Salaried Workers?

[delldude]

700uw failed to post the part of the article.

The airline said it has already lost 60 workers to competitors in the past year, and that now the prospect of a merger with America West has created anxiety about employees' work prospects."

guess they know a losing proposition when they see it eh hawk???

 

[Fatherknowsbest]

No surprise here, none! Lakefield 3 times his salary in the event of a merger. You can bet Bronner has other bonuses for him as well for possibly saving his butt in all of this.


This kind of stuff just makes me sick for all the hard working folks getting stiffed again. :down:

 

[Seatacus]

Let'em walk...........I'm sure there are plenty of execs an upper management at HP that will work for a fraction of what US pays. And probably do a better job. :angry:

 

[RowUnderDCA]

Maybe you can get the judge to chain these folks to their workstations/desks. What are they thinking taking advantage of a career track NOT chained to seniority?

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

HEY, I've got a radical "NEW" idea.

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When is enough, enough ????

NH/BB's

 

[blueoceans]

The deal also involves lower workers classified as "management" but who could be receipts collectors in the Accounting Dept. Their incentive to stay is as low as $2,500. Heck, some flight attendant leaders are getting $10k just to walk out the door!
Either the majority of the mgt people stay until the merger, or the airline will faulter. The writing is on the wall for these people, as in "America West will likely find your job redundant as soon as operationally possible, but please stay on until we decide to fire you. "

 

[EyeInTheSky]

700uw failed to post the part of the article.

"In the court filing, US Airways said many of the employees covered by the plan are "absolutely critical to the operations" of the company and "to lose them on an accelerated and unplanned basis would present dangerous risks." The airline said it has already lost 60 workers to competitors in the past year, and that now the prospect of a merger with America West has created anxiety about employees' work prospects."

P.S.

Pitbull, you might call someone in mgt on the phone and no one will answer.

[post="268010"][/post]​

Hawk, your sentiments scream the precise problem of what's wrong at US Airways. Yesterday, Japan Airlines Chairman Isao Kaneko said he was stepping down because of "a string of embarrassing safety mishaps at the airline." Instead of blaming the employees (ala U.S. carriers) a foreign company's CEO does the honorable thing. You get paid the big bucks, when the company fails your a$$ should be on the line. I can't imagine anyone of the aforemetioned 25 US executives doing that!

 

[EightySix]

If the management of Usairways is so highly desired by other companies,then it should be the other companies spending the big bucks getting them to leave US, not a bankrupt company begging them to stay. My guess is the management of this company is the bottom of the barrel anyway. Highly doubtful that other companies are knocking at the door trying to get some of our talented management pool to work for them. The good ones left long ago. The problem is, if they left, there isn't anyone crazy enough to sign on to work for US at this point. But are they worth bonuses and enhanced severance? Hardly. This company should let them walk(if there are really other jobs to go to) and hire some fresh faced college graduates- they would probably do a better job, and by the time they get enough experience to move on to another company USAirways will be long gone.

 

[delldude]

this must be the new program to build employee morale 320pilot referenced....

 

[US1YFARE]

"absolutely critical to the operations"

Hmmmm....I always thought the frontline people were absolutely critical to the operations. Now, if they are talking about misoperations, then it makes total sense. Maybe the person who entered the $2 fares should be bonused so that he can be more focused when he inputs the fares.

 

[eolesen]

The deal also involves lower workers classified as "management" but who could be receipts collectors in the Accounting Dept. Their incentive to stay is as low as $2,500. Heck, some flight attendant leaders are getting $10k just to walk out the door!
Either the majority of the mgt people stay until the merger, or the airline will faulter. The writing is on the wall for these people, as in "America West will likely find your job redundant as soon as operationally possible, but please stay on until we decide to fire you. "

[post="268035"][/post]​

Don't laugh at the accountants being retained... in the Pan Am and Braniff bankruptcies, as well as the People Express merger with CO, there were tens of thousands of dollars in receivables which went uncollected simply because some lower level employees and managers left before all was done. That was all money which could have gone elsewhere, including into employee pensions or paychecks which went unpaid.

There were also hundreds of thousands of dollars in invoices and refunds which went untouched because nobody knew what had been processed and what hadn't. That impacts all the companies which have continued to work with U in good faith.

Blame the people at the top who have mismanaged the company all you want to, but if you lose too many people in the middle, everything starts to collapse pretty quickly. Lose too many mid level managers in the wrong places (engineering, maintenance, dispatch), and your operating certificate can be at risk.

 

[diogenes]

There are thousands of U pilots, attendants, mechanics and agents on furlough. I am sure this is a more than adequate pool from which to draw replacements.

Moreoever, I am reliably informed that U is contacting some furloughed employees, and offering them, on a contract basis, the opportunity to train the new hires in CLT.

Why not do the same for CCY?

You just THINK it's rocket science.

 

[whlinder]

Blame the people at the top who have mismanaged the company all you want to, but if you lose too many people in the middle, everything starts to collapse pretty quickly.  Lose too many mid level managers in the wrong places (engineering, maintenance, dispatch), and your operating certificate can be at risk.

[post="268042"][/post]​

Totally agree. U has already lost plenty low level managers and white-collar workers from CCY. When you're cutting pay/benefits, are in bankruptcy (again) and are located in one of the most expensive areas of the country to live, how do you find replacements? You can't, which makes it even more imperative to keep the people you have. Plenty of folks have left in the past year.

It doesn't excuse upper management's inability to do anything except get concessions from their workers. I don't think they should be partaking in retention money.

There are thousands of U pilots, attendants, mechanics and agents on furlough. I am sure this is a more than adequate pool from which to draw replacements.

[post="268044"][/post]​

They should apply.

 

[usjacket]

Greed......An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth: “Many... attach to competition the stigma of selfish greedâ€￾ (Henry Fawcett). :angry:

 

[flyin2low]

US Airways is asking a bankruptcy court to allow it to pay as much as $55 million to executives and other white-collar workers to encourage them to stay with the company,

Let them walk, it will make it easier to staff the new entity(US America Airlines) without them. Is Uncle Al leaving yet?