Rebadging numbers is the ONLY way to go......eliminates any bias and preconceived opinions. I am only interested in working with people that are HERE to work, not tell me where they came from or how they used to do it at airline "X,Y or Z". Slotting people into deactivated employeee numbers was tried in the past and some of those people thought they could use that NUMBER to their advantage and circumvent the seniority system to their advantage.....and I should not have to check someones ACTUAL seniority everytime I report to work to "call them on it". (If people were honest about it that would be a different story)
The full rebadging that I'm aware of, was talked about by Jeff McLelland when the merger was announced. I was present at a Town Hall meeting in Tempe and he mentioned that they would like to rebadge everyone to avoid the negative stuff people are talking about.
They need to rebadge everyone. Do it alphabetically by last name, leaving enough holes to add people as they come on board. De identify everyone. You'd have to think twice about trashing some group not easily knowing where the listener hails from.
The Piedmont, Allegheny, PSA transition was a mess. I came from Eastern and had to listen to all the trash talking between groups that were, in reality, almost identical in every way. We're almost all much more alike than different.
you're kidding right? You are going to point fingers at an entire work group based on what?
that is utterly assinine. There are Allegheny/usair people that dont like the system either.
In the late 70's they started to recycle numbers, so a new hire in 79 could end up with a
2 digit or 3 digit number instead of the 5 digit numbers .
Rebadge, it's the only way to go. Eliminate the rhetoric.
Not true. Don't forget when they integrated the Trump Shuttle into the seniority list.
Going in alphabetical order would be a smart way to go, and you could do something similar to USwest with their letters for job or position.
I personally think it's time for re badging anyway. Most of us are walking around with id's that have such old pictures it's amazing that security even lets us through.
When you fly with us you will know! :groovy: Just kidding. I have to say I would love to loose the title of "crazy 8". It's no fun to have someones opinion set before you even show up. In the past I've always felt like I had to prove myself to be competent as a f/a.
I'd like to see rebadging done myself. Maybe keep the lettering system West has now and start over. Fun thing is, we cannot do that until all the seniority lists are integrated. Lord only knows how long that mess will take to figure out.
Well unfortuneatly it was a small few that coined the phrase "crazy 8's" for the entire lot. Sadly, the ones that did, fit the bill. I think though for the most part, they have grown out of that mold. Of course, in PIT we dont have anymore crazy 8's. LOL
