A very dominating victory to be more precise. The maintenance operation is performing at pre-strike levels, and doing so with drastically improved efficiency.
So how do you know those numbers weren't "fudged". I know from working as a manager that I've seen people fudge their numbers, create these ghost inventories to get a pleaseant bonus at the end. (I think in this case its KEEP YOUR JOB)
I always have had sympathy for the font-line workers. We're all in the same boat here.
I hardly think frontline workers are equal to someone that does number crunching. You don't deal with screaming people who puts on this show just to get an exit row seat or hide their luggage they are going to carry onboard the aircraft.
I am better suited where I currently am, so I won't be volunteering for replacement duty. I'm not one of the few hundred management employees that were F/A trained during the previous contingency buildup.
my understanding by talking to one of them this wasn't exactly volunteering. Either you go do it or look for another job. That's what I was told by one guy who was on their "IOE".
As for toasting beers with PTO, you're right, he does deserve a toast. What would you guys talk about if he weren't around to fuel the flames.
Well perhaps we saw how scabs work on "empirical observation" where I even witnessed myself 2 scabs trying to install a new lightbulb on a wingtip. Plane took a delay because these guys clearly didn't know what they were doing. Finally a NW scab comes along and shows them tenderly how to instal it. WOW. Delay due to fixing a lightbulb. That's complete ineffeciecy.
this board would be pretty boring without him. He should be charging you guys counseling fees, as I'd guess that the venting that occurrs at PTO's expense is very therapuetic for all of you guys (and gals
In a sense, true. We all need to have an outlet for our anger. This is why I try to host these strike parties. Next one is at the end of next month. All you people are invited, if you can make it. It's great to have those gatherings because we get to discuss what everyone is up to. It's all positive.
Most of them found jobs paying almost the same or a little less WITHOUT SCABBING.
Now with all this said and done, why is it that NW ONCE AGAIN pissed away potential money making opportunities?
For instance utilizing some MX on their down time, and picking up a maintenance contract for an airline that has 1 flight a day. How much did that airline pay? $18,000 a month?
What about all those "assets" just sitting in the desert? why not break them apart and sell the parts?
Planes don't make money on the ground.
Why not take the lead that WN did. With their savy marketing scheme they picked up customers and now have a good reputation among the public, although it cost more (then) to go on WN. Northwest? forget it. Advertising seems to be some frivilous expenditure.
They're pretty much STANGNANT, something that happens to companies before they go down the toilet. No savy marketing. I don't see any advertising going on where I live.
On top of this no corporate vision. I almost died laughing when I saw some old pamphlets from 1995 about NW's corporate vision.
NW created this enviorment where they have very angry/upset frontline workers. How can this be productive? I think it is 100% counterproductive. Who wants to go back to a company where they experienced bad service? Then they'll tell 7 of their other friends, then they will in turn tell more people... and more... It costs more to get back those people as customers again. I don't think those frequent flyer miles are going to be a useful tool to bring back those customers.
I think they had two viable options to cut down wages. One was to treat the employees with RESPECT, treat all UNIONS with respect and inform them that how we have to work as a group and take wage cuts ect. ect. ect. and keep the layoffs at a mininum. This way is the most scariest for most managers because they are not certain how it will go through. But with some airlines that went this route, it has worked into their favor.
The other option is to do what NW did. BOY! Unethical is an understatement. They took this route and kicked it up a notch. Seems like someone gave this airline to a kid to "play with". Mismanagement at its zenith.
Seems to me they are/were postiioning themselves to be bought out by "someone". And forced themselves into bankruptcy. (((loved it when my friend in Mecca told me NW did its best to AVOID bankruptcy! I told him/her what the hell drug are they on!?!?)))
They haven't done as much business as they use to so if this happens soon they will not have any obstacles with people screaming "MONOPOLY". However I think that in their master plan they didn't put into the factor that fuel prices are going to sky rocket bigtime. Stock market is due for a major tumble. No smart person is going to put NW in their stock portfolio. That's just crazy.
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