Speakers ?

[IORFA]

IF AA ends up furloughing everyone subject to furlough from IOR, any ideas what they do with the PVG flight in regards to speakers? They are pretty much bare bones now. 12 of the 14 people subject to furlough are CM speakers. I see 2 possibilities. 1. fill the spot on the plane with a non-speaker to get to 11 and then rehire them as translators ala DME and make them in addition to the regular complement. or 2. Try to go with just 1 speaker total on the plane and see what happens. I think AA will go for option 2. Just curious what others think. It would be easier for training to rehire the furloughed F/A's rather than hire off the street, assuming they would want the job. Problem I see, is that if it is done like the RU speakers, then most would not want the job. The RU translators, work 5 days a week and have to do office work as well. Most if not all CM speakers commute, that is where I see the problem. I guess option 1b. would be to go along the lines of PAP and not make them do office work as well. Just seems like a potential problem is looming.

 

[s80dude]

What kind of office work do the Russian speakers do when they aren't flying?

 

[IORFA]

I should clarify that the TRANSLATORS do this job, not the F/A speakers. They make them meet the arrival in terminal 5 and help moving the russian language pax through immigration and customs. They help answer questions on connections and so on and then work the outbound in terminal 3. At the departure, they show up with brouchers of Moscow and Russia. They are supposed to answer questions on tourist activities and speak in Russian to help the agents. I.E. gate announcements and such. They then go on sales calls as needed with the local sales office and they also do any translating that the office might need. I am sure they still have a lot of down time that they are given other tasks. Point is that it is a regular full time office job that would make commuting a hassle. They typically work one trip a week then work the other days in the ofice.

 

[The Goose]

IF AA ends up furloughing everyone subject to furlough from IOR, any ideas what they do with the PVG flight in regards to speakers? They are pretty much bare bones now. 12 of the 14 people subject to furlough are CM speakers. I see 2 possibilities. 1. fill the spot on the plane with a non-speaker to get to 11 and then rehire them as translators ala DME and make them in addition to the regular complement. or 2. Try to go with just 1 speaker total on the plane and see what happens. I think AA will go for option 2. Just curious what others think. It would be easier for training to rehire the furloughed F/A's rather than hire off the street, assuming they would want the job. Problem I see, is that if it is done like the RU speakers, then most would not want the job. The RU translators, work 5 days a week and have to do office work as well. Most if not all CM speakers commute, that is where I see the problem. I guess option 1b. would be to go along the lines of PAP and not make them do office work as well. Just seems like a potential problem is looming.

You know very well the company people read this site to find out what the posters here are thinking - why give them any warning re: any problems they're about to cause for themselves?

 

[IORFA]

Well. If I tipped them off, then they are dumber than we think.

 

[IORFA]

With DME going away for the winter, will AA layoff the Russian TRANSLATORS?

 

[eolesen]

Are the translators FSD's? If so, they're management. They could lay them off, but there's no such thing as recall in management, so they would probably just use them as rampers.

 

[IORFA]

FSD's or FST's, I think they changed the term for them, since their job is a little different. I knew they were management, and could be let go anytime. I was just curious if anyone knew if they were gonna hide them somewhere.