----------------
On 7/9/2003 3:03:44 PM oldiebutgoody wrote:
I, personally, am glad that ALPA stood their ground with these clowns. It''s about time someone did. I do not think U can compete with the LCCs as a commuter operation. On a CASM basis, small jets tend to be way more expensive to operate than 737s, 717s, or airbusses.
----------------
You are right on the money. This management team hasn''t let any of the ink dry on the contracts THEY signed before they start breaking them. ALPA was 100% correct. How would any of you feel if YOUR contract was broken? What is it now, over 230 grievences filed by ALPA alone with these goons? Plus they bladently lied to the press (SURPRISE) in an attempt to sway the public. NOWHERE did Sleezgle mention that they just violated the same contract they fought to sign.
Some of you need to wake up to the fact that this management group does NOT have your best interest at heart. I feel their goal is to eventually do to US Airways the same fate as Midway...bring us down to an rj operation...and all done so by making impossible expectations thru threats and then following thru with those threats by breaking contracts.
Maybe its just me, but it appears the handwriting is on the wall for US Airways. Take a look for a moment. Sleezgle has us in Star. Goodbye international. Sleezgle has this alliance with United that now on map (see Jul Attache) has as many flights as U. Sleezgle has threatened to pull 15 more planes down, again breaking contract, if we dont give him what he wants. Sleezgle puts all emphasis on rjs and NOTHING on truely increasing revenue...nothing innovative or new..just threats, threats. threats.
I have never seen morale so low at this company. Yes, we all try to talk up our fading carrier to those few customers who speak of how upbeat we all are. Let me tell you, I don''t speak upbeat for this company, mustless Sleezgle. I SO hope he or his looser team are reading this. I do it because I love MYSELF and still have some pride in doing a great job. To be honest, I could give a rats ass if this company survives or not. I do believe in a power greater than me and I know with the closing of this creeky worn out two bit door, a brand new shiny window will open. There is life beyond this company and I will be damned if I am going to give one more dollar to Sleezgle and that slimball pompous ass Bonner down in Hooterville.
I will promise you that the next step is to eliminate all flying west of the Mississippi, leaving it to United. Don''t any of you find it interesting that United is not pulling down the huge amt of planes that we pulled? You see, get rid of the western cities and the old senior PSA crews are history. Shrink us so far down and squeeze the the senior employess out ( along with reducing FL flying where so many senior f/as commute from) and you can run to United after they emerge from bankruptcy and say it would be in the best interest to merge...you see, we only have 3000 f/as to your 20,000 or so and the average senority is now 10 years instead of 17, so we will blend in with little notice. Something that became a major sticking point the last round. Of course half those 3000 f/as will be in PHL and the bulk of the rest in CLT, leaving nothing left of U except rjs and carribbean flying...the one link missing for Star AND United. Maybe I sound crazy, but of what I have seen, the tide seems to be flowing in that direction.
Regardless, we will continue to be in the dark. I mean...you know, competitive edge so we must not tell anyone. This group claims their silence because they don''t HAVE a substantial plan. Just one of threatening and shrinking and breaking all the contract. I have been hearing this line for 17 years and we are still getting our ass kicked by everyone. I mean really, it is a sad day when a company with 2 planes can come along in 3 years and become such a threat that we yank all competing flight out of sister airports like LGA and run like like fearful children.
Some of you will go on and on disbuting everything I say and telling me i either have a bad attitude or should get a new job. Thank you for your concern, but I am a very happy individual who has learned to seperate my job performance from my emotions for this company. But don''t expect me to drink the company kool aid when its spiked with poison. My love for life are my friends, family, a peace of mind, and my cat. I owe nothing to the company except a good job, which I do for ME. Some of those koolaid drinking, girl and boy scouts over at Jetblue and Southwest who want to look down upon and offer their "concern" for poor little US by saying "well, were hiring" need to wake up to the fact that the best of the best have come and gone and that it is a company and NOT your family. You may be flying high today, but take a look at all the "truely" great airlines that have come and gone....Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, Braniff, Piedmont, Western, National, just to name a few. All of them had much more superior reputations in their hayday than Jetblue and Southwest and they are GONE. Americans are fickle. You are todays flavor, so enjoy it.....but I''ll be damned if I am going to start over at 40 years old making $20,000 a year, thank you very much. I would rather wait table and be home at night.
So Sleezgle, many of us no longer care for your threats. They have fallen on death ears. So if you truely want to shrink us to a rj operation, be man enough to inform us so we can make plans accordingly. Most importantly, be a man...I am WAY over your sorry ass.
