Who Should Go?

[BoeingBoy]

The company's hub and spoke network with poor O&D hubs in CLT & PIT, relatively high PIT operating costs, a hemmed in route network, and very high labor costs all contribute the problem. Then have a relatively high percentage of short haul flights, which increase costs, and enormous merger integration issues, and you have a money loser.

[post="201287"][/post]​

Seems like you've proven Clue's point very well. Exactly how many of the items you listed are not the result of management decisions?

Jim

 

[USA320Pilot]

BoeingBoy:

It's not current management that created the problem and it's unfair to blame them. Every CEO since Colodny has tried to fix the problem, but the mergers created the highest cost, most inefficent, regional airline in the world. Schofield, Wolf, Siegel, and now Lakefield have all tried to fox the problem.

Either US Airways adapts to today's reality and converts into an LCC or it will die. It's as simple as that.

Finally, nobody is forcing you or anybody else to work here. If people do not like it they can leave, but it serves no useful purpose to try and hurt US Airways because of anger.

Best regards,

USA320Pilot

 

[ClueByFour]

Seems like you've proven Clue's point very well. Exactly how many of the items you listed are not the result of management decisions?

Jim

[post="201291"][/post]​

Bingo.

If US had started any sort of meaninful transformation plan in 2000, like say when revenue first began to deteriorate and such, it may have saved itself from both trips to Chapter 11. We'll never know.

Given this, and given the fact that US wants to compensate it's employees at rates less than the LCCs, it makes no sense to give this team another crack at the apple. The only caveat to this is for the pilots--since even at the sub-LCC payrates now enjoyed by AAA ALPA, it would be almost impossible to find that kind of compensation elsewhere. That's not true for the IAM-M, CWA, and potentially even the AFA.

 

[BoeingBoy]

As for this management team....

Court filings show that the loss this year is expected to be about $700 million (IIRC). The big Feb "plan" is supposed to save (drum roll please) $700 million per year. If it had just been implemented last Feb, we would be looking at close to breakeven this year. What would any other legacy carrier give to be able to do that?

Jim

 

[PITMTC]

Finally, nobody is forcing you or anybody else to work here. If people do not like it they can leave, but it serves no useful purpose to try and hurt US Airways because of anger.

[post="201293"][/post]​

It is if your only plans for the future are to "take them down with you" and "see them on the unemployment line". Or even better yet, the bigger dream......
an unemployment check that they are owed.

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

ClueByFour:

With all due respect, as an angry outsider, who probably has his own problems, you should really change your name to ClueLessByFour.


Respectfully,

USA320Pilot

[post="201226"][/post]​

Let's play nice, now. Namecalling is a not appropriate, espeially from someone who signs his/her posts "repspectully".

 

[aerosmith]

Looks like PITMTC is posting on company time, then again maybe this is one of his many duties. Keeping an eye on who's posting what.

 

[PITMTC]

Looks like PITMTC is posting on company time, then again maybe this is one of his many duties. Keeping an eye on who's posting what.

[post="201365"][/post]​

Two comments: I do not read this board that often and surely do not have the time at work and please point to me where you have internet access at work, I would like to use it once in a while.

 

[diogenes]

Clue:

To look even deeper into the problem... what is US Airways' number one labor problem? Work rules and a lack of productivity because of the employee to aircraft ratio. It is not competitive with the LCC's, period.


Best regards,

USA320Pilot

[post="201287"][/post]​

I am conversant with the agents' contracts.

Name three areas that support your claim, vis a vis the competition.

You already know any hub&spoke uses more employees than PTP, so kindly keep it apples and apples.

Just ONCE, try valid reasoning, instead of polemics, please.