Been There, Don't be so fatalistic. IMO if one expects pay cuts and we know mgnt reads this forum, then they will give us what we expect. I'm going to fail. I'm going to fail. I'm getting a paycut. I'm getting a paycut. I'm gett... Get the idea
I would rather beleive mgnt says we have to work smarter, we have to work smarter. Paycuts are not neccessarily the answer. WN is about the same payscale as most at AA, yet they are profitable. I don't see any $240 mil name of WN on a basketball arena in Dallas or $175mil name on another basketball arena in Miami. I don't even think WN gave any money to the gayday parde in Dallas like AA did. WN's hometown is in Dallas and AA's home is in FT Worth.
Again it is mgnt's decisions that are most responsible for the money made. The workers just carry out the wishes as mgnt defines them. They tell me not to load late bags ok I don't. Plane arrives missing bags. Not my call here.
Now maybe I can load faster to get the bags out to the plane so they can be loaded, but cutting a worker's pay will not induce him to work faster, harder, smarter, more loyaly or carefully {with bags}, but he may think to work more safely. He may not want to damage an aircraft and drive slower, he may have a little more compassion for the belly loader and put 4 bags on a belt instead of 6 or 7 therby slowing the loading process to a safer level. Some heavy bags would be safer lifted with 2 clerks instead of one, help is not always available and time may be needed to find someone to help lift the heavier bags in a safe manner.
Now if the workforce is genuinely convinced that all the fat is gone from HDQ and has seen mgnt take cuts and not just no bonus here but real cuts. Then maybe he will take his lump of coal.
Pilots fly
FAs safely attend
Agents load and sell tkts
Mechs keep'm flying
ramp loads bags and cargo
Sounds simple they produce the money.
Right now all these analysts at HDG are only trying to save their jobs. I don't blame them. WE have been over-analized for yrs and we are still losing money. Don't cut the producers but the hangers ons.
Some one once said If you want to know the fastest and easiest way to do a job, assign it to the laziest man you know. I guess I rambled on enough already but please Been There don't be so pessimistic..