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42 PM RV4 wrote:
[FONT color=#000000 size=3]It is really amazing that in our current situation that a statement which exhibits a positive attitude is met with such negative and harsh tone.
I not sure the folks running the company or the business model for that matter is the only thing that needs to change.
Seems management has admitted many of their mistakes and are working hard to change the business model within the contraints of the labor agreements. Yet a two sentence request to change attitude is met with such hostility.[/FONT]
[FONT size=3]Without a doubt the solution to our current problems are being driven by outside forces. I believe that while we are all busy refusing to look in the mirror, management has ran scenarios of more than one outcome and strategies which goes with each scenario.
We are all just spoiled to the days of Crandall when he/we lead and others had to follow.
Now we are faced with following instead of leading.
But this does not mean that many opportunities will arise that will out number the problems.
Now continue on with your negative and hostile slams as your airline nose dives into BK Court.[/FONT]
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A lot of the problems that management have created can't be fixed quickly enough.We have too many different fleet types and too many different variations WITHIN fleet types.
1-We have more than 1 interior type in our MD80's
2-We have B757 Overwater and Non-Overwater types.What in in hell were the A/C buyers thinking?
3-The B-757 fleet has 2 different types of PSU assemblies.Do you understand what this does to the cost of spare parts inventories and maintenance time in the field?
These are just a few examples of an unlimited number of gross mistakes made by management that cannot be corrected easily or cheaply.
Southwest beats us because of the cost effective standarization policies in their airline.Their wages are not that much different than ours.
These problems have put us in a DEEP hole that may not be possible to dig out without BK.We cannot control outside factors which affect the airline business but we need to correct our own stupidity.