Awful QUIET in the desert

[Dog Wonder]

That wouldn't have anything to do with KingLobJaw's trip to Tempe, would it?

You know how well he does with mergers...

The Lothario is from Chicago. Maybe he is a secret agent.

 

[ussnark]

Sounds too similar to the US Air, PSA, Piedmont debacle. The airline that couldn't make up it's mind what it wanted to be when it grew up.

They have this franchise and can't seem to define it or steer it. I think that's why we keep hearing status quo and no growth. They have no idea what to do with it except to keep it almost exactly as it is...such as it may be.

NEWS FLASH: There is not a bottomless pit of customers to tick off.

NEWS FLASH: You can't make it without your labor force on board.

NEWS FLASH: Nothing changes if management has no vision of what they want this airline to be in 10 years.

A320 Driver B)

No, not even close. This has the opportunity to actually, and finally, shut this puppy down.

 

[nycbusdriver]

I wish we would link up with United. Though they have their problems I'm sure we'd run better with them than we are currently.

The easties thought that about Doogie, too, before the merger.

Be careful what you wish for.

 

[A320 Driver]

No, not even close. This has the opportunity to actually, and finally, shut this puppy down.

Oh, OK, you'll finally get your wish then? 😀

Who is going to shut it down if after all the money that management and the investors can cart away from this outfit, they STILL show a profit?

You don't kill a cash cow until it quits giving milk. The milk is still flowing and probably will for some time.

A320 Driver B)

 

[Travelpro72]

Though I suppose things could be worse I find it terribly hard to believe that anyone could run this airline worse than the current management team. They have absolutely no clue as to how to turn this baby around. ANYONE else could run a better operation. The obvious fixes that are brought to their attention by the frontline employees are ignored.

 

[Travels2mch]

I wish we would link up with United. Though they have their problems I'm sure we'd run better with them than we are currently.

As long as United runs the whole airline and none of those camel jockeys playing with their shovels and buckets out in the sand box.

 

[AstroLounge]

As long as United runs the whole airline and none of those camel jockeys playing with their shovels and buckets out in the sand box.

They need to hang this Management team out in their desert heat and dry.....although that blazing SUN will make one even thirstier for a BUD. (Maybe not the best idea since a certain indivdual may grin from ear-to-ear and think He died and went to Heaven). Send them to Iraq and FORGET ABOUT THEM.....just don't let them ruin another airline.

 

[b737fo]

Whatever happens here I pray to the airline gods that the 9th floor residents in Tempe won't stick us with the NWA management team. They slash and burn union jobs, collect fat bonuses on the backs of their employees, and now their operation is in worse shape than ours.

 

[BottomFeeder]

Whatever happens here I pray to the airline gods that the 9th floor residents in Tempe won't stick us with the NWA management team. They slash and burn union jobs, collect fat bonuses on the backs of their employees, and now their operation is in worse shape than ours.

Yeah and they have Green Book / Red Book alive and well there. This AWA-AAA non-merger, since there won't be a joint contract, will top NWA's by a mile.

 

[philly rocks]

Shrink wrapped in the desert, too funny! Like all those aircraft sitting there for years. That could be the new sandcastle.

 

[songbirdstew]

Perhaps they are all passed out naked in the desert somewhere after a hard week of 4th of July partying w/ Dougie. Since the 4th was in the middle of the week on a Wednesday they just took the whole week off.....and the airline just kept running as poorly as if they were here. 🙁

 

[JMM]

Perhaps they have had it. West ops will be sold to NWA, east will be broken up and sold to other carriers/shut down .... executives will make their millions and finally the USAir name will finally go into history.

 

[Junebug172]

Perhaps they are all passed out naked in the desert somewhere after a hard week of 4th of July partying w/ Dougie. Since the 4th was in the middle of the week on a Wednesday they just took the whole week off.....and the airline just kept running as poorly as if they were here. 🙁

AND?!?!?

 

[EastUS]

Perhaps they have had it. West ops will be sold to NWA, east will be broken up and sold to other carriers/shut down .... executives will make their millions and finally the USAir name will finally go into history.

Regardless...I understand that Tempe's hiring consulting firms to tell them how to actually run a company...so all should be well soon on all counts, and in every department.

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/arch...t-20070708.html

 

[WCT]

Amen. I had a woman practically screaming at me on the a/c the other day during a delay. "American Airlines does this to me every time I fly your crappy airline."

I tried, but could not stop my mouth from saying, "And, yet you continue to book on us. Why?"

She looked like she had been shot, but she turned around and went back to her seat without saying another word.

Good for you. You know the answer is because it was cheaper, etc. Deep down they love flying US. Just like they use to tell us on the west we will never fly America West again, yet they don't want to fly Southwest. We'll now they have US!!! lol