Bring back Crandell
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Freaking hilarious! Thx for posting.
Classic.......clean the language up......lets start a drive to air this as a infomercial to the American public.......I would be more than willing to donate......most of the general public doesnt know our plight.....it would be nice if it went to television that a Union blurb would skroll down the picture at the end....yah right like the TWU would agree to that.....to bad superbowl Sunday is over......it strikes to the heart of the plight of many with corporate greed seeming to take over America these days.
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Or care....
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I've seen that clip spoofed a couple times, but this one is pretty well done...
Frankly, most of the public could care less. It's not like AA is the only company on hard times, or the first company to go bankrupt.
As a side note, a good friend was recently at an event where Crandall was being given an award.
Bluntly put, Bob has no intention of dragging his reputation into the mud by returning to AA.
Frankly, most of the public could care less. It's not like AA is the only company on hard times, or the first company to go bankrupt.
As a side note, a good friend was recently at an event where Crandall was being given an award.
Bluntly put, Bob has no intention of dragging his reputation into the mud by returning to AA.
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Who are these newbie posters who all chime in within a fifteen-minute window?
The Hitler parody was funny the first time. Now it is overused.
AA does not Crandall back nor does Crandall want back @ AA.
Bob C would 'first do what is right then do what he's gotta do' and the employees would not like that.
AA will be fine. Unless that bozo Doug Parker & crew get their hands on the franchise. Those guys can't even settle a pilot contract from seven years ago. Why on earthy would anybody (except the consultants & lawyers) think a US takeover of AA is a smart business move?
The Hitler parody was funny the first time. Now it is overused.
AA does not Crandall back nor does Crandall want back @ AA.
Bob C would 'first do what is right then do what he's gotta do' and the employees would not like that.
AA will be fine. Unless that bozo Doug Parker & crew get their hands on the franchise. Those guys can't even settle a pilot contract from seven years ago. Why on earthy would anybody (except the consultants & lawyers) think a US takeover of AA is a smart business move?
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Bob Crandall would cut to the bone during this bankruptcy, not leaving an ounce of fat on the company.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves with false nostalgia.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is fooling themselves with false nostalgia.
Maybe because the business decisions that both your Bozo CEO 's made didn't work and put AA in the position it is today . At least US is profitable . We have gotten
Profit sharing checks the past 2 yrs and will get one in March . What is AA getting ???? I didn't think so. Keep up the arrogance . It's suites you guys .
Profit sharing checks the past 2 yrs and will get one in March . What is AA getting ???? I didn't think so. Keep up the arrogance . It's suites you guys .
Do you really think the share holders or investors care if the pilot group is merged at US ?? All they care about is that the company is profitable and it is which is not what we can say about AA . Get your #### together at AA and stop knocking on US . Your in no position to slam US when your airline is in the financial position it is at this point . Heck your in no position to slam any Airline . Even Spirit is doing better than AA .
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FrequentFlierCA said:
We know that, what we long for is the no bovine excrement nature of Crandall.He spoke to the grunts,came down without chaperones and actually spoke to the folks in the operation.Smoked with the troops, that kind of thing.Remembered your name years later after a 15 minute conversation in the smoking room.
I'd take a shank from Bob because he'd let us know exactly what the plan was and how he intended to execute it.
What we have now is "We need $2 Billion from labor in order to make another billion in revenue magically appear" from empty suits.Horton bailed on AA in '03 when the chips were down, now he's the guy to lead AA through this process?
Please.
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I personally think Horton will do fine, but don't forget how y'all were so anxious to get rid of Carty, and then Arpey... and yes, there were people who had parties when Crandall retired.
Hindsight is always a great thing when it comes to evaluating former executives, be they politicians or corporate types...
Sure, US employees have received some profit sharing checks. AA's employees, on the other hand, have received between $1 billion and $2 billion more annually in total compensation and benefits over the past nine years, for a total of $9 billion to $18 billion more than they would have had under the labor costs and contracts at USAirways. Some vocal AA employees who post here will disagree (they live in perpetual denial) but most AA employees know that they have been far better off over the past nine years than employees at US and most other legacies.
For example, every single captain at AA makes at least $161/hr. Not one single captain at US (East or West) makes more than $160/hr, the top rate at US for its A330 captains. US East A320 captains get a mere $125/hr, while AA's 737 captains get $166/hr. There may be a workgroup or two at US that match or exceed AA wages, but the US pilots and FAs lag AA's payscales by a huge margin. Doug Parker has proven that pilots and FAs will work for very low pay. Brilliant, if you ask me. Not so good if you're a pilot or FA for US.
Translation: "The lousy low-wage airline I work for is nowhere near as bad as the loser airline that employees you." 😀
