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Art at ISP
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I am going to go with Piney Bob for the moment---perhaps it's cheaper to keep him around for a while.
One will note he only has operations now..no responsibility for employee relations or customer service.
My gut says Mr. Parker knows what he's doing.
My best to you all.....
One will note he only has operations now..no responsibility for employee relations or customer service.
My gut says Mr. Parker knows what he's doing.
My best to you all.....
Art at ISP said:
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So.... the tone has been set with the appointment
of Al Kremlin to the new management team. The
BIG message that is being sent and heard by US
employees and customers is this - There is ZERO
accountability at US. Tomorrow, all US employees
can feel free to shirk their responsibilities without
any consequences.
Regardless, Doug Parker is in control and we'll
soon see if he runs a tight ship with regards to
accountability. If he does, Kremlin will hang
himself sooner than we all think.
ringmaruf said:
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Chiames is probably one of the better people to
keep onboard. He is a straight shooter who took
the knife for Kremlin with the PHL fiasco. He
played his bit part in the big show. Chris is one
of the only executives that actually worked
in PHL during Operation Recovery. He was in
the bag matrix for two days straight (9hrs per
day) helping to get the luggage out to the
planes. If Doug doesn't keep Chris, then
Chris has already decided he doesn't want
to stay.
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Jerry was in PHL as well working with Chris Chiames.
I think at this point, there is such bad blood among senior ranks as a whole that AWA should let the Senior Execs go.
I know Jerry is not going. He said so. He'll be working until the merger goes through.
Don't know if he was paid off, or he decided on his own that his part is done here.
I know he is not going with the new entity and I don't beleive he is crying over it at all. He has family on the East Coast, kids are still in school and he'll be on the East Coast where his family is doing the "dad" thing.
Jerry will make out well, no matter what.
He's the kind of guy that makes deals happen. We can hate him all day long, but he is definitely the best there is anywhere around at what he does best.
One thing I can admit to, regardless of our love/hate/kill relationship, he gave me what I needed to do my job. Yes, I did and do act "unorthodox", but in this anti-labor corporte environment, he knew I had to and let me do it without actually firing me. I am as relentless has he is resentful. In that, we yinged in yanged until we compromised.
It works.
I think at this point, there is such bad blood among senior ranks as a whole that AWA should let the Senior Execs go.
I know Jerry is not going. He said so. He'll be working until the merger goes through.
Don't know if he was paid off, or he decided on his own that his part is done here.
I know he is not going with the new entity and I don't beleive he is crying over it at all. He has family on the East Coast, kids are still in school and he'll be on the East Coast where his family is doing the "dad" thing.
Jerry will make out well, no matter what.
He's the kind of guy that makes deals happen. We can hate him all day long, but he is definitely the best there is anywhere around at what he does best.
One thing I can admit to, regardless of our love/hate/kill relationship, he gave me what I needed to do my job. Yes, I did and do act "unorthodox", but in this anti-labor corporte environment, he knew I had to and let me do it without actually firing me. I am as relentless has he is resentful. In that, we yinged in yanged until we compromised.
It works.
Art at ISP said:
There is no way it is cheaper to keep him on...his operational decisions cost us tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars daily in baggage delivery fees, reaccom of misconnect pax, etc...
This merger should have been the perfect time to get rid of the dead US Air weight. IMO, his entire career has a cockroach like survival quality to it after the bankruptcies, operational meltdowns, mergers and attomic bombs Crellin has still survived (and even been promoted!).
IMO, he needs to be kicked to the curb. The operational side of this company has been a complete disaster. He has failed as VP of Operations, period.
SpinDoc said:
I have already lost all of the (cautious) respect I had for Doug Parker with this decision. What a major mistake. If this is his first choice industry wide to lead our company, then this ship is going to sink...and fast.
If any VP hasn't donn their job at US Airways, it is Al Crellin. Does Parker not read the news? I can understand keeping someone like Glass who completed his tasks successfully (as unliked as his duties were...at least the guy came in and did the job he was paid to do), but Crellin's failures have been plastered across the media and managed to take us from being the "carrier of choice" to the "carrier of last resort".
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PineyBob said:
And they will come from the "new" US Airways as long as this same old s##t is allowed to continue by the (same!) VP of Operations.
US Airways is bankrupt. Crystal City is being shuttered. USAir management failed. Most of the CCY execs will not be offered employment at US/HP..why on earth is he entitled to any severence? How much severance are we talking for an ex-cop whose academic qualifications are conspicuously absent from his published biography?
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I posted a few months ago that everyone would be very surprised with the new executive team. While we all have made our share of mistakes, Al Crellin is the most qualified for this position and I am thankful that he is still on board. Congrats Al on your new endeavor. 
Don't be bothered by the naysayers on this forum as they don't pay your salary. Jerry and Chris both will do fine as they are extremely talented individuals.
Don't be bothered by the naysayers on this forum as they don't pay your salary. Jerry and Chris both will do fine as they are extremely talented individuals.Most qualified?? That's a joke. Anyone can manage like that moron can. It takes someone special to motivate and lead neither of which you or Little Hitler can do. There are a lot of people on this site that pay his salary as well as yours. Don't ever forget that or is that management style part of YOUR business acumen?
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Hawk said:I posted a few months ago that everyone would be very surprised with the new executive team. While we all have made our share of mistakes, Al Crellin is the most qualified for this position and I am thankful that he is still on board. Congrats Al on your new endeavor.Â
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Hawk,
Hope you get a life.
The entire team needs to vanish. IMO, this is the only hope for the new merged entity. Morale is very bad here and is infectious. It will permeate to HP if Parker and the BOD don't see the light.
There is a very slim window of oportunity to make this truly a "new" entity. By bringing in the baggage is not the way to go about this. We have fuel and competition to contend along with more risks of terror, and bringing in perceived failure is not the way to start a new company.
Sorry. Calling it like I'm seeing it.
I chose to leave USAirways after 25 years because the new Company needs to have new people dealing in a new and innovative way. IMO, that even goes for the union leadership.
Harry Callahan
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Dea Certe said:
Email is
douglas.parker@americawest.com
