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On 1/20/2003 10:48:14 PM PineyBob wrote:
Bizman,
I think you have to blame CCY for that. Some of it has to do with organizational structure. Remember US was put together from several airlines and from what I can determine from the posts here there are redundant operations leftover from the pre merger days. SWA in one company, flying one type of aircraft, one management team not multiple W/O's and contract carriers. All of that adds to the G & A expense of any company. Also how bloated is CCY still after all of this?
As for the Univestor I see we have more $5.00 words from a 10 cent mind LOL J/K
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PineyBob,
Correctamundo, sir.
Bizman,
Are you telling me mangement has ZERO responsibility for the cost structure of a business?
I watch WN work all the time. They are not supermen. Roll up a 737 at their gate. Roll a 737 up at our gate. U agents will turn the flight just as quick as WN's, in an apples and apples comparison.
But generally, the U flight will still have a longer ground time because it's scheduled that way. Who has the initiative on that issue?
Pre concessions, WN paid their rampers 15% more than U paid theirs. That's a helluva headstart U had on costs, and WN's CASM's were, and still, are lower.
I understand why U management runs from discussions of WN, and why WN was not included in the 1999 parity plus one. BECAUSE WHEN WN IS FINALLY CRANKED INTO THE CALCULUS, YOU COME TO THE INEVITABLE CONCLUSION U'S PROBLEM IS NOT LABOR, BUT MISMANAGEMENT.
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