From my point of view, it seems the biggest hurddle to everyone accepting a smaller piece of the pie is trust.
No one thinks everyone will share the reduced slice equally and I tend to agree with it.
My opinion of the airline within the airline is a farce to keep management in place.
If they were to actually take the main company, and model it after Luv or Jet blue, this would cut many of the top positions in management since the LLC''s are not top heavy like the majors. Also salaries would be drastically reduced to the levels of that type airline.
I had the opportunity to ask Jim Goodwin about this very issue some years ago, and his response was: we are not out of line with the other major carriers.
This told me 2 things. 1. They never look at themselves as the problem. 2. It will be a cold day in hell when they reduce their slice of the pie.
Therfore a low cost carrier within Ual to reduce all the other slices and keep the management pyramid in tact.
Just compare salaries between Luv and Ual. If you can find any information today.
Management is not the only culprit in this deal, but are the only ones with any control to change the deal for all concerned.
It seems like a simple solution for a problem that has been going on for way too long. If management would have taken the first step 2 years ago, we wouldn''t be in this position today.
No one thinks everyone will share the reduced slice equally and I tend to agree with it.
My opinion of the airline within the airline is a farce to keep management in place.
If they were to actually take the main company, and model it after Luv or Jet blue, this would cut many of the top positions in management since the LLC''s are not top heavy like the majors. Also salaries would be drastically reduced to the levels of that type airline.
I had the opportunity to ask Jim Goodwin about this very issue some years ago, and his response was: we are not out of line with the other major carriers.
This told me 2 things. 1. They never look at themselves as the problem. 2. It will be a cold day in hell when they reduce their slice of the pie.
Therfore a low cost carrier within Ual to reduce all the other slices and keep the management pyramid in tact.
Just compare salaries between Luv and Ual. If you can find any information today.
Management is not the only culprit in this deal, but are the only ones with any control to change the deal for all concerned.
It seems like a simple solution for a problem that has been going on for way too long. If management would have taken the first step 2 years ago, we wouldn''t be in this position today.