Report on CNN - Continental to cut capacity 11 percent

[FlightChic]

Oh right.... :blink:

A DUI
US's DOT complaints are shameful
Low morale
Failed DL takeover
Failed UA merger
US's ratings falling deeper into junk
Investors losing confidence
US on the top of the list to go back into bankruptcy
Fleeing VFF's
A miserable premium product...or no premium product
Filthy planes

Oh, I guess you are right. 🙄


There is no Plan B. He has been counting on a merger.

Hay Gurl! I totally agree with you!

 

[Dog Wonder]

I do know this from 1st hand expierence, if times are tough and you what a chance at keeping the company a float and your job there is not a better CEO in the Airline business right now than Parker for crisis management and tough financial decesions.

Creating crises and making tough financial decesions (What exactly is a decesion? Anything like deceasing?).

I like the idea of keeping the company a float. We need barges. PIT has rivers, LCC is a sinking ship. Barges will keep it a float. Don't try barges in PHX though. Rivers there are made of sand. No current, no floating.

 

[4merresrat]

US will just do what it's been fricking doing downsizing the hubs and secretly get people fired/terminated without announcing a massive layoff...Managers remember to meet your station quota of how many employees to screw over.

Not exactly a born to win attitude
It always amazes me that with sentiments like this that people are surprised the Usairways is in trouble!

 

[Be Careful What You Wish For.]

Creating crises and making tough financial decesions (What exactly is a decesion? Anything like deceasing?).

I like the idea of keeping the company a float. We need barges. PIT has rivers, LCC is a sinking ship. Barges will keep it a float. Don't try barges in PHX though. Rivers there are made of sand. No current, no floating.

Thats some kind of analogy you presented.

Lets hope barges don't sink.

Oh wait, PIT is the barge...

 

[sharktooth]

CAL laysoff employees and your praising their management and so far Parker is saving your job and your bashing him? Lets be honest. Parker could have released the exact same letter and you would be in a tissy about how they are ruining the company and what idiots they are and all they do is Spin, Spin, Spin. I do know this from 1st hand expierence, if times are tough and you what a chance at keeping the company a float and your job there is not a better CEO in the Airline business right now than Parker for crisis management and tough financial decesions. Since 9/11 his track record is impressive and he has saved a ton of jobs you should be greatful not spiteful!

US - lowest labor costs in the industry and the company barely makes #2.

If the human race had your "what, me worry?" attitude we would still reside in the dark ages, thinking the sun revolves around a flat earth.

My sig is just for people like you.

 

[freedom]

11% capacity reduction from arguably the best managed (read: real talent) carrier in the us...please notice, however, that they are not debundling their product and screwing their customers with the "new" industry standard of ala carte pricing. accordingly, most job cuts will be voluntary so as not to damage morale.

it's like christmas for crakerjack kirby and dougie: they get to fully deploy their transparently cheap and anti-customer hp business "model" on a real airline AND park airplanes and furlough!!

buh bye, 737s!! 🙁

You do realize that not everyone in this country is rich right ? The public WANTS al carte pricing so they can save money , we’re giving them what they want , and this allows US to make money , stay competitive and keep weight down on board the A/C .

It’s a win for everyone .



“ transparently cheapâ€

That’s called LOW COSTS …. We need this more than ever … When you pull into a gas station and fill up , would you rather buy the highest grade or the lowest grade …while you might prefer the more costly stuff , the vast majority want what’s affordable ..




OH and ANOTHER thing before I forget ,speaking of GAS , that reminds me , a few weeks ago when I got into it with some of you on here , the refrain was “just raise the ticket prices “ and I mentioned how that’s easier said then done , then SOME of you compared the rising costs for food and gas and said “look people are still paying more for those “ to those of you who gave those types of examples , I just want to remind you , those are ESSINETIALS …

 

[N965VJ]

<SNIP> The public WANTS al carte pricing so they can save money ,

I thought a la carte was supposed to be a revenue generator for US?

 

[Dog Wonder]

Just today a customer said at the Ticket Counter "I want to pay $25 to check this bag"

And they are forcing $3 on the FAs every time they get a Coke.

 

[N965VJ]

And who is Al Carte, anyway?

The asshat in Tempe that came up with all this?