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On 2/4/2003 1:56:41 PM Segue wrote:
A completely separate entity makes total sense - get a fresh set of employees (management too) that are happy to work even at a lower pay scale and eliminate need for a B scale which never works. A good chance to get beyond the expectations of the past that are no longer relevant in the current environment. Also, mainline UA gets a cash infusion from the sale of assets to the subsidiary.
Even better yet, since low cost carriers are still in favor with investors, the new entity would be much more likely to attract outside capital to sustain future expansion.
As a paying customer I'm pleased with the growth of low cost carriers. A more rational fare structure is what we have been waiting for years for!
Its it any wonder why the most successful businnesses like Walmart (now the largest corporation on the planet) take a sound, low cost model and pass the savings on to the consumer.
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Dear Segue,
What is it that you do for a living? I just want to know where you're coming from. As for me, I am a UAL pilot, I'm a year away from a law degree, I flew fighters in the USAF and I've worked in this industry for ten years - just so you know my biases.
OK, you cite WALMART as an example to emulate - well, let me tell you , I doubt you'd much enjoy working at 'ol WALMART - scant benefits and substandard pay, IMHO, of course. Secondly, you display incredible ignorance of the issues surrounding an employee-rich multi-national corporation. Let me see if I get your drift; break UAL up into separate individual entities, layoff (terminate, fire, etc) the majority of current employees, hire from the street a different set of employees at greatly discounted rates with bare-bones bene's, slowly (or rapidly w/ch11 mandates) strangle the original operation by transferring more and more assets to the new non-union operation, AND, expect the current set of employees to sit back and let their jobs and careers vaporize? Did I hear you right? Once you let me in on your current employment I'd be happy to recommend that your boss do the same to you, is that alright? Let me know.
Cheers, Gimbalimit
PS none of the above is meant to imply that UAL doesn't need a radically new plan, just that your suggestion is utter crap, the implementation of which wouldn't get past square one, and that you're just another idiot venturing into a foreign land with not the faintest glimmer of insight - buzzard food. Anyone ever hear of LEADERSHIP??!!??