Hello MCORES,
Things don't sound like they are going very well back there. Sounds dismal in fact. Things are going great for me with my new career. I thought I would have taken a slight pay cut in the switch but it turns out I have a slightly higher income now. Soon, I will be getting at least two different raises with potential for a third and a possible promotion. I've been on the job just under two months now! Cool!
Now these are the kinds of things you want to hear with a career. Not the cutbacks, furloughs, etc that US Airways is coming out with over and over again. Where is the incentive for employees to stay? If they are not worried about service levels or good customer service going forward, why don't they just admit the fact that they are trying to turn U into WN? I'll tell you why, because management hasn't the slightest clue how to reduce costs. They take from ten employees to give it all to another, ultimately saving nothing but costing themselves manpower, customer satisfaction, and future income. Too bad noone has been able to make them see the light.
I hope that UAL buys U just for the sake of employees careers. U doesn't want career employees, they want transitional ones. UAL doesn't seem to drive out career minded people out of their ranks like U does. If that does not happen, I urge all employees to seek a new career while you can. To those about to retire with huge losses in retirement pay, you have my sympathies.
BTW, it's great to be back home!