Hopeful
Veteran
- Dec 21, 2002
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I went to the Jetnet M&E site and there is a summary by Mr. Kudwa, V.P., Flight Operations. He mentions that the ban on overtime for Maintenance has saved the company $66,000,000 year to date. Nice chunk of change I must say.
But I don't know if others have noticed the increase in Supervisors and Mangagers continued full steam. I don't get it! Other departments are cutting management staff left and right. But I suppose Maintenance is exempt. I am glad for the M&E Dept. But to have one supervisor for 10-12 mechanics and one manager to 3-4 supervisors seems to be excessive.. For those of you who recall that from 1989-1994, AA was the ON TIME MACHINE five years running. Who can forget the ads and commercials showing AA jets' wheels hitting the runways on landings time and time again. Well, if you remember that period, you might remember the number of supervisors and managers was a fraction of what it is today. So why the change? Especially given the financial staus of AA. I for one am glad that M&E is, for the most part, unaffected by current events. But as an M&E employee, I am concerned that in order to be more competitive in today's environment, as Mr Carty clearly states, we need to be more like SWA and JetBlue in terms of costs. Well if we need to more like them, but not necessarily become them, then why do we continue to be top-heavy. Yes, the TWU also needs to change and adapt to today's world. But the unions and workers in all classifications are being asked to bail the company out while M&E management ranks swell. I don't get it Maybe I am missing the point.
But I don't know if others have noticed the increase in Supervisors and Mangagers continued full steam. I don't get it! Other departments are cutting management staff left and right. But I suppose Maintenance is exempt. I am glad for the M&E Dept. But to have one supervisor for 10-12 mechanics and one manager to 3-4 supervisors seems to be excessive.. For those of you who recall that from 1989-1994, AA was the ON TIME MACHINE five years running. Who can forget the ads and commercials showing AA jets' wheels hitting the runways on landings time and time again. Well, if you remember that period, you might remember the number of supervisors and managers was a fraction of what it is today. So why the change? Especially given the financial staus of AA. I for one am glad that M&E is, for the most part, unaffected by current events. But as an M&E employee, I am concerned that in order to be more competitive in today's environment, as Mr Carty clearly states, we need to be more like SWA and JetBlue in terms of costs. Well if we need to more like them, but not necessarily become them, then why do we continue to be top-heavy. Yes, the TWU also needs to change and adapt to today's world. But the unions and workers in all classifications are being asked to bail the company out while M&E management ranks swell. I don't get it Maybe I am missing the point.
