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On 2/5/2003 9:18:15 PM Winglet wrote:
They can pound sand. I'll take my chances with a BK judge. If they want to pay sub-Southwest compensation, I want SWA quality management . . . . and Carty and Arpey ain't it.
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I couldn't agree more. I liked the observation above that when times were good (really good!!) AA wasn't interested in raises because they "have a contract" but when times are bad, it's "pay the piper".
No doubt it will be necessary to "pay the piper", but why should those leaders who put the company in such dire straights not be booted as a consequence? It makes NO SENSE to give concessions to the management that mismanaged the company into desperately needing those concessions. And that includes the union contracts that THEY negotiated!
The whole system is screwed up. If they went to a profit sharing model like Southwest uses, there would be more incentive and less need to constantly maneuver for pay increases. For the most part the major airlines are being led by dinosaurs.
9/11 isn't the cause, it's only a symptom of a much bigger problem that has been festering underneath for a long, long time. And management is in charge. They have not been willing to address the problem. Now, they want to fix the monster they created on the backs of the employees. Southwest hasn't done that because they have competent management. The same management that had the pundits at the majors predicting they wouldn't last six months, when they first started flying. Today their market cap EXCEEDS all the other majors COMBINED!!!!