American Hiring Freeze
06-21-2024, 12:59 PM
#91
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It’s even more strange given we just had the December vacancy close on Saturday.
My only non-draconian guess is that they saw how much training capacity was going to be needed to open the 3 new bid statuses and resulting shuffle and saw no room for new hires this fall in the schoolhouse.
Any other massive change in strategy or staffing would surely cause a re-bid.
My only non-draconian guess is that they saw how much training capacity was going to be needed to open the 3 new bid statuses and resulting shuffle and saw no room for new hires this fall in the schoolhouse.
Any other massive change in strategy or staffing would surely cause a re-bid.
06-21-2024, 02:03 PM
#92
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If you sell transcon tickets for $25, will the airline turn a profit?
Yes, I agree. Many gate agents do a good job and try to help when/if they can, but the stress and consequences of D0 rolls downhill directly to them, now throw in pax constantly berating them and you don't have a good environment for a quality CS experience.
06-21-2024, 05:56 PM
#93
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100%. Unbelievable the push back here about SE taxi. CAs act like it’s the end of the world to SE taxi, even though it saves a lot of money. It’s simple to do, but no one does it. And that’s just one little thing that we can do to help make the company more profitable.
06-22-2024, 05:34 AM
#94
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This place is caustic. Someone is always ****ed off or dragging their feet. We need new leadership from top to bottom. Someone has to clean this place up or it's going to slowly sink. Some say we are too big to fail. I disagree. It won't be quick like the iceberg and the Titanic. It will be slow. Losing market share continuously until we are irrelevant. I will be long gone but for those still here you should be wary. I have been here a long time. The rudder has been missing on the ship since Robert Crandall retired in 1998.
06-22-2024, 07:08 AM
#95
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You can’t look for every loophole to get out of work, have no consideration for the customer, and then complain about poor profit-sharing and performance.
Somehow there is a lack of understanding among the ranks at AA about where our money comes from, and how to get more of it.
We need a leader at the company AND the union that will make the airline more profitable and reliable, and will ensure those responsible are paid for doing so.
Somehow there is a lack of understanding among the ranks at AA about where our money comes from, and how to get more of it.
We need a leader at the company AND the union that will make the airline more profitable and reliable, and will ensure those responsible are paid for doing so.
06-22-2024, 07:38 AM
#96
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You can’t look for every loophole to get out of work, have no consideration for the customer, and then complain about poor profit-sharing and performance.
Somehow there is a lack of understanding among the ranks at AA about where our money comes from, and how to get more of it.
We need a leader at the company AND the union that will make the airline more profitable and reliable, and will ensure those responsible are paid for doing so.
Somehow there is a lack of understanding among the ranks at AA about where our money comes from, and how to get more of it.
We need a leader at the company AND the union that will make the airline more profitable and reliable, and will ensure those responsible are paid for doing so.
06-22-2024, 07:43 AM
#97
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Fair point. We do have a much lower CASM than the legacies but we're way underpricing our tickets. We could charge a few dollars more and the pax probably won't even notice.
06-22-2024, 07:50 AM
#98
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Judge Young won't like that; we have to protect those price-conscious travelers or the world will end.... 🙄
06-22-2024, 08:09 AM
#100
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If our management team and CEO, who made 31 million last year, can't get us moving the right direction, running the APU 20 minutes less and taxiing single engine won't help, as it is a drop in the bucket. They have the tools, resources, and responsibility to run a profitable airline. Our job is to move the passengers from point A to point B safely, while operating under the company's procedures. If they want single engine taxi and less APU usage, I am all for it, as long as it doesn't compromise safety, but at the end of the day, they make the big bucks and it's their job to turn a profit, not ours.
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