Making That Money!
08-01-2024, 08:00 AM
#61
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Joined APC: Jul 2023
Position: "Back on the panel"
Posts: 122
You know what would be really cool? If management would stop throwing so much money at themselves, for one, but at our ****ty RJs. Why are we investing in "zero emission" engines for 20 year old RJs and still throwing money at the whipsaw regional feed when we could maybe throw some cash at 220s or idk spending it on a premium product.
Volume can be profitable and a selling point, but the problem is our hubs can't handle how much volume we are trying to shove through it. Especially not when a cloud shuts down the entire airport, CLT/DFW I'm lookin at you.
Volume can be profitable and a selling point, but the problem is our hubs can't handle how much volume we are trying to shove through it. Especially not when a cloud shuts down the entire airport, CLT/DFW I'm lookin at you.
08-01-2024, 11:54 AM
#62
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Joined APC: Dec 2011
Position: A320 FO
Posts: 1,051
You know what would be really cool? If management would stop throwing so much money at themselves, for one, but at our ****ty RJs. Why are we investing in "zero emission" engines for 20 year old RJs and still throwing money at the whipsaw regional feed when we could maybe throw some cash at 220s or idk spending it on a premium product. Plus now they can greenwash with the hydrogen engine boondoggle.
Volume can be profitable and a selling point, but the problem is our hubs can't handle how much volume we are trying to shove through it. Especially not when a cloud shuts down the entire airport, CLT/DFW I'm lookin at you.
Volume can be profitable and a selling point, but the problem is our hubs can't handle how much volume we are trying to shove through it. Especially not when a cloud shuts down the entire airport, CLT/DFW I'm lookin at you.
At least most of the growth is in 175s which are at least comfortable.
They have spent so much time patting themselves on the back for their simple fleet that they will never backtrack and introduce a small narrow body (except maybe the Boom).
I was hoping the post COVID recovery would put the last nail in the coffin of the FFD whipsaw business model but clearly they are very attached to it as the wheelbarrows full of cash thrown at regional pilots over the past few years indicates. They are expecting a return on that investment.
08-03-2024, 06:23 PM
#64
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 677
No offense but I don't understand the desire for captains to stick their necks out of passengers when it only puts them on a collision course with a gate agent/fa/ and at the end of the day the flight office. We're not superman and it's not on our shoulders to save the day. It's muchess stressful and easier on your career to just stay in your lane.
Hopefully you didn't get hired at AA or any airline.
08-04-2024, 08:33 AM
#65
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,549
No offense but I don't understand the desire for captains to stick their necks out of passengers when it only puts them on a collision course with a gate agent/fa/ and at the end of the day the flight office. We're not superman and it's not on our shoulders to save the day. It's muchess stressful and easier on your career to just stay in your lane.
Yes, there are a few agents who seem to hate their jobs, hate their coworkers, and hate pasgengers and will not budge on anything related to customer service, but they seem to be notable outliers.
In my experience, anyway.
08-04-2024, 08:58 AM
#66
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Joined APC: Oct 2017
Posts: 933
My experience over many years (decades) has been and still is that most agents appreciate it when we can help them out in some way to get as many pax on as possible. I recently actually had an agent ASK me to come out to the gate to "review paperwork" or whatever you want to call it so that she could continue to get the very last passengers on the airplane after D-10.
Yes, there are a few agents who seem to hate their jobs, hate their coworkers, and hate pasgengers and will not budge on anything related to customer service, but they seem to be notable outliers.
In my experience, anyway.
Yes, there are a few agents who seem to hate their jobs, hate their coworkers, and hate pasgengers and will not budge on anything related to customer service, but they seem to be notable outliers.
In my experience, anyway.
08-05-2024, 07:56 PM
#69
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Posts: 101
08-05-2024, 08:03 PM
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