CAL Pilots who side with UAL Pilots... tba
02-10-2011, 02:06 PM
#75
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2011
Position: B747-400
Posts: 14
Anyone wonder why the best airlines in the wold (the most profitable and the best in service with loyal customer groups) don't have regional affiliates?
They either fly their own work to keep quality control, or they don't fly that sort of route in their route structure.
United's difficulties parallel the timescale when they were over expanding their feed carriers and a complete loss of control in their branding occurred. The regionals didn't cause the problem but the problematic management that embraced regional feed outsourcing also did massive damage to the airline in several other ways. I believe it's time these "shrink to profitability" tactics get the boot. If UAL can't afford to do the work themselves then they should not do the work at all, but focus more on the core strengths and expand when they can handle it. It's clear that "shrinking to profitability" is actually an uncontrolled expansion into outsourcing and the product has suffered gravely for it.
They either fly their own work to keep quality control, or they don't fly that sort of route in their route structure.
United's difficulties parallel the timescale when they were over expanding their feed carriers and a complete loss of control in their branding occurred. The regionals didn't cause the problem but the problematic management that embraced regional feed outsourcing also did massive damage to the airline in several other ways. I believe it's time these "shrink to profitability" tactics get the boot. If UAL can't afford to do the work themselves then they should not do the work at all, but focus more on the core strengths and expand when they can handle it. It's clear that "shrinking to profitability" is actually an uncontrolled expansion into outsourcing and the product has suffered gravely for it.
02-10-2011, 02:13 PM
#76
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2009
Position: A-320 FO
Posts: 693
Let me take you back to 1985, that there United air lines introduced their version of the "B" scale. Today it's like the alternate 1985 in Back to the Future, where somehow very profitable United, so they tell us, skewed into a pay scale paying A320 Captains a buck twenty-three an hour. Jeez and people bust on B6 and VX.
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02-10-2011, 02:30 PM
#77
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: B-777 left
Posts: 1,415
Let me take you back to 1985, that there United air lines introduced the "B"
scale. Today it's like the alternate 1985 in Back to the Future, where somehow very profitable United, so they tell us, skewed into a pay scale paying A320 Captains a buck twenty-three an hour. Jeez and people bust on B6 and VX.
scale. Today it's like the alternate 1985 in Back to the Future, where somehow very profitable United, so they tell us, skewed into a pay scale paying A320 Captains a buck twenty-three an hour. Jeez and people bust on B6 and VX.
02-10-2011, 03:22 PM
#79
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
Position: 737 CA
Posts: 2,750
Let me take you back to 1985, that there United air lines introduced their version of the "B" scale. Today it's like the alternate 1985 in Back to the Future, where somehow very profitable United, so they tell us, skewed into a pay scale paying A320 Captains a buck twenty-three an hour. Jeez and people bust on B6 and VX.
Last edited by jsled; 02-10-2011 at 07:59 PM.
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