Originally Posted by ADIRU
How do you measure, and by what "metric" are we (the pilot group) "inefficient", vs the inefficiencies built into the AA way of doing business that I cannot fix?
Please share your insight on this with us....don't just regurgitate the management mantra that's being pumped out.
ps-one reason we have so many on furlough is because the idiots running the company bought another (money-losing) company right before the entire industry split-sed ....and the purchased company wasn't what I would call "profit accretive". That resulted in massive layoffs/downsizing..
I'll try not to sound like management when I say that AA will have to utilize their resources more efficiently, and raise the productivity levels of their pilots (and other employees). If they don't , they cannot compete or be profitable.
For instance, why does AA have separate 757/767 flying, and domestic/intl? Why not, as other carriers have done, allow ANY 757/767-qualified pilot to fly EITHER airplane or EITHER routes? That would be more productive AND more efficient. What about Pref Bidding? That will most certainly help, too. And many of those ridiculous APA work rules you have are killing the company. Your contract is well known as one of the least efficient around.
It is'nt your fault AA is naming arenas or building new terminals, but is'nt this a good thing? Marketing your product and upgrading old facilities? I'd say Arpey has the right idea here.
And previous management's purchase of TWA is also well known; just as your horrible treatment of TWA's employees is. But hey---AMR got a $2 billion dollar company for only $750 million. What a deal! I see you still have all of TWA's valuable assets, but almost NONE of it's 22,000 employees.
Maybe that's why your airline is losing money? They got rid of the most experienced people who really knew how to save money and operate efficiently!