From First To Worst
03-02-2012, 11:48 AM
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From First To Worst
Some confirmation of what everybody already knew:
Best Practices: From First To Worst – Continental In A Post United World, Lessons In Next Gen Customer Experience « A Software Insider's Point of View
Not a UAL or CAL guy, but I've been watching the merger closely as I though I wanted to join you all some day. Sad to things going this way.
Best Practices: From First To Worst – Continental In A Post United World, Lessons In Next Gen Customer Experience « A Software Insider's Point of View
Not a UAL or CAL guy, but I've been watching the merger closely as I though I wanted to join you all some day. Sad to things going this way.
03-02-2012, 12:17 PM
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As of yesterday.....According to "Jeff" & the people over at FORTUNE Magazine, life's great and things are swell in UCH Land. 
UNITED DAILY (March 1st, 2012)
FORTUNE names United world's most admired airline on Thursday FORTUNE magazine ranked United No. 1 in its annual airline industry list of the world's most admired companies. The magazine also ranked us No. 1 for global competitiveness and long-term investment among 12 global carriers. “Despite a year of weather and integration challenges, you helped us achieve an impressive 2011 profit, allowing us to distribute $265 million in profit sharing, all while running a clean, safe and reliable airline,” Jeff said. “The recognition from FORTUNE is more proof of the great work you’re doing for the new United. I’m proud to be on your team.”
FWIW....Good to see there's articles/blogs (Like the one you posted) citing specifics/details as to what is really going on with this debacle called a "Merger".
UNITED DAILY (March 1st, 2012)
FORTUNE names United world's most admired airline on Thursday FORTUNE magazine ranked United No. 1 in its annual airline industry list of the world's most admired companies. The magazine also ranked us No. 1 for global competitiveness and long-term investment among 12 global carriers. “Despite a year of weather and integration challenges, you helped us achieve an impressive 2011 profit, allowing us to distribute $265 million in profit sharing, all while running a clean, safe and reliable airline,” Jeff said. “The recognition from FORTUNE is more proof of the great work you’re doing for the new United. I’m proud to be on your team.”
FWIW....Good to see there's articles/blogs (Like the one you posted) citing specifics/details as to what is really going on with this debacle called a "Merger".
03-02-2012, 12:32 PM
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The article actually mentions something about that:
"While United Holdings may tout their most admired status in the airline industry by Fortune, the award is measured by corporate executives, airline executives, boards of directors and industry analysts – basically not the customers and passengers who fly United Holdings."
Jeff's fellow greedheads think he's running a GREAT airline. Hopefully they like it so much they'll be willing to put up some money to keep the airline running, because unfortunately the people who actually make the airline run, the customers, don't agree.
"While United Holdings may tout their most admired status in the airline industry by Fortune, the award is measured by corporate executives, airline executives, boards of directors and industry analysts – basically not the customers and passengers who fly United Holdings."
Jeff's fellow greedheads think he's running a GREAT airline. Hopefully they like it so much they'll be willing to put up some money to keep the airline running, because unfortunately the people who actually make the airline run, the customers, don't agree.
03-02-2012, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Bumm
The article actually mentions something about that:
"While United Holdings may tout their most admired status in the airline industry by Fortune, the award is measured by corporate executives, airline executives, boards of directors and industry analysts – basically not the customers and passengers who fly United Holdings."
Jeff's fellow greedheads think he's running a GREAT airline. Hopefully they like it so much they'll be willing to put up some money to keep the airline running, because unfortunately the people who actually make the airline run, the customers, don't agree.
"While United Holdings may tout their most admired status in the airline industry by Fortune, the award is measured by corporate executives, airline executives, boards of directors and industry analysts – basically not the customers and passengers who fly United Holdings."
Jeff's fellow greedheads think he's running a GREAT airline. Hopefully they like it so much they'll be willing to put up some money to keep the airline running, because unfortunately the people who actually make the airline run, the customers, don't agree.
CAL MEC "Position Report" (Friday 03-02-12)
CAL MEC Chairman, Captain Jay Pierce:
"In closing, I would like to note two media stories that hit the news this week. The first, in FORTUNE, rated United Airlines highly on its list of “most admired companies.” Not surprisingly, the Company is touting what some might consider a tainted viewpoint on the corporate website. This rating is the product of very limited sampling of corporate executives, airline executives, boards of directors and industry analysts; not exactly reflective of our real customer base. To get that opinion, I believe the story from Forbes provides a far more accurate picture. Pulling from several well-respected customer and passenger surveys, it notes the rankings that these revenue-generating, real-world people give the airline, and the headline says it all: “…From First To Worst - Continental In A Post United World…” How sad that this is what we are perceived to have become.
The reality is that management can only hide behind trumped up press releases and gimmicks so long before the roar of dissatisfaction from our real customers and real employees drowns out the sycophantic drivel. It is well past time to face the fact that for the airline to be truly successful, the focus must be returned to flight operations and the only way that can happen is first with a prompt resolution to the joint contract."
03-14-2012, 10:10 AM
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The veil is lifted
" . . . an essay in The New York Times . . . accuses Goldman Sachs of having a money-is-everything culture that is "toxic and destructive."
"How did we get here?" writes Smith, who the Times identifies as having been an executive director at Goldman Sachs and head of the firm's United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. "The firm changed the way it thought about leadership. Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence."
It is, as Jacob Goldstein puts it over at Planet Money, a "scathing op-ed." New York University journalism guru Jay Rosen calls it "absolutely devastating." "
NPR.org » Goldman Sachs Starts To Fire Back At Exec Who Quit In Scathing Op-Ed
"How did we get here?" writes Smith, who the Times identifies as having been an executive director at Goldman Sachs and head of the firm's United States equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. "The firm changed the way it thought about leadership. Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence."
It is, as Jacob Goldstein puts it over at Planet Money, a "scathing op-ed." New York University journalism guru Jay Rosen calls it "absolutely devastating." "
NPR.org » Goldman Sachs Starts To Fire Back At Exec Who Quit In Scathing Op-Ed
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