Originally Posted by
Southerner
Because the company has to know it's labor costs to be viable long-term, and if every time the company has a positive quarter people start foaming at the mouth, the company will not be successful.
I was hoping to some day work at JetBlue, precisely because it is non-union. If I ever get there, I will be a solid no vote, and it is precisely because of people like that guy.
Dude, Airlines do know their labor costs because they are locked in for years under a CBA. Causal forecasting is conducted on the basis of GDP, Oil prices, and capacity in the system. That's it.
You seem to be under the impression that the highest paying Airlines are the ones that will fail. WRONG!
To those of us who understand business, it's no surprize that Airlines like Skybus filed chapter 7. It certainly wasn't due to labor costs.
Jetblue has posted significant losses in the past. Again, that wasn't due to labor costs!
You would forego industry standard compensation, benefits, resources, and protections because of the attitudes of certain people, as you see them?
You need to go back to college (assuming you ever did graduate) and study Business management, Psychology, and Labor economics.
JJ