Originally Posted by
PCLCREW
People Delta doesn't care if you have kids and you lose your job and can't feed them. Yet your a walking billboard for them and don't even work there.
Classic.
In all fairness, it is not the job of the company to "take care of" or guarantee any quality of life to employees. The job of a company is to make money and make as large of profits as possible for its shareholders.
I am from Comair and yes it sucks to be out of a job; however, it's not Delta's responsibility to provide for my children. They look at the bottom line... if they can get cheaper labor elsewhere, they take it. That is how it works in nearly EVERY company across the globe. Whether it's an IT company outsourcing their call-center to India, Apple manufacturing phones in China, Ford building engine components in Mexico, every company looks at outsourcing and minimizing labor costs as much as possible.
Does that mean we might like it? No, not really, especially when we are on the short end of the straw. But that is the way a capitalistic economy works to maximize profits.
At the end of the day we have a choice, either continue in this profession fully understanding that any CBA signed can easily be circumvented in court, either via bankruptcy or various loopholes, or look to take our skills elsewhere.
Actually, leaving Comair was the best thing that happened to me. I have now gotten out of the airline industry after exploring some international options and now am actually utilizing my degree managing an office environment and doing private piloting on the side.
No company really cares if you lose a job and can't feed your kids. That doesn't necessarily mean the people within the company don't care though. I have been on both sides of the aisle, being told that I was out of a job and having to tell others that they are and believe me, 99% of the people having to give that message to employees dread it as it isn't a good feeling. Even when you fire someone for poor performance or a major violation, it still sucks as you know it is greatly impacting their life.
Like it or not, it's just business, and good business, in a capitalistic economy. Ultimately we have to understand that we don't run the airlines, but rather the airlines run us. What the airlines want, in the end they will get.