Originally Posted by
CBreezy
I would say most of it falls at the feet of Skywest who purchased an airline and, instead of merging the entities to help costs stay competive, they alienated their union properties, made them fight amongst themselves and created division. None of that is Delta's fault. Delta is just bringing flying back in-house and yes, the most expensive contactor is the first to go.
This is what I've been saying for a long time. There are tons of cost savings in getting rid of redundancies, economies of scale, and leveraging third party contracts. But one thing got in the way. And in the end, only employees lose out in that.
Originally Posted by
AboveMins
Believe me, nobody I've spoken with around here feels like they won. I feel for my brothers and sisters at ASA, and welcome you all with open arms. Hopefully now we can concentrate on our common enemy at Inc.
I second this notion. Asa is definitely getting the worse part of this but no one I've spoken with at xjt feels like they've won anything other than a reprieve, as was mentioned earlier.