Originally Posted by Imeneo
I suppose that if there is a stike at Delta soon, the company will tank. Then everyone, including the pilots, will end up screwing themselves while the executives will land softly elsewhere on golden parachutes.
It makes no sense to strike when a company is on the verge of collapse... I say weather the storm and when things get better, demand for pay raises. If that doesn't work, at least then a stike would not destroy the company, but make it lose enough money to get investors to pressure management to talk to the unions.
I've been reading quite a few threads here and it seems that there is a high level of pride on the employee side of the airlines... so much so that they are willing to destroy a company and put themselves out of work rather than work for less. It must be understood that the airline industry is a high cost, low margin industry with little competative advantages between companies (especially when everything that an airline does in terms of strategy is a matter of public record).
As long as there are more pilots than there are airline jobs, airlines will push for lower wages... and as long as people are willing to pay no more than $79 each way to Fort Myers, airlines are not going to raise salaries either.
Christ, another Lorenzo Junior out there. OK, its fine to slash and slash until your employees are paying you to show-up for work. Its also A-OK to pay the management BONUSES while you are slashing and keep paying those bonuses while your company continues to lose millions of dollars. It is also fine to charge artificially low fares just to justify your announced cuts even though you can't possibly make money with said fares.
Why is it every single so-called arm-chair expert cries foul at our supposedly overpaid employees yet sits absolutely silent while managers keep stuffing their pockets with cash.
It's very easy to make those kind of calls when your sitting in the cheap seats looking in from the outside.
I'll make you a deal, I won't tell you what temperature to cook the french fries at if you don't tell me how much I should or shouldn't be paid.
Thanks for your input. Please put on your hat and get back to work, the fryer is beeping and needs your attention.