Originally Posted by
baseball
It is my theory that we are subsidizing Kirby's silly thought process and economic plans.
Don't run the APU! Result: we save money, and then we have the money to burn on the lack of a 100 seat airplane.
Reduce staffing on the FA side! Result: we save money, and then we have the money to burn by buying a 70 seat jet and flying it with 50 people.
I see how this works.....We rob peter and then pay paul. We just do it internally. Rob one department and pay another. The balance sheets don't care as long as the final balance sheet is squared away.
We are trying to fill planes and connect to mainline with the high yield passengers, it’s our union blocking the company from selling more seats. Our scope love it or not ultimately affects our profitability. I’m not advocating selling out, but I do know out of a lot of cities we have lost global service and higher paying customers do to our inferior 50 seat product. That’s life. I personally would be fine with replacing more 50 seaters with 70 seats at the regional level. I think we are cutting our own necks. The same guys that beeyatch about DAL profit sharing don’t seem open minded to any changes that might increase our profitability. Yes single engine taxi helps and when even employees like myself BUY tickets for their families rather then use the UAL discount because you have to travel on a crap 50 seat RJ THERE IS AN ISSUE. I hope our union knows what it’s doing