Originally Posted by
Varsity
Personal attack, classy.
Oh wow!
Flight instructors know how to fly airplanes, but aren't familiar with 121 ops. By your standards AA should hire them. Same boat as the .mil guys!
Carl Ichan bought TWA in 1988. It went bankrupt and restructured in 1992 as a result of his raiding. The bankruptcy in the 2000's was a result of entirely different causes; 9/11 traffic decline,
Too many unproductive employees, and debt related to a botched late 90's fleet renewal program. (sounds like a spitting image of AA today) But hey, don't let a little history get in the way of your opinion man!
What's different about SWA and Delta? Have you seen their hiring process? They hire people who show up and work hard no matter the circumstances, it's what propels their reputation and goodwill in the public domain. Do they have threads on APC
asking when to dip out on their employer for personal benifit? No, they screened out those people.
Just to reiterate, you’re equating a CFI with someone who has thousands of hours of turbine (most likely a majority of that time PIC) because neither has flown 121? Solid argument there.
And TWA’s “unproductive employee” problems were related to underutilized maintenance personnel and overseas employees that were unable to be removed from payroll despite the drastic reduction in European flying by the airline, not military pilots going on leave.
Icahn took TWA private, saddled them with debt, remained a creditor after the 90s bankruptcy, and sold TWA segments at a loss via the internet for several years, but it was probably all the military pilots getting hired and dropping immediate long-term orders that took down the airline...
Also very hard to blame the bankruptcy on post-9/11 traffic declines when it happened in January of 2001. But, ya know, “don’t let a little history get in the way of your opinion man!”
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