Originally Posted by
Happyflyer
Vasu is a revenue guy, it stands to reason more pilots and planes always generate more revenue than fewer pilot and planes.
Vasu’s department isn’t obligated to concern themselves with overhead.
Interchanging “the company” with revenue mgmt department oversimplifies the difference between revenue and profit.
Saying they shouldn’t have furloughed is either just a desire, Monday morning quarter back, or saying they should have known exactly when this thing would be over.
Right now its good info, they have booked more work than what the pilot group can handle, maybe even with the furloughs back.
Even if you give the company a pass just because his title is chief revenue officer, why did we generate less revenue despite flying more than DAL and UAL prior to the pandemic? I bet the same is true for after the pandemic. What’s the excuse there?
Do you think that Vasu and his team operate in a vacuum? More pilots and more planes means more revenue, so you think they will always argue to grow the company even when it doesn’t make sense to do so? Extremely myopic viewpoints are acceptable just because of what someone’s job title is?
Why did DAL and UAL not furlough, while we did? Almost seems like they were smart enough to see the potential in a recovery to me. You can defend it all until the cows come home, doesn’t change the fact that we took a different course than everyone else and are paying the price for it. Enraging passengers is not good for business, and neither is making the news for cancelling flights due to staffing after begging for government assistance to keep staff on property. How is that something anyone can argue about?