Originally Posted by
highfarfast
I used to agree with you, and in a sense, maybe I still do.
However, at some point you cross a threshold where it’s no longer cheaper. That said even if it’s not cheaper, maybe management thinks it’s cheap enough to ride out the problem with temporary wage hikes so as to preserve the regional model for the future.
Also, add to the list maintenance personal that are in a shortage and probably shouldn’t be grouped up there with rampers, fa’s, and gate agents.
Pedro’s letter about how keeping pilots at Envoy (applies to all three wholly owned) would preserve other jobs. That’s the point. All those other jobs save money as well. Envoy and PDT do a large majority of AAG ground services so some of that wouldn’t change, but the regional model saves a lot of money and if AAG has to throw some money at it to cauterize the the hemorrhage then it still saves them money in the long run because it saves the model.
The airline industry always runs in waves as different factors affect things and corrections take time. This hiring wave won’t last and things will correct in the next two years. They don’t want to make any paradigm shifts to the system. It would be a Pandora’s box that would cost billions in the future.