Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
I don't understand your question. It's more than a few people being displaced and otherwise jerked around right now. Desirable bases? When has the company ever cared about that? Are they currently adding a bunch of desirable bases? Of all our bases, maybe two are in cities I would consider living near, which is a big reason I have been a commuter for over a decade.
Making mid sized seasonal adjustments with no hiring and not setting expectations correctly has resulted in what we have now. Denver was supposed to be done drawing down and then got the axe again and is forecast to for next quarter. Atlanta was all tears and coddling for what ended up being a fairly small number of people affected. People are displaced all over the system with no end in sight. Those people have long memories and will carry this with them for the next 20-40 years of their careers. Yeah, it sucks to be junior, but this isn't a short term thing. I have flown with folks that have been displaced multiple times over a year.
They haven't. That is the subject of my sarcasm. Like you say, they seem to make decisions that don't make a lot of sense and also make a lot of employees bitter. I'm just saying they could/should do better in that department. It will probably take a fire hose in Dallas to clear out the antiquated thinkers.
Along with all of this vacancy stupidity, they're building low paying garbage lines. Month after month. Remember the days of 3 days that pay 25? Now we get 90% min pay trips. Kinda goes hand in hand with the vacancy number games. And exactly why somewhere crappy like STL will be the next base. It's like the decisions are made out of spite.