Originally Posted by SomedayRJ

Allow me to point out the following at this juncture:

Without the ramp, the airplanes don't fly.

Without flight attendants, the airplanes don't fly.

Without mechanics, airplanes might fly, but they sure won't fly very well.

Without customer service and agents, the airplanes might fly, but there'd be no passengers ( = no revenue).

(*cue "This Bud's For You" music*)

And so forth. (We even need management. Maybe not the current management, but some form of management.)

Moving an airliner is a team effort. I wish that the hardliners on ALL sides would stop hardlining and refocus on the core business, which is moving people from A to B faster than they can drive.