Originally Posted by
698jet
Is it true i hear that xojet is strating to layoff office workers. no pilots yet but if this is true these is not good. am still trying to find some facts out about this.
Told by pilots on the inside:
The ones laid off are office workers and would have been laid off even in a good economy. They were simply a surplus weighing down the payroll and not contributing much to the results. Trimming the fat I guess.
Remember, the whole ideology of XO is to reduce unnecessary costs and pass it on to the costumers, while at the same time keep employees happy (obviosuly this won't include the office rats let go). Paul T studied the bizmodel of SWA and RyanAir closely, among other things I'm sure, for several years before actually launching the operation. Lets just hope XO will stay more towards SWA than RyanAir.
If you hang at FI you will find more info on this matter there.