Originally Posted by
flaps 9
BINGO!!!
How many McDonalds are owned and operated by McDonalds???
How many Holiday Inn's are owned and operated by Holiday Inn???
Crandall said it years ago that he would love to run American as a vitual airline with very few "American" employees.
It's all in the brand name.
It is the easiest way to keep resetting labor costs. As a manager it is pure genius. That is why I see these air alliances as the next outsourcer. All of a sudden they will code the flying and airlines like AMR, DAL and CAL will become the third party operator. It is the end game in my opinion.
If wages go with this final step, people will bail on this profession. Got my parachute packed and strapped.
(On a side note don't you work for the airline that has yet to outsource? Doesn't that worry you?)
In reference to McDonald's It is a franchise, that provides the product for the third party to heat up. The main company still sets pay, and bennies as well as many other things.