Pilot shortage: AA cancelled 100's of flights
07-07-2021 | 07:32 AM
#141
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I was just commenting on the flight cancelation news cycle. Canceling for too much work, is better than not having enough work.
I guess we have already taken for granite that the Cares3 money runs out in September and there will be enough work to keep things going without Cares4.
I am not drinking the KoolAid and Doug has gotten complacent over the last 5 years. He’s capable of leading this company just like the gate agents are capable of being nice and polite.
I guess we have already taken for granite that the Cares3 money runs out in September and there will be enough work to keep things going without Cares4.
I am not drinking the KoolAid and Doug has gotten complacent over the last 5 years. He’s capable of leading this company just like the gate agents are capable of being nice and polite.
Yes, almost all airlines overbook. AA seems to be the worst for it.
07-07-2021 | 07:41 AM
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Until AA is a dollar cheaper. Stats don’t lie. Also I believe jet blue doesn’t overbook, or at least didnt used to
07-07-2021 | 07:53 AM
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It all comes down to the fact that they run this place based off nothing but numbers. “We can save x million a year by only having one agent per flight!”. They never ask themselves if it actually makes sense, but it looks good on paper. They’d “metric” themself out of business if they could.
07-07-2021 | 08:06 AM
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yes they’ll book away to SWA who has been cancelling twice as many flights as AA for over a week now.
07-07-2021 | 08:54 AM
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It all comes down to the fact that they run this place based off nothing but numbers. “We can save x million a year by only having one agent per flight!”. They never ask themselves if it actually makes sense, but it looks good on paper. They’d “metric” themself out of business if they could.
07-07-2021 | 09:07 AM
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Apparently UAL and DAL have had one gate agent for years. Not excusing AAL management’s incompetence, nor necessarily disagreeing with you, just saying there is a precedent. The root cause of AAL’s issues is entirely on incompetent management. New management would turn things around quickly- just look at UAL pre and post-Smisek, NW/DAL pre and post-Anderson, etc.
07-07-2021 | 10:44 PM
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07-08-2021 | 07:33 AM
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07-10-2021 | 05:57 PM
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Apparently UAL and DAL have had one gate agent for years. Not excusing AAL management’s incompetence, nor necessarily disagreeing with you, just saying there is a precedent. The root cause of AAL’s issues is entirely on incompetent management. New management would turn things around quickly- just look at UAL pre and post-Smisek, NW/DAL pre and post-Anderson, etc.
Just like you say. UAL sucked before, so did Delta. New management changed that quick.
07-10-2021 | 09:02 PM
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Middle management at AA is predominantly still legacy AA. They are the backbone of the suckiness. Clipboards and vests? Yup
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