That's true, but it still can't buy you love.

Oh wait...

Carl

Acl,

My last gig was at one of the "darling " companies. I know I'm redundant, but we had, arguably, the best vacation contract in the industry.

With my own ears, I heard the CEO say it was just " good business " to have happy, well-rested , crewmwmbers.

Seniority, and age, were rewarded with increasing day allotments.

Sick leave usage reductions more than justified the vacation policies.

And, with the credit per day, slide and expand, you didn't have to go begging for extra trips to try to reach ALV.

One more bullet point for C2012.

Rant over,
BG

Everyone tries to figure out what they are doing that makes them so special, but every business wizard glosses over the first part, People. In Fed Ex's case it is PSP. People-Service-Profit. In SWA's case it is very similar, People.

Invest in that asset, and guess what, your business gets you a return that cannot be measured on a balance sheet, a 10K report, or a on-time metric. It may show up here and there, but where it really shows up is customer satisfaction. In simple interaction of people to people is what sets the tone for your business.

Just like in the restaurant industry, Customers will forgive you for a bad meal, but they will not forgive you for bad service. That translates in to everything we do here. All of that starts with putting value in people. The first step in that is, recognizing a need to pay them correctly, respect their families needs, and understand that one may love their job but they work to live, not the other way around.

When I turned down SWA, I told them my reason, which was a few things, but family was at the top, and their response was, "Family comes first, and if you ever decided to work here, just give us a call and we will gladly take you." That right there says many things. It shows that the corporation gives the latitude to the employee to make a great decision, and it shows the cultural mindset that they put forth. That all comes from clearly showing though money and other means that you matter to your company. It really is not any simpler than that.

Now that the DAL stock link is off the Detlanet hompage. How do we get on the internet on company computers??

I have not tried, I just use my I-pad. Honestly I try to spend as little time as possible in the crew rooms anyway.

Remember, pilots are assets as well. ;)

Wait for the stock price to go back up? :(

Someone's expecting it to go up...
News Headlines

Delta Air Lines shares set a new year low of $7.92 following fellow airline operator SkyWest Inc's lowering of its profit outlook. For details, see Delta's early option activity suggests at least one investor believes the shares have reached a bottom and will rally over the coming months, said Patrick Mortimer, director of options trading at Pipeline Trading Systems. The September $9 calls have volume of more than 11,000 contracts traded already with one block of 7,944 contracts purchased for a premium of 31 cents per contract. These options will need shares to rally 16.3 percent from a share value of $8.01 level by September expiration for the buyer to begin to see any profits. Also showing bullish sentiment is the activity in the August $9 puts, as more than 7,000 contracts have traded with a majority of the activity on the bids, he said. Mortimer noted the strike's open interest is high enough to cover this activity so the trading in these puts could be investors closing out bearish long put positions. Total option volume is about 33,000 contracts, consisting of 21,000 calls and 12,000 puts crossing the tape by early afternoon, nearly double the average daily volume, according to Trade Alert.

Well said, ACL. Almost sounds like I could have written it... :D

Again, well said and I completely agree. But you turned down Southwest??? :eek:

Time to Buy?