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But there’s a philosophical operational decision that every business has to make. How much excess capacity do you carry? I don’t mean load factor, I mean all the nuts and bolts that make everything tick. How many extra tow bars, power units, etc. do you have at each station? How much downtime do you schedule for your aircraft? Some airlines opt to carry excess operational capacity and eat the associated costs in order to ensure a higher service level. Some airlines would rather save the money and carry less excess and accept a lower service level, or lower performance metrics, etc. The correct answer could be debated, and the return on investing in operational efficiency is pretty clear, but at the end of the day, I don’t think the meltdowns are a surprise to anyone in the upper echelons. I think there was a conscious decision made long ago to accept thinner operational margins in return for the associated cost savings.
We are the least on time airline the US, and then the company deliberately doubles down and schedules layovers that are almost guaranteed to invoke crew rest delays.
#shrugs
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,878
But there’s a philosophical operational decision that every business has to make. How much excess capacity do you carry? I don’t mean load factor, I mean all the nuts and bolts that make everything tick. How many extra tow bars, power units, etc. do you have at each station? How much downtime do you schedule for your aircraft? Some airlines opt to carry excess operational capacity and eat the associated costs in order to ensure a higher service level. Some airlines would rather save the money and carry less excess and accept a lower service level, or lower performance metrics, etc. The correct answer could be debated, and the return on investing in operational efficiency is pretty clear, but at the end of the day, I don’t think the meltdowns are a surprise to anyone in the upper echelons. I think there was a conscious decision made long ago to accept thinner operational margins in return for the associated cost savings.
It's so frustrating as they have demonstrated to the whole world how to improve financial performance, yet most companies think they know better, do their own sub-par thing, and then make excuses for their sub-par financial performance.
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Joined APC: Oct 2012
Position: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
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I just simply worry about how they are running things. Now with an increase in flying this summer when we barley held on this winter I continue to worry, add in a ton of new people and low morale and a schedule with no relief valves for planes or employees and I stay concerned.
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Why? its a valid topic. Flying planes around with tons of write ups, and overworking tech ops personnel, while paying bottom barrel wages may be legal, but it has safety consequences. CS isn't the only area of the operation that is run like a sweat shop.
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No hysteria, just facts. Talk to a tech ops member about how long JB gives them to work on a broken plane during RONs in comparison to their friends at Delta or United. I promise you will be surprised at the difference. They are "pushed" as much as all the other groups at B6.
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Are you trying to get into management because that is thier attitude as well. But hey if only there were some metrics or something
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