Clearing the smoke...
Nothing better than a good old smoke screen to get some friendly fire started...
Company's management motto which until recently worked well...
now people are starting to communicate, they can understand where they stand, and more importantly where the enemy stands...
this is the power of REPAweb.org...
A power which has left those throwing out the wildfire cornered and viscous... the management talk says it all...
As for MOLs pay, its fair that members of senior management are duefully rewarded for their efforts...
but 40% of total wages seems grossly unjustified...
Just to finalise, the comments made about the similarities drawn with ValueJet and PanAm, the arguments raised for the company's collapses are true, yet the comments don't draw the parallels many board members here are trying to raise...
in Valuejet's case, it is likely management pressure forced both engineers to take the required short-cuts, whilst pilots were too fearful to ground an aircraft or check documentation onboard for fear of recrimination...
in PanAm's case, the restructuring plans closely reflect those ailing current carriers like AA who are trying to stay afloat following the 9/11 attacks... cost cuts must afflict al facets of the operation, including the detriment toward managerial pay... for obvious reasons of individual interests, this rarely happens in any large organisation...
What must never be taken out of mind, and was raised before with regards to the symbolism of a broken bus, is that aviation is a different beast... the normal economics and reactionary forces that afflict a supermarket chain wont' bear witness upon what events and their consequences take their course in an airline... safety, decision making, and team-building and -leadership suddenly take greater precidence here