The fact that the memo was leaked is a good indication of of how staff feel about the company right now. A a colleague of mine put it, "2005 was the year EK officialy lost the plot", this was the year that the good will and hard work of the staff was exceded by the growth and poor management. All of that worked in a small airline but the guys under MF simply do not know how to run a big airline. Unfortunately, there are too many dinosaurs remaining at EK and for many of the furniture in DXB this is the best job they're ever likely to get so they're hanging on for grim death but driving the standards and morale down at a rate previously unseen. When was the last time we won a major award??? Now more than ever the EK staff are being used as a commodity rather than an assett and after 6 years of trying to stay positive the downward spiral cannot be ignored. Time for a very large and very stiff broom.
GC to VC&GMD, TC to NZ, MF to somewhere quiet and a good hearty clear out of some of the EVP's, SVP's and VP's that are only here for the $$$.