Well, we constantly believe that the correlation of treatment of employees with
the product they deliver is known and considered by management. Wrong. Someone
brought up QR and this is the best example of archaic management by fear. Look
around the middle east and you'll have a hard time finding another system. It
generally works for a few years, especially during expansion as there is the
career-carrot at the end of the stick. After some time there's only the stick
left over and that's when the reverse effect sets in. GF went through this and
demonstrated tragically what the outcome might be. EK is in this reverse process
right now. We will first endure more silly threat-letters, if it doesn't work
we will get pathetic and imploring ones to "work as one team", to "stick together
in this crisis", to "buckle up in this tunnel and help our visionary managers"
and the promise to receive the reward for our increased efforts in a very distant
and hazy future blah blah blah blah...........
However the employees have heard it all before, are completely disillusioned and
couldn't care less. All well inbred by management and unfortunately irreversable.
Other ME airlines will follow down the same drain, it seems people around here are
immune to a learning process, and start-ups will replace them with the same outcome
as they will be founded and run by the very same people all over. Just look at EY!
The only beneficiary will be the competition, if the big european airlines
or even the ones from the subcontinent can get their act together. I would
fear the HKG-Chinese more though. But then again, they are just airlines run by airline
mangers and, worse, more and more by HR wannabees, who by the way will be all
locals in a few months around here .........