Spot on Keg...
Industrial deafness is at an all time high.
Mis-management have had the benefit of the LCC perfect storm, now it is time for the clean up.
In pursuing the Dixon/Oldmeadow model of divide and conquer, drive it all into the ground, encourage scalping, they have unwittingly opened a pandora's box...
Pilots are not there anymore to be divided and conquered. (Sure there will always be a few). The consequence for management in their apporach to drive down costs, encourage higher paid staff to leave, transfer assets to "lower cost" models is fatally flawed. It assumes there is an abundant supply of labour. There simply isn't.
- Career progression
- Remuneration
- Integrity in management
- Mutual respect
The company has tried to play hard ball, not realising the tide had in fact turned. Sack "old" meadow, Mannering and hopefully the board will also be cleaned out. Get back to builind margin instead of destroying it. Clever accounting will only hide the true cost of the Dixon era for so long.
"It's all about bucks, the rest is conversation"- Gordon Gecko
Q is reaping as it sowed as are many other employers, not just in aviation
