Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
Of course, I have an earlier version of Doganis so am familiar with it... yes, hedging is not a capability within VA. Neither is negotiation. Of course one area where Crew are not costing the company is flying in Business Class... as that's only reserved for Jesus himself.
This is absolute bulls**t. When he was at Qf he had the same hang up. It was a point of principle for him. The problem was the horse had bolted long before he got to the mailroom. No pilot was going to give it up to a man who was hung up. It can be argued til the cows come home there is a real cost if pilots pax in first or business class as a right.
If a customer wants that seat in an otherwise full cabin and he/ she goes to another airline or travels in a lower class then I guess there is a dollar cost to the airline but other than that it is JBs version of class warfare.
The trouble is that any real cost gets drowned in the principle bulls**t.
In the 89 dispute it was one of the first things that the rebuilt Airlines did: get rid of pilots paxing in other than economy. JB didn't have such an opportunity and will carry the predjudice to the grave.