Kaptin M
12th Aug 2005, 01:48
There doesn`t seem to be any coverage here on PPRuNe about the strike at ASIANA Airlines, Korea, although it has obviously impacted heavily on South Korea`s economy (immediate estimates put it at 1/2 billion USD`s), to the extent that the Government has intervened, and ordered the pilots back to work.
The interview I saw on BBC TV, was "amusing" by way of the company spokesperon`s (inadvertant) self-contradiction. He was scathing in stating that these "selfish pilots" (aren`t ALL striking workers described that way!) were greatly inconveniencing the travelling public, and had disrupted freight into and out of South Korea, with costs already exceeding USD500 million.
Ironically though, in an attempt to later downplay their importance, he stated that only about 1/2 of the pilots were on strike.
Imagine what the cost MIGHT have been, had ALL of ASIANA`s pilots pulled the pin!
THAT was where I felt he shot himself in the foot.
The interview I saw on BBC TV, was "amusing" by way of the company spokesperon`s (inadvertant) self-contradiction. He was scathing in stating that these "selfish pilots" (aren`t ALL striking workers described that way!) were greatly inconveniencing the travelling public, and had disrupted freight into and out of South Korea, with costs already exceeding USD500 million.
Ironically though, in an attempt to later downplay their importance, he stated that only about 1/2 of the pilots were on strike.
Imagine what the cost MIGHT have been, had ALL of ASIANA`s pilots pulled the pin!
THAT was where I felt he shot himself in the foot.