I work as a Cost Accountant (aka, bean counter) for a Fortune 500 company. Just because there are "Bean Counters IN Management", the people doing the cost calculations are simply providing data on costs. Those in Management aren't the "Bean Counters", they are former cost accountants that have been promoted to management positions. Using your logic, if a sales person or a machine shop operator or a mechanic gets promoted to management, then they should be equally blamed for poor decisions. I provide data, I don't give opinions unless specifically asked and even then, I only provide opinions based on established criteria, not blindly.

(Written on 06/03/2022)(Permalink)

"Bean-counters" don't make decisions, they provide information. It's not up to them to decide if a product is worthy or not or how to make it worthy, it is their job to determine what it costs to make the product. Management then takes that information and decides one of two things, 1) what it will need to charge to make the desired profit, or 2) if it can't be sold at a price to yield the desired profit, then decide to not produce it. Management, not "bean-counters" decide what costs can be eliminated to change 2 to 1. This is true with paper clips or airplanes. "Bean-counters" only provide data for management to analyze.

(Written on 06/03/2022)(Permalink)

Thank you for the clarification. The article I got my initial information from did not mention this fact. The fact that it appears to be an "industry practice" to not pay for this time doesn't negate that other airline's FA's are unionized and not being paid for this time.

(Written on 04/29/2022)(Permalink)

If they are already unionized, then, presumably, not paying them for boarding time was a negotiated issue, good or bad. So before anyone praises unions for "looking out for their members", remember it was the union that allowed this to happen in the first place. Fact is, this pre-door time was probably considered in those negotiations for the current pay rates, so in essence, they were already being paid for that time, but just not specifically on their time cards. I believe in people being paid for doing the work they are hired to do. If pre-door duties are different than post-door duties are different, then there's no problem paying those FA's a different rate for those different duties. Even if those duties aren't always needed (if there is an emergency, we want the FA's to be as well trained as possible, but in reality, we never want them to have to use that training). We are in a current culture where workers have the upper hand when it comes to what they do and what they

(Written on 04/29/2022)(Permalink)

Putting on Airs

(Written on 09/03/2021)(Permalink)

Mildred, you have commented on this post, as of the time of my posting, eight times, and in six of those posts you mentioned that F/A's are merely "MASK POLICE" today. I think we all get your bias and repeatedly posting the same comment in response to other's reasoned posts adds nothing to the conversation. Have a good day and enjoy your retirement, I think many customers are probably glad to have some crew members no longer serving.

(Written on 08/20/2021)(Permalink)

Sad that the person who recorded the video is quoted in the accompanying narrative as defending the actions of the assaulter.

(Written on 05/28/2021)(Permalink)

I live in Nashville and the "snowstorm" we had dropped 3-5" from early evening on the 17 Feb to mid-day 18 Feb so I'm perplexed as to how "about a foot of snow" on the wings. This was not a blowing snow event, so drifting should have been minimal.

(Written on 03/05/2021)(Permalink)

The shutdown is temporary and since she's a FA on a company mandated layover, she should still be on per diem and will be recalled at the appropriate time. Unless she has to return home for personal reasons, then it makes sense that she would have to incur the personal expense. Having a job that takes you away from home comes with the caveat that there are situations that sometimes arise that would require an unplanned layover that differs from what is scheduled.

(Written on 01/29/2021)(Permalink)

Assets make money when they are in use, not when sitting idle. For the 200 pax version to be feasible, it would need to be able to make 2 r/t daily between New York and London, being in the air for about 18 hours in a 24 hour cycle. Something like this: Depart NYC for London at 0300 GMT (2200 local time), arrive London at 0730 GMT Return from London to NYC at 0900 GMT arriving NYC at 1330 GMT (0830 local time) Depart NYC again at 1500 GMT (1000 local time), arrive London at 1930 GMT Return flight from London to NYC at 2100 GMT, arriving in NYC at 0130 +1 GMT (2030 local time) Yes, at only 1.5 hours turn-around time, that is an agressive schedule, but that would allow for maximum efficiency, have reasonable departure / arrival times locally. and likely make for more reasonable fares making for higher demand and more of these a/c in service to cover for "expected" unscheduled problems. As I understood the Concorde, there was only 1 r/t daily each between NY/London and NY/P

(Written on 01/29/2021)(Permalink)