Originally Posted by
channa
It's a hub, so I think the CO crew are in pretty good shape. The size of the CO operation is essentially irrelevant compared to the size of the UAL operation at SFO, so any "downsizing" of flights would be insignificant.
There won't be dedicated CO staff after systems and operaitons merge, but in a hub operation of that size, I'm sure the CO crew can be easily retained over in T3.
The main difference I can see is in club staff. The UA clubs are much higher volume, so the roles are divided up (e.g., checkin vs. ticketing), so some of the multi-taskers may not like that as much.
I believe that we are in good shape. There are only about 60 customer service agents at CO to 600+ at UA. Our ramp should be ok as well. The only question will be: what happens to our cargo people. UA contracts their cargo operations to an outside vendor. Unless this changes with the new company, our cargo people will be furloughed.
UA staffs their clubs from the general agent pool. Positions in the RCC are very senior. CO staffs their clubs with "selected" agents; general agents that apply to work in the PClubs, selected via an interview process.
We have not heard how the new company plans on staffing the clubroom.