<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by crAAzy:
However, if every AA flight was like my CX F experience AA stock would be $100 dollars a share, employees would be getting double or triple their salary with profit sharing and AA would be flying 3 class 777s on every transcontinental route and making a killing.
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The CEO of CX once made the following observation to a collegue of mine:"I don't understand how airlines in US can EVER make money. As soon as they do, the unions hit them for major pay increases that eat up all the profit."
The jobs of FAs at CX are very competitive (they usually pick 1 out of every 10 candidates, harder than getting into top business schools). FAs are treated very well (without the "help" of a union) and as the result, they provide excellent services. If CX is allowed to offer domestic services in US, I think they can eat the lunches of all US airlines on those routes.