Originally Posted by
hyderago
Clearly the management at AI does not do its job like any other airline since AI has employed a different strategy than 9W and IT. I thought this was your argument all along.
No, no - that's not what I meant. AI's middle management does precisely the same job that middle management does at
any other airline, whether it be LH, UA, SQ, or G8. Their strategy might be different, but there isn't an airline I know of which does yield management significantly differently from each other - they raise prices when they can sell tickets at a higher price, and they lower prices when they can't
Originally Posted by
hyderago
Also, with all due respect to IAS officers and babus, I don't think that they are the most qualified to run an airline. I just don't believe that they can run an airline as efficiently as a seasoned aviation professional.
I don't know if I agree with that. The staff at AI have been trained at their jobs, often very well. Revenue management has a very specific job - to maximize revenue. A pretty decent job of this can be done by applying what you read in a textbook - not much innovation or critical thinking required.
Originally Posted by
SQ421
Merely employing people doesn't mean the revenue management department actually is good at its job. If Staff:Aircraft was the benchmark, AI would be the best airline in the world.
Oh, I agree. However, since they have lots of staff (who have presumably been trained at their job), I'd assume that they would actually be doing
something...
Originally Posted by
SQ421
Please bear in mind this is the same management that thinks the best way to correct that ratio is to buy more aircraft, not to shed staff!
It would be political suicide for AI to shed staff. I wouldn't expect anything else from them. Do I think expanding to correct that ratio is a good idea? No. But the hands of AI's management are tied...
Originally Posted by
SQ421
Not sure how airports charge airlines for their time spent on ground but maybe it is in AI's best fiscal interests to spend only the bare minimum required time on ground at ORD.
Besides, if AA can get the DEL-ORD flight on time and AI can't despite scheduling their departures 90 mins apart, then perhaps AI should look at moving its departure time to leave before the fog sets in. Surely that is not an issue at its main hub.
Yeah. This whole situation is really weird...