Originally Posted by BearX220
I agree that the cost savings associated with the Menzies move have probably been more than erased by the effect of bad PR.
In the short term.
A BA 744 and BA 772 suffered a wing-collision today in LHR. And yesterday a ramp worker ran into a UA plane at BOI. And the day before that...
AS lost a plane with all hands due to shoddy and suspect maintenance practices and they're still flying. As they did at LAX, SEA will suffer issues - benign and serious - during the transition period. The increased scrutiny will demand increased oversight by AS, but it will eventually be taken care of.
Afterall, SQ and BA use them, so they can't be total clowns.
Originally Posted by formeraa
While I'm sure that the media is reporting every detail, I don't believe that they are over-reporting...Because of this and generally stingy availablity of lower fares, I have decided to fly other airlines for the moment, until AS gets its act together.
So if AS had cheap fares, you'd "take a chance" on them?
AS fired the ramp workers so they could hire less-expensive help so they could offer "cheap" fares. So I guess you reap what you sow...