AA is shipping 1000 jobs to China

[kittypuppymom]

So since hearing that 1000 mechanics jobs are being lost in DFW area from American Airlines and they are shipping them to China. Does that make you want to fly AA?

[hopetoberich]

It makes me want to write a stinking e mail to AA

[Opti]

Jan 6, 2013 12:53:10 GMT -5 hopetoberich said:

It makes me want to write a stinking e mail to AA

Me too. While AA is probably global it would be nice if even they wanted some cost
saving to keep the majority of the mechanics jobs in the US given the fact
they are keeping their name, American Airlines.

I wonder if the execs are OK with less people being able to afford airfare in the
US because their jobs are off-shored and they have to replace them with (usually)
less paying jobs.

[workpublic]

I wonder if the execs are OK with less people being able to afford airfare in the
US because their jobs are off-shored and they have to replace them with (usually)
less paying jobs.''

they couldn't care less.

If(when) they drive AA into the ground they will walk off richer than when they started.

[thyme4change]

My husband hates American Airlines, and so I always have his voice inside my head. The last two times I flew them we did the "sit on the runway with mechanical problems for the maximum 4 hours, and then go back to the gate" thing. Add in the fact that their service to Phoenix is obligatory at best - I just don't have a reason to use them a lot.

[siralynn]

I haven't flown AA in a long time. (Fortunately, they've never been hubbed at any of my local airports.) Will continue to ignore them.

ETA: Actually, I guess they are hubbed at ORD, but since United is also hubbed there, there is no earthly reason to use AA. (Not that United is particularly great either, but at least they kept a few of the good parts of Continental when they merged.)

[Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ]

www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/Union-AA-to-Outsource-Jobs-to-Hong-Kong-169406676.html

American also noted that most of its competitors already perform heavy maintenance outside of the country.

Pike said about 400 American employees at Alliance worked on the Boeing 777s and about 700 worked on the Boeing 767s.

Maintenance on the 767s will go to American's facility in Tulsa, he said.

American is the last major U.S. carrier to do all of its own major overhaul work. Some other airlines also do maintenance work in other countries, including El Salvador.



Bottom line is the airline industry is barely getting by, with very low margins(0.06%), if they exist at all:
www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2012/10/airline-profitability

[frankq]

It sucks. On the other hand, how many people out here shop airline price on the internet and click the "lowest fare" box? This is what happens in a race to the bottom....