Bain Consulting/ United Ex
So let me get this straight.
United has asked Bain Consulting (a third party consultant with no contractual history) to review and ask for competitive bids from:
Skywest
Air Wisconsin
ACA
Mesa
Chatauqua
TSA
Someone else
Bain has also stated that Mesa is "industry standard" meaning that their rates are a baseline "average" that all other contracts will be compared to.
Out of this group, Bain is going to make a recommendation to UAL about who should carry loads where and what new contracts should be written. At $500K for a consulting fee, I guess this recommendation will hold a fair bit of weight.
I guess my comments questions are:
1.) I guess it's too much to think that ALPA national would step in on this. We've really done a good job of dividing and conquering. Skywest is non-union, Mesa set a new low standard for pay and work rules, United mainline wants scope or J4J and all the other MEC's are on their own in a dog-eat-dog world. Great.
2.) Do you think Bain will consider the weight of the current UEX carriers that Skywest, AirWhiskey and AtlanticCoast have large systems already in place that Mesa, TSA, etc would have to build?
3.) I guess Mesa is now the new UAL darling even though they haven't flown UAL colors in how many years? Do you think Bain will investigate why UAL and Mesa severed their contract? Does anyone have the true story?
4.) As an ex-consultant, do you think Bain has any openings? (trying to smile)
So let me get this straight.
United has asked Bain Consulting (a third party consultant with no contractual history) to review and ask for competitive bids from:
Skywest
Air Wisconsin
ACA
Mesa
Chatauqua
TSA
Someone else
Bain has also stated that Mesa is "industry standard" meaning that their rates are a baseline "average" that all other contracts will be compared to.
Out of this group, Bain is going to make a recommendation to UAL about who should carry loads where and what new contracts should be written. At $500K for a consulting fee, I guess this recommendation will hold a fair bit of weight.
I guess my comments questions are:
1.) I guess it's too much to think that ALPA national would step in on this. We've really done a good job of dividing and conquering. Skywest is non-union, Mesa set a new low standard for pay and work rules, United mainline wants scope or J4J and all the other MEC's are on their own in a dog-eat-dog world. Great.
2.) Do you think Bain will consider the weight of the current UEX carriers that Skywest, AirWhiskey and AtlanticCoast have large systems already in place that Mesa, TSA, etc would have to build?
3.) I guess Mesa is now the new UAL darling even though they haven't flown UAL colors in how many years? Do you think Bain will investigate why UAL and Mesa severed their contract? Does anyone have the true story?
4.) As an ex-consultant, do you think Bain has any openings? (trying to smile)
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