Derek Brown Professor Janet Smith Employment Law BA370 1 August 2011 BACHELDER V. AMERICAN WEST AIRLINES The legal issue in this case is Penny Bachelder claims her employer‚ America West Airlines‚ violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA" or "the Act") when it terminated her in 1996 for poor attendance. Bachelder countered that according to the regulations implementing the FMLA‚ she was entitled to have her leave eligibility calculated by the method most favorable to her. Under
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F . WARREN MCFARLAN Tale of Two Airlines in The Network Age: Or Why The Spirit of King George III Is Alive and Well! As Professor Roger McPherson’s wait to go through the security process a second time dragged on into its third hour on this Spring day in 2002‚ (all passengers had to be rescreened upon the discovery that one of the airport screening machines was unplugged) he was reminded of another delayed business trip and the role that information technology played in the story. At 5:30pm
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Case Analysis on the Article‚ ¡§Competitive Turbulence in the Airline Industry¡¨ (Segmentation‚ Targeting and Positioning) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Airline industry has 4 sectors identified: Full-service‚ Budget‚ Limited-service‚ Premium-service Segmentation and Targeting: Psychographic‚ Behavioral‚ Geographic and Demographic Positioning: Value proposition matrix (more for more‚ less for less‚ etc.) Conclusion and Recommendations: « SIA in marginal value proposition
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Southwest Airlines: Does “LUV” Last?* First time in history‚ Southwest Airlines had its “LUV” for customers questioned. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) levied a record $10.2 million fine on Southwest Airlines. They accuse them after missing mandatory safety checks of flying 117 planes on nearly 60‚000 flights between June 18‚ 2006‚ and March 14‚ 2007. Both the FAA and Southwest testified. FAA officials were blamed for being “too close” to the airline and being
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Negotiations between Airline Company Qantas and Unions groups‚ Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) Task1 Both Trade unions TWU and AIPA both identify their main Substantive issues as an increase in pay. AIPA negotiate with Qantas over pay‚ pilots have been offered a 2.5% pay increase. AIPA argues that this increase does not match the inflation rates and in real terms the pilots will be going backwards not forwards. Although AIPA is confident
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Singapore Airlines – Case Analysis Situational Analysis Singapore Airlines (SIA) began with the incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) in October 1947.The incorporated companies were the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool‚ the Straits Steamship Company of Singapore and Imperial Airways. The airline’s first flight was chartered from the British Straits Settlement of Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in April 1947 using an Airspeed Consul twin-engine airplane. SIA has remained competitive
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US Airline Industry – Porter’s Five Forces The year 2011 was another dismal one for US airlines in terms of financial performance. Despite an increase in both passenger numbers and revenues for the year‚ profits were down on 2010. In total‚ US airlines earned net profits of about $0.4 billion‚ representing a net margin of less than 1%. The dire financial state of the industry was underlined by AMR (the parent of American Airlines) entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2011. This ended AMR’s
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Southwest Airlines Executive Summary “The U.S. airline industry had lost money in 14 of the 28 years from 1980 through 2007‚ with combined annual losses exceeding combined annual profits by $15 billion. Yet in July 2008‚ Southwest reported record quarterly revenues‚ its 69th consecutive quarter of profitability‚ rising passenger traffic on its flights‚ and a record load factor.”5 With a brilliant strategy of ‘low cost/low fare/no frills’ Rollin King‚ along with Herb Kelleher‚ launched the
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Case Analysis of American Airlines In an attempt to generally identify the airlines and travel industry this analysis will examine the "key players" in these industries. Whenever we think of the airline industry by definition the key players in this industry include commercial/private airline companies‚ employees‚ aircraft manufacturers‚ customers/consumers of flight service‚ travel agencies and government entities responsible for regulation of the industry. Currently the airline industry as
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Introduction The case study involves a detailed analysis of the factors that shape up the organizational environment of Emirates‚ one of the world’s most reputed international airlines. Emirates Airlines is owned by the government of Dubai‚ which is located in United Arab Emirates. Emirates Airlines has been operating for more than twenty years. Political environment The growth and success of Emirates Airlines can be largely attributed to the consistent backing of the government. The support
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