AERO: THE NEEDLESS STRIKE

In an article,i wrote about a year ago titled "Aero Unending Counter Chaos",i asked the management to dig deep in finding solutions to the recurring counter problems and to spin off a low cost carrier, that will facilitate cost reduction initiatives,nurture its budding online clients and improve its online facilities in other to improve services,expenses and counter clogging. Surprisingly, up till this moment management,staff and unions have not been able to weave amicable solutions to the present crisis which emanated from a mandatory cost cutting strategies needed to stabilise the airline. One or two of them are either ignorant of the crippling liabilities of the airline or sarcastically unperturbed.it's no secret that the bailout fund could not help and an organisation saddled with the responsibility of sucking toxic debt has stepped in to help the airline creditors. The strike has punctured the life raft of the airline and has quickened the provision of a life support machine.Aero staff should have learnt from there colleagues in Air Nigeria who went on a similar strike and ended up being consumed. The dialogue option would have been stretched,while the unions complement it with coordinated blackmail and clinical subterfuge,which is a better option for a troubled organisation. The strike option chosen by Aero staff was hasty and counterproductive; it is a grave error and a concurrent misstep by airline staff in nigeria,which has contributed to the demise of airlines in the country while also increasing the unemployment market. If Aero will ever return to the skies, it will be as a leaner organisation with some stringent cost cutting measures that would have been difficult to embark upon before the strike.i appeal to the management to reconsider the sack letters while the workers should brace for the hard truth,which is sequestration. The only commendation for the management and staff is their ability to sustain the unblemish safety record of the airline over the years till the present day. Sadly, both parties forgot the passengers by abandoning them at the airports without any explanation and continued to sell tickets online,yet the management remembered the importance of getting a court injunction to stop the strike while the staff were equally mobilising and strategising for the strike without considering the customer that pay the wages. This reckless and insensitive posture of both parties has led to a group of passengers seeking damages worth millions of naira in court. Its a shot in the arm,we must realise that "we no go gree" is industrial dispute. While"sorry we will not be operating and will endevour to put you on other flights or make a refund" is a divine message of care.