21 Japanese flight attendants of United Airlines are going to be fired!

Photo from United NewsRoom (圖片非當事人)

2016年6月4日，一位日本工作的朋友，在東京成田機場(Narita Airport)準備上班的他，遇到剛被美國聯合航空資遣的日本籍組員，眼神是看著遠方的惆悵，不過仍打起精神，對往來的旅客發著廣告單，廣告單內容訴說著，剛被美國聯合航空資遣的21位日本籍空服員，想向機場往來的各國旅客，控訴這間世界一流的公司，對員工殘無人道，廣告傳單英文原文如下：

21 Japanese flight attendants are about to be fired!
United Airlines, Reverse the Layoffs of Flight Attendants!

2010  Continental and United Airlines merged and the new company is called United

2011  They begin sharing aircraft between their routes

2016  Closure of the Narita base announced

We are the labor union for United Airline's Narita-based flight attendants (formerly Continental Airlines)

United Airlines announced that as of March 31st it will no longer give work to us 20 veteran Japanese flight attendants at the Narita Base. They say we're not needed anymore because there are fewer Japanese passengers and they can use Japanese-speaking American flight attendants. But, when United and Continental merged, United told us, "The new United Airlines aims to be the world's leading airline. We want you to work your hardest without worrying about your jobs." United Airlines achieved record profits in 2015, and is continuing the employment of flight attendants in the U.S. The flights that we worked on are still in operation. It is unacceptable that United Airlines is firing Japanese flight attendants under the claim that we aren't needed anymore. We are fighting for the jobs that were suddenly taken form us! Please support our cause!

United Airlines, treat your own employees with decency!
Japan Federation of Aviation Worker's Union
National Labor Union, Continental Division (03)3234-1816 info@zenroh.net

原始廣告單掃描畫面如下：

其實啊！不管你是被稱作空乘員、空服員，或者是客艙組員，你的飛行津貼跟每月入薪資戶頭的工作收入，真的不能只是你唯一的收入來源！以公司經營者的角度來看，空服員對於公司是可有可無，再訓練三個月就有，唯一能留下來的，就是你身上可讓公司看到非留你下來不可的價值！如何針對質跟量的提升，空服員在工作上如何強化本質學能的功夫，都是個行門功課！


2016年3月31日，全球第三大的美國聯合航空(United Airlines)也是無預警地將日本籍組員21位直接資遣，即便前一年公司大賺，但因為日本航線已不再需要成田基地的日本空服員，用完就丟的成本導向經營觀念...


你覺得空服員從到職第一天開始，是否就得要準備下一段生涯規劃呢？只要公司沒有需要你，隨時要你走人都可以，全球第三大且強調四海一家的美國聯合航空都這樣對待空勤組員了，你覺得還有哪間公司可堪比United Airlines？


前幾天從北海道回台灣，機上跟客艙組員聊天，他表示不曉得未來何去何從，我鼓勵他還年輕可以藉由工作多跟旅客聊天，並慢慢摸索未來的路，將針對空勤組員工作的十大領域專業技能學習進行心得分享，計包含：

1.語言
2.行銷
3.服務
4.旅遊觀光
5.航空
6.體能
7.心理
8.清勤
9.金融　
10.口才 　

至於為啥以上十項跟空服員有關？不妨讓我們靜靜的看下去，等我寫來分享囉～

（待續）