Changing management and labor relationships in aviation

AOC Number

144

Primary domain

ORG

Secondary domain

Description

Changes in economic pressures on aviation industry may result in significant modifications in management structure.

Potential hazards

  1. Loss of technical expertise in management ranks
  2. Realignment of relationships between management and labor resulting in role ambiguity and loss of technical oversight
  3. Poor resource allocation decision-making due to profitability concerns that are not cognizant of safety issues
  4. Exacerbated difficulty in staffing transitions and role redefinitions (including situational awareness training) resulting from investment, allocation decisions
  5. Labor-management disputes resulting in poor operational performance

Corroborating sources and comments

Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Current Legislative Issues http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1520&context=key_workplace&sei-redir=1#search=%22Changing%20management%20labor%20relationships%20aviation%22

Management-Labour Partnership in the European Civil Aviation Industry http://ejd.sagepub.com/content/10/3/287.abstract

http://web.mit.edu/airlines/analysis/analysis_airline_industry.html

http://catsr.ite.gmu.edu/SYST660/p.pdf

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