Pay might not really be enough. Maybe management could try to find folks to babysit kids/take care of parents trapped at home, freeing up workers to come fly. They'll certainly fail, but at least they'll understand the plight of their workers.

Strangers paid on the lowest cost contract to leave with your kids?

What's the big deal? You can always make more.

/s

Do you really think the MBA wizards can't figure out some basic pay issues?

It seems you're discounting just how complex HR can be, especially in the face of exigent circumstances. No amount of bonuses will immediately staff up an entire terminal in the face of a massive snowstorm.

While they may be able to figure it out, optimizing pay to quality of life at work ratios to ensure long term employee retention and loyalty has certainly not been a priority.

> No amount of bonuses will immediately staff up an entire terminal

That is right and thus I would engage line management to figure out business continuity.

> in the face of a massive snowstorm.

It is winter. The storm was tough but not exceptional for the season of winter. Denver did not report tremendous amounts of snow.

Few if any MBAs can get on the ramp and look a line employee in the eye and lend a hand. The wfh keyboard warriors don't know blue collar and therefore are unable to figure this out. MBAs can figure out ways to game their pay. Shareholders should demand some senior management unemployment applications.

> The storm was tough but not exceptional for the season of winter.

Sure seems like this was an exceptional storm. Widespread, deep cold reaching into Mexico, snow falling across much of the U.S., Buffalo hit with the most snow in 20 years, records set multiple locations.

A couple decades of weather variation is not exceptional, though some will disagree with me when their bonus is yearly. I recall it was cold in Texas last winter. Weather is seasonal and varies.

I wonder if board of directors will compare performance with other airlines.