06 Task Performance
In
Airline / Flight Operations Management
(Group 10)
Submitted by:
Candong, Rigel Mae R.
Paranis, Bhea Ann P.
Salvador, Egi Boy M.
Sioson, Jean Claire C.
Termines, Timothy James D.
Case Study #1
1. What are the issues faced by the flight attendants in both cases?
1. Dealing with a schedule that changes, flying at night, jet lag, missing
important events in the lives of your family and friends.
2. Handling nasty, irate, irrational passengers.
3. Never being able to know your schedule for more than a month in
advance.
However, there are perks to the job as well.
1. Once the irate passenger gets off the plane, you never have to see
them again.
2. You can leave your troubles at home behind you and g o off into the
wild blue yonder footloose and fancy free.
3. When you have time off, you can go anywhere for very little money.
4. When your family wants you to commit to stuff, you can only say that
your schedule doesn’t permit it and that you won’t kno w until just before
the event if you can go or not.
2. How did the cabin crew handle the issues in both cases? If you
were one of them, how would you handle these issues?
When the family's medical benefits ran out, and they were forced to pay for
health expenses, the flight attendant's family started a GoFundMe page. They even
packed themselves to prepare twice as fast as they could. The flight attendant also
had to swallow her pride and apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps.
The flight attendants said that things are brightening as they and their coworkers begin
to be recalled from layoff, receive vaccinations, and have increased payroll
assistance, along with enriched air traffic.
There is no choice in these scenarios, so I need to endure it just like the others. We
still can’t control the persistent problem of covid. The best way is if there are lots of by
passers for the safety protocols, I will still use a facemask and follow the old way to
prevent getting the contagious virus. And preparing myself for possible changes that
my work will plot for us.
3. What are your recommendations for the airline management in
addressing and/or preventing such crises from happening?
For this entire article about today’s world during and after the impact
of COVID-19 pandemic, the aviation industry experienced a sudden strike
of operations throughout health and safety cautions. We have lots of
recommendations for airline management on how they m ust give their
utmost respect on the people who put their company’s name on the
pinnacle. Taking care of their employees is one of the best solutions
instead of doing layoffs out of nowhere. We might suggest that when the
time has come, they should allow t hose previous flight attendants that got
laid off, to apply again or to do part -time services in their company.
Case Study #2
1. What are the issues faced by the flight attendants in both cases?
The story is about a flight attendant, Betty Ong, who called American
Airlines Aviation to report that a tragedy will unfold. The tape is 23 minutes
long where Betty Ong reported that somebody got stabbed before the
plane was hijacked. In the business class, somebody also got stabbed.
Betty Ong can’t contact the cockpit since the terrorist sprayed Mace or
pepper spray, for the crew and the passengers have difficulty in breathing.
2. How did the cabin crew handle the issues in both cases? If you
were one of them, how would you handle these issues?
With the tragedy on hand, the crew in the plane like Betty Ong contacted
the American Airlines Aviation to warn them that the plane would crash in
a certain area, with the help of Betty Ong, investigators were able to detect
where the airplane would crash. Betty Ong also gave out information about
how many hijackers were in the plane. In addition to this Betty Ong gave
out an important clue which was the pepper spray or Mace. The
investigators were able to track who owned the pepper spray which was
Mohammed Atta. After giving out information, Betty Ong treated the
passengers and guided them to a safe place in the aircraft.
In summary, Betty Ong handled the situation in a very professional way
in which she took care of the passengers and gave out rel evant information
to the investigators. If I were in Betty Ong’s place, I would not handle the
situation the way she did. I would panic first. After a while, I would go to
the injured people and try to treat them with first aid. I would not let the
passengers know what is happening in the aircraft since it will cause panic.
Like Betty Ong, I will give out details on the American Airline Aviation
about what is happening in the aircraft. These are the things that I would
be doing.
3. What are your recommendations for the airline management in
addressing and/or preventing such crises from happening?
To prevent such a crisis happening again, I recommend that the airline
management should have tight security; they should not let weapons such
as knives and pepper spray in the aircraft. They should also double check
the person’s identity when they are boarding in a plane since fake
documents can enter the airline’s security. The government should also
take part, they must make laws tight, especially forging docume nts like
passports.