MAS - Air Asia: The chicken and pig joke

Tony F and Kamaruddin Meranun is out. Dato Azman Yahya resigned from the Air Asia board. Supposedly he represents Khazanah interest.

Rocky Bru here claimed Danny Nanny will eventually leave. So should the CFO and Head of Engineering from Air Asia.

Ahmad Jauhari aka AJ will have a free hand to run MAS. No more nonsense such as CEO for Long Haul and CEO for Short and Medium Haul. It is obvious. The CEO for Short and Medium is in Tony F's market. He is also being given charge of aircraft financing, finance, etc. It is an insult to AJ who was made to look like a puppet.

And AJ, watchout for your sister. The staff are getting annoyed with her.

Big Dog here argued that collaboration is needed to face up to the "open sky" policy. The broad stroke looks fair but the taste has to be in the pudding. However, a series of Joint Venture announced made Syed Akbar here sceptical of the spirit of the collaboration.

The Mole posed the question: Will the MAS-Air Asia CCF work? We have an old MBA joke from a lawyer classmate related to collaboration ...

The pig and chicken agreed to enter the breakfast business. The pig will supply the bacon and the chicken will supply the egg.

It's a wonderful arrangement. Bacon and egg for breakfast. Both thought they can do well and corner the market.

So they decide to do a Joint-Venture Agreement.

While reading through the draft agreement, the pig realised he will have to sacrifice himself to be made into bacon. The pig raised the issue with the lawyer and the chicken in a meeting.

The lawyer explain, "It's common in a Joint-Venture Agreement. One of you will get slaughtered."

To Mat Diah on behalf of all the MAS Unions seeking input for their meeting with management tomorrow Saturday, be reminded of this joke.

Ask what is Air Asia putting in all the planned collaboration, especially Joint Venture. Be wary of them. No "air liur" only. If they have no people, no expertise, no plant and machinery, and what ever, put money where their mouth is.

Engage regular with management. Give input and not be selfish of only self interest. Save the company and the company will be in the capacity to reward you.

Remember that the rakyat that have supported them seek upon them and management to turn MAS around and continue to fly our Malaysian flag and return back to it's glory days.

Sacrifices have to be done. There are few in mind.

First, review the 10% ticket fare.

It is ridiculous that those retired MAS staff no more working are still given such privileges. The biggest abusers of this privileges are the former senior management and Members of the Board of Directors.

Look at the picture above of former glamorous but failed CEO Dato Fuad Dahalan in In Focus magazine. He failed as a CEO and destroyed the hope of ever a CEO to come within MAS.

In the magazine, gloated of spending much of his retirement traveling abroad. That must be the 10% ticket fare.

This has to stop. MAS cannot continue such privileges and also programs like half price for Government pensioners. They can't afford it.

Secondly, review back the role and cost of maintaining the Adviser.

Does he have any significant role in MAS? What is his salary from MAS? It is heard that MAS had to absorb the cost of renovating his office in Putrajaya.

What nonsense? How about leaking this information?

Tun Abdullah is the man that erred in his selection of CEOs and slept in the midst of the Airline Rationalisation Plan that became the root of MAS problem. He gave favourable treatment to Air Asia.

Why should MAS keep this man at all. Voice it openly!

Thirdly, the subject of the Adviser's brother's stake in MAS Catering.

MAS should get another caterer so that they get the best price and product. Airport's KLAS is heard capable of doing that.

Find some loophole in the contract and make them compete. Otherwise their sales will be bad. Or sell back to MAS for cheapo.

Forth, review back the outsourcing of IT. How can something so strategic and important be outsourced.

It means their MIS could be leaked outsiders.

Fifth, review back Danny's new installed accounting system that centralised rather decentralised payment to suppliers and service providers globally.

Gila ke dia if payment to London suppliers have to wait for cheques from Kuala Lumpur.

Sixth, heard Panamera Deadwood quit.

In MAS there are lots of incompetent deadwood taken in from the days of Idris Jala. There are lots of managers only managing 2 to 3 people, no one wants to be under them.

There senior managers with no managers under them and it will not be a surprise to find AGM and GMs with some only 20 staff under their authority.

Kick these kind of managers!

There has to be a certain number of people under a person to be assigned titles, especially those big and fancy titles. Comb through the organisation chart and they should find lots of them.

Seven, hope the union cooperate with management on the move to KLIA. There is no two way about it.

MAS cannot operate with offices all over the place from Subang to Kelana Jaya, Kauala Lumpur and KLIA. 

Eigth, unions must help management to plug loopholes and wastages in the organisation, even how small or big. Work together top cut cost and improve sales.

Union must work hand in hand to give feedback and help management in teh running of MAS. No more us versus them attitude.

In the case of corrupt Managers and Management, the union should report them to MACC.

That'll be all for now.


- Another Brick in the Wall