2008台灣國內航空公司的危機與轉機

目前台灣學者對危機管理的定義多以類似緊急應變或失事預防為主.但是今日航空公司的危機處理不再是以失事預防而是財務危機處理為首要.油價飆升,通貨膨脹,及次級房貸風暴使得全球經濟緊縮,不少航空公司面臨倒閉的危機.(美國航管課程所提到"危機處理"因此多以財務為例.)譬如說遠東航空公司之所以倒閉有部分原因是執行長決策錯誤,另一部分應是公司組織鬆散所致.也可惜遠東航空公司被交給一位非航管專業的人經營,終於導致失敗.此時政府應該諮詢航管專家的意見再決定是否或如何營救遠東航空.美國是資本主義者所以航空公司經營全由市場機制決定(合併或裁員司空見慣),但台灣文化畢竟與美國不同,政府如果伸出一些援助就可能救幾百個或幾千個家庭(這些人並不是沒知識或沒有工作能力,而是有能力卻意外失去工作機會),那為什麼不救呢?
Risk management is defined operationally in research. Most of Taiwanese scholars tend to define risk management as emergency responses or accident prevention. That is fine. However, aircraft accident is not a pressing issue in risk management for most airlines corp today. Financial issues are what they concern about and become an important one in risk management. The increasing pressure on oil price, economic inflation, and mortgage has made the airline corp. facing the bankruptcy. In addition to issues mentioned, the Far East Airlines had a serious organization problem for effect management. The company hired a wrong CEO who led to the bankruptcy and should be responsible for the failure of management. The Airline Deregulation Act is the way that U. S. government treats their companies. However, I disagree that Taiwanese government gives up the Far East Airlines which basically will make profit soon if only they change their operations. It will save hundreds or thousands of families. The authorities should be involved and consulted with aviation specialists. (written June 22, 2008)

2008 Taiwanese Airlines Risk Management is the topic in April. The Far East Airlines as being bankruptcy touches my heart to write this articles for it and other domestic airlines. Nevertheless, I am quite busy on my study. Please wait ...

Last month, I discussed Taiwanese airport management and have drawn the attention of authorities to this issue. Hopefully, the master plans of Taoyuan International Airport and aviation industry will be conducted successfully.

這是我這個月要發表的文章,是針對遠東航空公司的慘澹經營有感而發,也許也適用其他台灣國內航空公司.但最近比較忙還沒時間寫,請期待.

上個月對台灣機場做了一些建言以後,很高興越來越多人注意這個問題,希望桃園航空城可以成功.