On layoffs, very bad attendance, and Iger's legacy being one of disgrace

[bpiper]

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

Considering that most of the staff of the ship are foreign nationals, not as many as you would think.

 

[Lilofan]

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

 

[legwand77]

Considering that most of the staff of the ship are foreign nationals, not as many as you would think.

Have you seen the large building that looks like a cruise ship, lots of people work there.

 

[bpiper]

I've seen plenty of old photographs of the region where I lived in Germany, from the 19th century to the present. What really struck me was how worn-out and cruddy much of it looked until relatively recently. They really put the money from the post-war boom to good use cleaning up all the old buildings that could be salvaged.

Correct. As a WWII buff, what most people don't realize is that Allied bombing raids pretty much flattened every building in every city in Germany. Most of the buildings you see in Germany now are either damaged ones that were fixed up or where totally rebuilt from scratch....

 

[legwand77]

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on the board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

Of course, but you do realize there are land base operations/customer service employees.

 

[Archie123]

Going on a cruise or being able to go on a cruise will directly help people that are furloughed. It will bring jobs back.

There will not be any major cruise line sailing to at least 1Q in 2021.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

What about the people working at the port, the airport terminal, driving the bus from the airport, staffing the website where you booked the cruise, etc. We are all connected. Go spend if you can.

 

[bpiper]

Have you seen the large building that looks like a cruise ship, lots of people work there.

From Crew-Center.com a cruise industry staffing website, number of crew for each ship:

Disney Dream	Disney Cruise Line	1500
Disney Fantasy	Disney Cruise Line	1450
Disney Magic	Disney Cruise Line	945
Disney Wonder	Disney Cruise Line	945

I doubt that the large cruise ship building has anywhere near as many staff as the Wonder or Magic.

But every job returned helps.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Correct. As a WWII buff, what most people don't realize is that Allied bombing raids pretty much flattened every building in every city in Germany. Most of the buildings you see in Germany now are either damaged ones that were fixed up or where totally rebuilt from scratch....

Understood. But, there are plenty of old churches, palazzos, castles, and just the natural beauty of the mountains, ocean (for some countries), etc that are so amazing.

 

[bpiper]

Understood. But, there are plenty of old churches, palazzos, castles, and just the natural beauty of the mountains, ocean (for some countries), etc that are so amazing.

Thank the planners after the war for rebuilding as many damaged buildings back to original instead of just putting up a new one and much less expense.

 

[legwand77]

Considering that most of the staff of the ship are foreign nationals, not as many as you would think.

Quite a bit more. The cruise industry in Florida has a huge impact on Florida economy. Numbers from 2018, $7.69 billion. Getting cruises back up will definitely help with Florida jobs.

Finally, these direct expenditures generated total economic impacts of 154,646 jobs and $7.69 billion in income throughout the Florida during 2018. Florida’s total employment impact increased by 3.8 percent while the total wage impact rose by 8.4 percent. These impacts accounted for 37 percent of the national employment impact and 33percent of the national wage impact.

https://cruising.org/-/media/research-updates/research/contribution-of-the-international-cruise-industry-to-the-us-economy-2018.pdf

 

[larryz]

Check your privilege.

Circumstances would be a better word to use. Ask all those new pilots in the training pipeline from last fall... looks like they made a badly timed choice to get into aviation.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

Updated as of today, this is the most updated report of when cruise ships from around the world are planning on starting to sail again. These are estimate dates as of now. I would say almost half have postponed until next year, even into spring. About a quarter are planning November to December of this year with the others September or October but they are most River boats or others not traveling out of the country. These could all change of course depending on situations.

When Are Cruise Lines Around the World Expected To Resume Service?

Cruise lines around the world have suspended operations because of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving travelers missing their favorite ships. Read on to find out when cruise lines will resume sailing.

www.cruisecritic.com

 

[Lilofan]

Circumstances would be a better word to use. Ask all those new pilots in the training pipeline from last fall... looks like they made a badly timed choice to get into aviation.

And college students who majored in Hotel and Restaurant Mgt. Cornell Univ in NY is the premier hotel school in the nation.

 

[JoeCamel]

And college students who majored in Hotel and Restaurant Mgt. Cornell Univ in NY is the premier hotel school in the nation.

Rosen is no slouch

 

[Lilofan]

Rosen is no slouch

I've heard a lot of good things on hotel exec Harris Rosen. He was heartbroken when a large amount of his staff were laid off from his hotels.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Correct. As a WWII buff, what most people don't realize is that Allied bombing raids pretty much flattened every building in every city in Germany. Most of the buildings you see in Germany now are either damaged ones that were fixed up or where totally rebuilt from scratch....

That's not completely true. Most of the major cities had at least their centers severely damaged, some much more heavily than others (compare, for example, Leipzig, that was only hit piecemeal, with Dresden, whose Altstadt was obliterated). Some cities, like Bonn, Weisbaden and Heidelberg escaped almost completely untouched. Many smaller towns and villages were left alone and bypassed. Very few unlucky cities were completely destroyed

So although some of the old buildings needed to be rebuilt from almost nothing (most of Dresden's Altstadt again, Munich's old Rathaus, Berlin's recently completed Stadtschloss), a lot of the preservation of old buildings you see today was performed to limit age-related decay, not necessarily rebuilding from war damage. Some of the old buildings actually look better today than they did before the war, mainly because historical preservation is more valued now than in the past. This process has really picked up since reunification, especially in the old east, where many of the older structures were left to rot, even without war damage.

 

[Lilofan]

That's not completely true. Most of the major cities had at least their centers severely damaged, some much more heavily than others (compare, for example, Leipzig, that was only hit piecemeal, with Dresden, whose Altstadt was obliterated). Some cities, like Bonn, Weisbaden and Heidelberg escaped almost completely untouched. Many smaller towns and villages were left alone and bypassed. Very few unlucky cities were completely destroyed

So although some of the old buildings needed to be rebuilt from almost nothing (most of Dresden's Altstadt again, Munich's old Rathaus, Berlin's recently completed Stadtschloss), a lot of the preservation of old buildings you see today was performed to limit age-related decay, not necessarily rebuilding from war damage. Some of the old buildings actually look better today than they did before the war, mainly because historical preservation is more valued now than in the past. This process has really picked up since reunification, especially in the old east, where many of the older structures were left to rot, even without war damage.

I knew a guy from FL who had a German girlfriend. They both went to Dresden to visit her family. My friend said the Germans in Dresden hated Americans. He told me why.

 

[Miss Bella]

Wow half are talking about taking cruises the other half is talking 15% lay-off and 4 hour waits at food banks. Check your privilege.

My “privilege“ as you put it supports others people jobs. If we could cruise there wouldn’t be four hour waits at food banks would there?

 

[Miss Bella]

Have you been on cruises? Most that work on board are foreign nationals from all over the world.

The point is if cruises were operating so would everything else.