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Subject:Re: UAL PILOTS RATIFY CONTRACT AFTER LONG HOT SUMMER OF LABOR STRIFE
From:adam
Date:Fri Oct 27 11:42:00 2000
and there was i thinking that Cathy / SAL / Saudi / BA were some of thighest
payers


"Larry Fransson" wrote in message
news:39F955FF.8FB99892@qwest.net...
> Jacque LeCox wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:01:21 -0500, "Jim Fisher"
wrote:
> >
> > >Unions. I hate em. No reason for em.
> > >
> > >The only thing louder that a whining jet engine is a damn whining
pilot.
> > >
> > >Im sorry the airlines lost yet another battle.
> >
> > I didnt think the Unions had anything to do with the work action. On
> > what evidence do you base you accretion on ?
>
> Jim may or may not have been referring to United pilots refusal to work
> overtime. Im mostly irritated by the unions insistence that United
> pilots be the highest paid pilots in the industry. Whats so special
> about United pilots that they should be paid any more than any other
> airlines pilots?
>
> Thats not what unions are supposed to be for. Theyre supposed to be
> ensuring fair pay and good working conditions. Too many unions have
> become self-serving organizations, too many union members are mindless
> union droids, and some union leaders are starting to sound too much like
> professional athletic agents.
>
> Im with Jim on this one. Unions are a major reason Im not interested
> in airline flying. The only airline application I have ever filled out
> was for SkyWest - a nonunion airline.
>
> Larry




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