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To: Arkie2
Ebenhoch said pulling the free pretzels should save $2 million a year.

No, it won't - that's static analysis, just like Big Stupid Government uses.

It will lose them tens of millions of dollars in business due to poor customer goodwill as a results of being cheapasses with the pretzels. People will be pissed when they hear this one; I'd hate to be a stewardess trying to explain why I want to collect money for pretzels.

Stupid and shortsighted. Does Big Stupid Government run this airline?

48 posted on 05/27/2005 8:44:56 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Hank Rearden
Does Big Stupid Government run this airline?

Ever heard of 'checkbook Checchi', former California Democraptic Gubernatorial candidate?

http://www.calblog.com/archives/002787.html

As San Jose Mercury News political editor Philip Trounstine and New Times writer David Pasztor showed in recent expos鳠of Checchi's history at Northwest Airlines, Checchi's claims that he "saved" Northwest in a dramatic takeover in 1989, and that he deserves to be governor of California because he is a turnaround genius, are not supported by the facts.

Northwest was not, in fact, a troubled airline when Checchi -- using inside information from his best college buddy who sat on Northwest's board of directors -- dreamed up a plan for buying up Northwest stock with other investors' money and forcing Northwest to sell the company to Checchi and pals. In fact, the company spiraled into trouble and near-bankruptcy under Checchi in the midst of the recession, requiring both major union concessions in 1993 and a huge state government bailout in 1992.

Yet Checchi still openly chortles about how he risked less than $10 million of his own money on the original $3.65 billion takeover, which has today made him a very rich man. "He is very, very proud and has every reason to be," insists Darry Sragow, Checchi's campaign manager.

110 posted on 05/27/2005 10:19:25 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (Remember, once you're over the hill, you pick up speed.)
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