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To: BurbankKarl

All these airlines in bankruptcy...it's the fault of labor (particularly the pilots), not management and any of their decisions. Right? Oh come on, freepers...don't let your bias show thru-


8 posted on 09/14/2005 3:02:00 PM PDT by Chad
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To: Chad

I hope you're kidding. My husband is making more money flying in the Marine Corps than he is at the airlines. And we all know how generous (cough cough) Washington is with paying our military.


10 posted on 09/14/2005 3:06:42 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (Undocumented border patrol agent.)
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To: Chad

"All these airlines in bankruptcy...it's the fault of labor (particularly the pilots), not management and any of their decisions. Right?"

More likely the fault for the airlines bankruptcy is from the heavy pension obligations they took on during the 1970's when steeply progressive income tax rates on salaries made it advantageous for large companies to offer generous deferred compensation plans. Newer airlines, eg Southwest never had that stone around their necks


54 posted on 09/15/2005 7:44:49 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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