[MonroeDNA]

"to suggest the worker-bees in any industry are overpaid is just silly. "

Should lever-pulling longshoremen in LA get an average salary of $120,000.00 a year?

Not suggesting those "worker bees" are overpaid. Stating it, as fact.

[Mulder]

Should lever-pulling longshoremen in LA get an average salary of $120,000.00 a year?

If someone is willing to pay them that much, then I guess so.

As for myself, I'd happily pay an extra $4 for an airline ticket (assuming my other conditions for flying are met) to see 4 hot babes in tight skirts who smell nice, smile nice, and look nice.

Some things in life are worth the price, and I can't think of too many better bargains than paying $4 to flirt with and stare at 4 women at 30,000 feet.

[not-alone]

I work for an airline right out of college and will never forget the great lessons I learned from the President of that company. He started the airline while in college himself and everyone wore many hats. Shortly after I started with the company, on my way to lunch I stopped and emptied a wastebasket. The President was visiting and saw me. I was called in and he told me he liked my attitude and suggested if I wanted I could learn other jobs on my own time. I tripled my salary in less than two years and was a member of senior management in four.

When I started, the unions were starting to be a problem, but the employees keep voting them out. Unfortunately they keep trying and the company went bankrupt and the president killed himself.