"Christopher Campbell" wrote in message
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On 5/12/05 1:21 PM, in article , "gatt"
wrote:


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:cNNge.76189

Speaking as one of the millions who have never had a pension plan -- and
never will -- $45K per year for sitting around the house sounds pretty
danged good.

Of course, that pension will now be paid out by We, the People, instead
of
They, the Stockholders...

Yep. Corporate welfare, and never a demand for accountability.

You guys suppose that if a General destroyed his entire brigade or
division,
they'd give him a $1.5 million dollar pension and let it go?

Let's not forget that it is these employees who are largely responsible
for
running the company into the ground. CEOs come and go, but the employees
ran
it from day to day. They made unreasonable demands in bad faith, sometimes
threatening to strike if the pot was not sweetened even more. In the end,
the company was entirely owned by the employees. They hired the CEO. They
fired him. They decided how much he should be paid. Now whose fault was
that?


Good points all! To add another: Anybody, including United employees could
see, in easily obtainable documents, that United was not funding its pension
obligations for many, many years. Any United employee who is surprised that
they aren't going to get their pension is a fool. The handwriting has been
on the wall for years, perhaps decades.

Mike
MU-2