boycott united forever

Montblack wrote:

6. Morning shift at McDonald's is usually the older English speaking
gals.

Home Depot pays more and has more interesting work.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

George Patterson wrote in news:HmVge.4961$1f5.2283
@trndny01:

Montblack wrote:

6. Morning shift at McDonald's is usually the older English speaking
gals.

Home Depot pays more and has more interesting work.

Yeah, like building nice shaded waiting areas for the illegal
aliens to wait while they solicit for pay-under-the-table work.



George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

Brian
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Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?

Man, there are days where I would pay *them* to let me work in their
tool department...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I can respect a man with a possitive attitude.

Although I'll get some sort of Social Security, (according to the
mailings I get from SS), I wont plan around it. My plan is to just
accumulate a few rental properties and live off of that 'til I die.
One more thing, Laotian and Thai ctradition is that the kids will
support me and the mrs. in our old age. I'm raising my kids for this,
BUT, I wont plan around that either. LOL

Flyingmonk

"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?

-c

gatt wrote:

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?

No, but he might receive an award from the President.

- Andrew

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?

You got it right, Chris. I quit flying United several years ago. I could no
longer
tolerate their rude, arrogant employees .. constant late and canceled
flights
because of broke airplanes .. etc. Recently my daughter went on a trip
with
a group. Her travel group was on United. I told her I was sorry and to be
prepared for a delay along the way. I was right. She was stuck in Chicago
because of a broke plane. She was amazed I could tell the future.

They made their own bed .. let them lay in it.



"Christopher Campbell" wrote in message
...



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?

"Christopher Campbell" wrote in message
...



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?

You got that right. I don't know of too many people that feel sorry for
United employees other than United employees. They went to the till too
many times and now they get to suffer the consequences.

"Christopher Campbell" wrote in message
...



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