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- Sep 19, 2003
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These are interesting times (not good times). I can see 2 very different options here, US disappears or Bronner makes a mint for the fine pensioners of Alambama.
I have nothing against the hard working teachers, police, firemen etc of AL, I just have NO interest in making their pension fund MORE money while the fine employees of UAIR are forced to beg for the leftovers.
Bronner is a smart and shrewd businessman. Too bad he is a total ass as well!
This is what Bronner should have done. He should have INCLUDED all of the Airways employees in the AL pension fund.Had this happened, I believe that we would step up to the plate again to fix this Airline. NO ONE I know is willing to enrich a very select few, and a pension fund in AL while everything we have worked for is going up in smoke. I am prepared. I don't need his pension fund. The point is that he is enriching HIS fund while he helps destroy the Airways pension funds. Where are the ethics is rewarding one pension while destroying another?
As a customer service professional, I wish I would have met people like Piney and Art. I thank them for their patronage and support. They cannot know however, what we have been through for many, many years. Airways doesn't deserve their support any longer.
I have worked more than 24 years here because it made economic sense to do so. I will be leaving soon no matter what happens here again, because it makes economic sense to do so. Once the love went both ways between Company and Employees. It cannot happen again until current Management is replaced. The "love" is not returned.
Piedmont and USAir have allowed me to set goals and attain them. I have no debt and burn the deed to the house next month. For this I am blessed and grateful. I also realize that I am the exception. Most of my coworkers don't seem to understand how bad it is about to get here (even if they decide to say yes to cuts now), and are not prepared.
I really hate seeing another industry rip the middle class out of America. It looks really bad to me for all of us within 5 years. No one is saving and preparing for the future. This is because our governing bodies (Federal and State)have decided that past promises made by Companies have NO CONSEQUENCES when ignored and undelivered.
I use "Fatherknowsbest" because of the old TV show, not because I have all the answers to all of these problems here. It's time for me to move on to happier horizons. I sure wish the best for my co-workers and customers. Once it was fun and rewarding. That was a long, long time ago. What 9-11 did to Airways was take the next ten years and compact it into three.
Again, why choose to help the Pension Fund of Alabama? All it means to us is a form of slavery - not enough money to live on and not enough to save for our future! America is in trouble, not just Airways IMHO.
I have nothing against the hard working teachers, police, firemen etc of AL, I just have NO interest in making their pension fund MORE money while the fine employees of UAIR are forced to beg for the leftovers.
Bronner is a smart and shrewd businessman. Too bad he is a total ass as well!
This is what Bronner should have done. He should have INCLUDED all of the Airways employees in the AL pension fund.Had this happened, I believe that we would step up to the plate again to fix this Airline. NO ONE I know is willing to enrich a very select few, and a pension fund in AL while everything we have worked for is going up in smoke. I am prepared. I don't need his pension fund. The point is that he is enriching HIS fund while he helps destroy the Airways pension funds. Where are the ethics is rewarding one pension while destroying another?
As a customer service professional, I wish I would have met people like Piney and Art. I thank them for their patronage and support. They cannot know however, what we have been through for many, many years. Airways doesn't deserve their support any longer.
I have worked more than 24 years here because it made economic sense to do so. I will be leaving soon no matter what happens here again, because it makes economic sense to do so. Once the love went both ways between Company and Employees. It cannot happen again until current Management is replaced. The "love" is not returned.
Piedmont and USAir have allowed me to set goals and attain them. I have no debt and burn the deed to the house next month. For this I am blessed and grateful. I also realize that I am the exception. Most of my coworkers don't seem to understand how bad it is about to get here (even if they decide to say yes to cuts now), and are not prepared.
I really hate seeing another industry rip the middle class out of America. It looks really bad to me for all of us within 5 years. No one is saving and preparing for the future. This is because our governing bodies (Federal and State)have decided that past promises made by Companies have NO CONSEQUENCES when ignored and undelivered.
I use "Fatherknowsbest" because of the old TV show, not because I have all the answers to all of these problems here. It's time for me to move on to happier horizons. I sure wish the best for my co-workers and customers. Once it was fun and rewarding. That was a long, long time ago. What 9-11 did to Airways was take the next ten years and compact it into three.
Again, why choose to help the Pension Fund of Alabama? All it means to us is a form of slavery - not enough money to live on and not enough to save for our future! America is in trouble, not just Airways IMHO.
