Lemont Owner Offering Jobs To Us Airways Workers

[700UW]

Friday, October 01, 2004

By Elwin Green, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Local restaurateur Ed Dunlap said he was so frustrated by the US Airways saga that he wanted to do so something to help. So he's offering jobs to flight attendants who have been laid off.


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[PITMTC]

That is a great gesture on his behalf. Now the big question: How much will it pay and is it worth fighting till the end because there is an option to go there?
I bet even after the imposed or negotiated cuts they will still make more than they would working there.
Remember, at 10 bucks an hour you make about $21.000. How much will he pay his employees?

 

[jimntx]

A good waiter or waitress can make considerably more than the average f/a in the right restaurant. A young man I know here in Dallas couldn't find a job last May when he graduated with a shiny, new Computer Science degree. He went to work in a Mexican restaurant (one on every corner in Dallas) as a waiter. He makes over $100/night every night and weekends are over $200/night. That's take-home, in cash (and not all of it is taxable. )

 

[ITRADE]

He's doing OK. fancy restaurants can earn $$$.

We had a dinner at L'Auberge Chez Francois last month for 8 clients. 10 of us ate for about $900. Took about 3 hours total. Waitstaff tip was about $180 - and that's one table.

 

[Hawk]

We had a dinner at L'Auberge Chez Francois last month for 8 clients. 10 of us ate for about $900. Took about 3 hours total. Waitstaff tip was about $180 - and that's one table.

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Chez Francois is an incredible dining experience! It is clearly the best French cuisine in DC. You can’t beat the Alsatian sausage. The wait staff is extremely organized for a 2-½ hr meal and one of the best trained that I have ever encountered.

My favorite restaurant is Sam & Harry's.

 

[ITRADE]

I too approve of Sam & Harrys, but I would actually rank Fleming's or the Prime Rib over it. While both are a bit more expensive, I find the meat a bit better - although you typically go for different things at the Prime Rib. My last trip to Sam & Harry's in Tysons yielded a porterhouse that was more dry that I was expecting... On the other hand, S&H is certainly better than Morton's which is absurdly expensive and is better than Ruth Chris (a CCY favorite) which I believe to have become too commercialized.

As to Chez Francois, I get the same thing ever time: Le sauté Gourmandise Papa Ernest

 

[PITbull]

That is a great gesture on his behalf. Now the big question: How much will it pay and is it worth fighting till the end because there is an option to go there?
I bet even after the imposed or negotiated cuts they will still make more than they would working there.
Remember, at 10 bucks an hour you make about $21.000. How much will he pay his employees?

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Ed Dunlap said that these jobs are not just serving jobs. Bartending, shift managers and managers. He also has a National roofing business. Main Headquarters is in South Point. They have many contracts in Florida since the storm and all over the country. He is offering employment in this arena to all laid off workers of U. All jobs have benefits and 401K match. He also is part of a "network business alliance" and can channel applicants there as well.

He's is building another big restaurant downtown Pittsburgh. He is interested in employing USAirways employees and wants to absorb not only many furloughees in our area, but any USAirways employee.

Great man and a philanthropist

The link is on the PIT Web page to apply.

 

[PITMTC]

Good man, good opportunities. Have at it!