"PI" wrote in message
ink.net...
"Bankrupt United Airlines said on Monday it received about 7,500
applications for flight attendant jobs on Sunday, the first day of a
round of hiring that will add 2,000 jobs at the carrier. A spokes-
woman for the airline said the number of applications on Sunday
was more than seven times the expected response."

http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1132056175.html

This directly contradicts the generally-held, but naive belief that the
American economy is doing well.

People don't generally apply for those jobs because of the money. Many do
it for the flight benefits for themselves, their families, their friends.
If you can qualify for a job as a UA FA, you can get a job doing something
else for more money -- it's not the money.