"Tchiowa" wrote ...

PI wrote:
"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.

That's a rather wildly absurd statement, don't you think? The fact that
airlines are in trouble and that a lot of people are applying for jobs
doesn't have anything to do with the overall state of the economy.

Unemployment is down (well below historical averages). Growth is good
and steady (and sustainable rather than being a bubble). Companies are
profitable.

I'm not sure how you call that a "naive belief".


From an economist's perspective (or that of a demographer), one might
classify PI as the holder of "naive belief".

I suspect that FA applications have more to do with a long period without FA
hirings by the majors plus the traditional appeal, psychological rather than
financial, of the "profession", still one that draws folks whose aspirations
have more to do with emotion than good fiscal sense.

Application list lengths for astronauts and cheer leaders traditionally are
unrelated to the economy, either, but do reflect published notice that the
waiting lists are open....

TMO