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Old October 23rd, 2004, 05:42 PM
Salim al-Hukmatyr
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Default Legacy airlines should have smashed their unions long ago

This expectation by militant unions of prosperity no matter what has
doomed the major carriers.

They destroyed steel and cars. Now they are destroying an industry --
domestic flights, at least -- that didn't even have foreign
competition.

Unions are a scourge, a bane, and a plague.
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Old October 23rd, 2004, 05:50 PM
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Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:
This expectation by militant unions of prosperity no matter what has
doomed the major carriers.

They destroyed steel and cars. Now they are destroying an industry --
domestic flights, at least -- that didn't even have foreign
competition.


The industry will exist and it will be profitable. It is not going to be
destroyed. Some companies might be destroyed, but there will be
survivors. Are you aware of the contributions that unions have made to
this country?
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Old October 23rd, 2004, 05:50 PM
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Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:
This expectation by militant unions of prosperity no matter what has
doomed the major carriers.

They destroyed steel and cars. Now they are destroying an industry --
domestic flights, at least -- that didn't even have foreign
competition.


The industry will exist and it will be profitable. It is not going to be
destroyed. Some companies might be destroyed, but there will be
survivors. Are you aware of the contributions that unions have made to
this country?
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Old October 23rd, 2004, 07:30 PM
Claim Guy
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Gag...hack.... cough


"anon" wrote in message
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Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:
This expectation by militant unions of prosperity no matter what has
doomed the major carriers.

They destroyed steel and cars. Now they are destroying an industry --
domestic flights, at least -- that didn't even have foreign
competition.


The industry will exist and it will be profitable. It is not going to be
destroyed. Some companies might be destroyed, but there will be
survivors. Are you aware of the contributions that unions have made to
this country?



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Old October 23rd, 2004, 08:36 PM
Dave Smith
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Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:

This expectation by militant unions of prosperity no matter what has
doomed the major carriers.

They destroyed steel and cars. Now they are destroying an industry --
domestic flights, at least -- that didn't even have foreign
competition.

Unions are a scourge, a bane, and a plague.


And look what they did to Enron.
Oops. Sorry, that was crooked business practices.



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Old October 23rd, 2004, 09:09 PM
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In Dave Smith
wrote:

Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:


Unions are a scourge, a bane, and a plague.


And look what they did to Enron.
Oops. Sorry, that was crooked business practices.


While I don't agree with the original poster, I have to ask you if you
think that unions aren't businesses, and aren't involved in practices just
as crooked as anything Enron ever dreamed of.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
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Old October 23rd, 2004, 09:09 PM
Bert Hyman
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In Dave Smith
wrote:

Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:


Unions are a scourge, a bane, and a plague.


And look what they did to Enron.
Oops. Sorry, that was crooked business practices.


While I don't agree with the original poster, I have to ask you if you
think that unions aren't businesses, and aren't involved in practices just
as crooked as anything Enron ever dreamed of.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN
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Old October 23rd, 2004, 09:26 PM
Dave Smith
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Bert Hyman wrote:

Unions are a scourge, a bane, and a plague.


And look what they did to Enron.
Oops. Sorry, that was crooked business practices.


While I don't agree with the original poster, I have to ask you if you
think that unions aren't businesses, and aren't involved in practices just
as crooked as anything Enron ever dreamed of.


Do you mean to ask if they are all just as crooked as Enron? I suppose that
there may be some that are a little crooked. All members of unions are
eligible to run for executive positions, but too many are apathetic and they
get stuck with executives who may pull shady deals. Ronald Reagan comes to
mind, since he shafted the SAG when he was their president.


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Old October 23rd, 2004, 09:38 PM
Brian Wickham
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 15:36:05 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:

Salim al-Hukmatyr wrote:

This expectation by militant unions of prosperity no matter what has
doomed the major carriers.

They destroyed steel and cars. Now they are destroying an industry --
domestic flights, at least -- that didn't even have foreign
competition.

Unions are a scourge, a bane, and a plague.


And look what they did to Enron.
Oops. Sorry, that was crooked business practices.


Not to mention that damned eight hour day, five day week and medical
insurance that no one would have if unions hadn't fought for it in the
first place. The dirty *******s!

Anyway, it was deregulation that destroyed the airlines. Airlines
never made a profit without monopolies on routes granted by
governments. Now that it's cutthroat we have exactly what the
airlines asked for, but what will we have when only one line is left
standing? Amtrak with wings. (And don't think the foreign airlines
are in any better condition.)

Brian
 




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