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Kestrel452 · July 6th, 2009, 12:23

I think somewhere on the front page you should incorporate your opening statement of the R3407 thread and change some of the wording to make it sound appropriate for the site. I liked it a lot, but as I said it needs a little rewording to change it from sounding like it belongs here to sounding like it belongs to your site.

Excerpt:

"Okay, I've had more than enough.

It's plainly clear to me that we, as aviation professionals, as Americans, as human beings, are under attack. We're being beaten down into plow horses, mules, and hapless indentured servants.

ENOUGH!

I hereby propose that collectively, both here on JetCareers, in our own personal lives, at our places of business, and through our Unions, we begin the process of CHANGE.

We have had endless rhetoric and conjecture on what should be done about the nature of our business. But what HAS been done?

It seems nearly always that things end with "but what can we do.. none of us know how to do this sort of thing..."

So?

Ladies and Gentlemen, at times such as these, it is important that we not look at the Herculean task before us and falsely assume we must each untake the task all in our own selves.

Reinventing the wheel or martyring one's self to the 'cause' of a better standard of living is NOT what we need.

What we need is something very many of us already do very well: a cool, calm assessment of the situation at hand, the tools we readily have available, and the will to act confidently and decisively.

It's time.

In today's political atmosphere of Change, more possibility exists to conceive the differences needed in order to make this a better world for all of us. What will all the rhetoric do from last fall if we simply let the sound of the trumpets fade when the moment when we must DARE TO BE GREAT go UNANSWERED!"

July 6th, 2009, 12:23	#8
Kestrel452 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: KLAF Posts: 878	Re: Remember 3407 Project - Spread the word! I think somewhere on the front page you should incorporate your opening statement of the R3407 thread and change some of the wording to make it sound appropriate for the site. I liked it a lot, but as I said it needs a little rewording to change it from sounding like it belongs here to sounding like it belongs to your site. Excerpt: "Okay, I've had more than enough. It's plainly clear to me that we, as aviation professionals, as Americans, as human beings, are under attack. We're being beaten down into plow horses, mules, and hapless indentured servants. ENOUGH! I hereby propose that collectively, both here on JetCareers, in our own personal lives, at our places of business, and through our Unions, we begin the process of CHANGE. We have had endless rhetoric and conjecture on what should be done about the nature of our business. But what HAS been done? It seems nearly always that things end with "but what can we do.. none of us know how to do this sort of thing..." So? Ladies and Gentlemen, at times such as these, it is important that we not look at the Herculean task before us and falsely assume we must each untake the task all in our own selves. Reinventing the wheel or martyring one's self to the 'cause' of a better standard of living is NOT what we need. What we need is something very many of us already do very well: a cool, calm assessment of the situation at hand, the tools we readily have available, and the will to act confidently and decisively. It's time. In today's political atmosphere of Change, more possibility exists to conceive the differences needed in order to make this a better world for all of us. What will all the rhetoric do from last fall if we simply let the sound of the trumpets fade when the moment when we must DARE TO BE GREAT go UNANSWERED!"