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Old October 24th, 2006, 22:12   #98
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Default Re: Unions are stupid... Mesaba screwed

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Originally Posted by BrettInLJ View Post
The scarier thought is what if after a good portion of the pilot group leaves for greener pastures, they hire a bunch of extremely low time pilots that are willing to work anywhere for anything. Then, they survive with a weaker pilot group and now the standard has been set lower. That sets a precedent in the industry and the downard spiral continues. Of course, the other possibility is that the financial hemmoraging continues and they go belly up. Not a good scenario either way. I am really bummed about this ruling and hope the issue of companies using bankruptcy law recklessly becomes a political issue. Somone call Lou Dobbs... this is an attack on the American middle class! BTW, there is informational picketing on Thursday in MSP, DTW, and MEM to support Mesaba pilots.
A lot of truth in what you write. In the long term, basic economic principles will straighten this out, but that doesn't do much good to those who are in the middle of it all, sadly.
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