Senator Slams Pilots for US Airways Bankruptcy

[merikeyegro]

Come to think of it, why doesn't anyone on this board run for Congress if things are so bad? I'm guessing that at least a few of you are relatively well-off financially (better than $80,000/yr and NOT in jeopardy of losing your job next week). I'm sure you could afford the fees associated with filing your paperwork. Since many of you are likely Republicans, you'll just have to make sure that you run on the right platform. There are plenty of pro-labor Republicans (Schwarzenegger, Giuliani, Snowe, for example). They just don't come from the South. Try NY, MD, NH, ME, NE, CO, MN, WI, MI, CA, or OH for starters. You don't even have to make it your main issue (don't - you won't win the primary) but it could be part of your platform. Make fiscal responsibility, debt repayment, strength of military, free trade (within limits - require improved labor conditions as a contingency for trade relations, much like Starbucks does), or improved labor relations (better labor relations = more money for the business) part of your main message. I think it would work. Add in some tolerant social stances and you have a decent message north of the Mason-Dixon line.

You'd be a moderate Republican, but a GOoPer nonetheless. You might even get my vote with the right combo of these. I'm a registered Dem but don't believe in high taxation or government spending. It is possible, believe it or not. Hell, Joe Scarborough didn't have a pot to pee in when he ran against a well-entrenched Dem in northwest Florida. He went door to door to get signatures because he didn't have the $$$ to file the paperwork. He needed signatures instead. Don't think that the political process can't work. It just takes hard work and a little help from a few friends (hopefully some with $$$). Stop by your nearest party headquarters and ask around.

The reason these schmucks get into office is because they are determined to get there. If you run during a mid-term election, turnout is low enough where you could get elected if you stirred up enough of one segment of your district to conjure up the votes to win. Try it out. You never know. You might just learn a little along the way.

 

[320AV8R]

Once again, WE get the blame for years fo poor management...... Did anyone explain that the USAir guys could work for free, and it wouldn't have much, if any, bearing on the long term survival of the company?

Tripower455 is correct.

Allegheny transpired into USAir.....then bought PSA & Piedmont; the latter to avoid a hostile takeover by Carl Icaan, AND the fact that Piedmont was starting to eat USAir's lunch. That was 1989.

THE PROBLEM is that they NEVER managed the airline like a MAJOR carrier. The Allegheny mindset continued, and they were UNABLE to compete. That has cursed them until today. They immediately "gave back" the PSA routes, (when UAL & SWA invaded California). They have been retreating ever since.....not because of the pilots....but because of BAD MANAGEMENT.

To blame the pilots is ridiculous.

Good Luck to all at USAir.

 

[Publishers]

right

You are so right, they were totally incompetant and unfit to run a major airline. It is amazing that they even got or get the jobs in the first place. To blame the pilots is absurd.

All that said -- what do we do? Fire management. Any suggestions appreciated. My vote is liquidate if the leadership is that bad.