I have heard about the Falcon drivers back in the early days that would put the fuel bill on thier personal credit cards in order to help the struggling company along.

I met the individual you are speaking of back in 1997, just before his retirement. He is the only one I've ever heard of who used a personal credit card...there was an article in the Commercial Appeal about it.
If you think about the political atmosphere concerning unions during his era, and then consider the fact that he was working in the Union office and holding a leadership position when I met him, you can get a pretty good idea of how much he thought the company appreciated or remembered his efforts from previous decades.