That's because it wasn't a Gordon story, but rather one that was often repeated by scabs that were happy to be making $2k year more than their single wide trailer living, often unemployed neighbors in areas that have since been developed into the Woodlands, Spring, Kingwood and Humble in suburban Houston, TX.

It was a way to make themselves feel better about the decision they made to go to work for Lorenzo without union representation. A way to forestall the inevitable re-organization of the airline. They knew that union on the horizon would eventually hold them accountable for their actions in 1983.