Originally Posted by
TED74
I appreciate your machinations to put a less-awful spin on this, Sailing. Tough to use the term “substantial compensation” (meaning flight attendant unemployment, I assume?) juxtapose with 250k bonuses with tax payer bailout funds. Ed made all sorts of public proclamations about the need for what he repeatedly called unpaid leaves of absence and practically begged folks to take one.
I said nothing about justifying the bonuses. The employees I know took very small cuts in pay to go on leave and one claimed it was a raise.