Originally Posted by
hvydriver
Well, why not? After all, it's just business. I fail to understand this sudden compassion you're expressing for job losses at DHL. If it's no big deal to gut the SW OH economy, then surely 25,000 more jobs spread nicely around the US isn't tough to swallow? After all, it will hardly make a blip statistically. You're going to circumvent your previous arguements shortly if you continue with that line of reasoning.
First of all, don't associate me with those who have no compassion. I think the deal is absolutely crazy. It's gonna destroy a crap load of lives no matter what happens. I don't think the deal will benefit me nor many of my IPA brothers and sisters. In fact, it might be a bad deal for us in the long run. Because I do believe the deal will go through, has no connection on to how I feel about it. I am sure a guy in Timbucktoo who loses his job if and when DHL pulls out of the US market, will be just as devastated as you. And just because you are an "airline pilot" does not put you above them.
The problem I see on this board is that if a UPS pilot does not agree with you on the outcome, he or she must not care nor have any compassion toward you and your fellow pilots. I do care what happens to you not because you are a fellow pilot, I care because this is a trend in foreign ownership of companies that have started right here in the US. We all know that we can be in your shoes one day and that makes me very angry.
So, back to your point. I do not think it is OK for 25,000 or 40,000 people to lose their jobs just to see if DHL is bluffing. If you don't agree with me, then so be it.