Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob

Well...that changes everything.

It's what doctors refer to as a systemic disease, as in, find me an airline/flight operation of any kind that isn't going downhill. They're ****ed at SWA, which has always been Happytown compared to most places. I just jumpseated on Fed Ex, and boy did I get an earful. My friends flying for HP, Kaiser Air, Bechtel, Citigroup (what's left of it), Coca Cola, Altria (the former Philip Morris) and even the guy that flies Larry Ellison around are all *****ing.

Oh wait...the grass has got to be greener for the traditional "professions", right? At my kid's school two bond traders just got laid off, a senior manager for UBS (Swiss bank) just got told move to Jersey or quit (he hates Jersey). Even the personal injury lawyers are bummed out (fearing tort reform when healthcare goes through-can't sue the government). And the surgeon two doors down is terrified of healthcare reform and what it will do to his earning potential and working conditions.

Point is, everybody except the newly and soon to be appointed government czars and other government flunkies is feeling ass pain. The fact that this guy is crumbling to the point of sniveling here speaks far more to his lack of common sense and character than the sad state of the world.