Originally Posted by
Avg Joe
I specifically looked for this but didn't note it. Granted he has some peculiar (unflattering) smirks, especially after answering questions... but he seems genuinely disgusted with the long drawn out, no action of the current EB. Sometimes, (I admit) I think we've gotten way too full of ourselves and ought to be operating out of a double-wide vice the Bob-Mahal we have.
I found it quite interesting to note that only 550 crew members participated in the MOU (exclusive of the sick give-away). The bottom line is that when a company is overstaffed, it lays off. That's the way the rest of society operates and I don't believe we should view it as a failure if that's what happens here. Unfortunately, that's the way our economic system works in periods of contraction. I know that sounds unsympathetic, but that's not my intention. I'm not a big, fluffy language, lots of BS type of guy.
But what will really sting if furloughed is that a lot of us in the bottom 300 are bidding RDG lines/job share/leave etc trying to save jobs, only to be thrown out in the street...I wish that there was a clause in the MOU saying that anyone furloughed would get back what they gave up to help them "weather the storm"... a lot of us are still trying to catch up from previous furloughs etc.....To take a big pay hit and then hit the street is not going to be good....