Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 957088)

Sorry, been married to one for 34 years. I've always been embarrassed by her level of effort and commitment and lack of pay vs my pay forever. And don't give me the crap about 3 months off, that was always taken up by inservice courses or advanced degree classes. While I sat and watched sitcoms and read the newspaper, she graded papers.

This governor's my way or highway is just as poor as Nancy Pelosi's with the health care issue. The guy is a thug.......with no balls. If he had balls, he would have included the cops and firefighters, he didn't.

Originally Posted by Xray678 (Post 957101)

In the end it doesn't matter if teachers or any other state worker is paid enough for what they do. Their employer is going broke. When the airlines were failing, we took pay/benefit cuts. It sucked and it was painful. But we had to do it. States are going broke. They cannot afford the compensation package of state workers. There is no choice but to cut that compensation.

I fully support the governors of the states that are finally doing something about their budgets.

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 957088)

School teachers "unrealistic compensation"?

Sorry, been married to one for 34 years. I've always been embarrassed by her level of effort and commitment and lack of pay vs my pay forever. And don't give me the crap about 3 months off, that was always taken up by inservice courses or advanced degree classes. While I sat and watched sitcoms and read the newspaper, she graded papers.

This governor's my way or highway is just as poor as Nancy Pelosi's with the health care issue. The guy is a thug.......with no balls. If he had balls, he would have included the cops and firefighters, he didn't.

Ferd <------an Arizona Goldwater Republican, so feel free to leave out the Fox talking points in your response

Originally Posted by Columbia (Post 957090)

Hey FTB,
As our resident DC-9 historian, what do you make of this little gem?

The Playboy jet: How Hugh Hefner traveled in style | Gadling.com

Originally Posted by Xray678 (Post 957101)

In the end it doesn't matter if teachers or any other state worker is paid enough for what they do. Their employer is going broke. When the airlines were failing, we took pay/benefit cuts. It sucked and it was painful. But we had to do it. States are going broke. They cannot afford the compensation package of state workers. There is no choice but to cut that compensation.

I fully support the governors of the states that are finally doing something about their budgets. Frankly, I don't think they are going far enough. Obama needs to follow suit on the federal level.

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 957112)

Not to be a downer, but when is the last time anyone of us got any good news about our respective airlines?

And I mean good news, not just "no bad news" or "works out to be par" news.

I mean "hot dog, this is great, and things are going to really get going now!" news.

Nu

Originally Posted by newKnow (Post 957110)

It should be noted that the Wisconsin teachers have already agreed to take paycuts, and chip in more for their pensions and health care. The governor wants them to also give up their right to collectively bargain.

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 957112)

Not to be a downer, but when is the last time anyone of us got any good news about our respective airlines?

And I mean good news, not just "no bad news" or "works out to be par" news.

I mean "hot dog, this is great, and things are going to really get going now!" news.

Nu

Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 957103)

what ever, you missed the point