Who are these guys and who is funding them?
08-10-2019, 07:04 PM
#22
Fly or Die
Joined APC: Jan 2019
Posts: 484
Originally Posted by Blackhawk
There is no slave labor in the airlines. People are free to find other employment.
From someone who has actually seen slaves (in Mauritania), I really find it offensive when people who have no idea what a slave actually is throwing that term around.
From someone who has actually seen slaves (in Mauritania), I really find it offensive when people who have no idea what a slave actually is throwing that term around.
08-10-2019, 07:27 PM
#23
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,253
These people don't get economics.
You COULD run a 777 between ATL and GSP. Every other Tuesday at 1300.
The days of a 727 making the round robin tour of all the small towns, with 50 empty seats and a fuel burn slightly worse than an F4 on afterburners, are looooong gone
You COULD run a 777 between ATL and GSP. Every other Tuesday at 1300.
The days of a 727 making the round robin tour of all the small towns, with 50 empty seats and a fuel burn slightly worse than an F4 on afterburners, are looooong gone
08-10-2019, 07:29 PM
#24
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,465
Originally Posted by UnbeatenPath
Most of the website is talking about how you get swindled into a small jet instead of a Boeing or Airbus.
08-10-2019, 08:48 PM
#25
Banned
Joined APC: Jan 2019
Posts: 408
Originally Posted by Blackhawk
There is no slave labor in the airlines. People are free to find other employment.
From someone who has actually seen slaves (in Mauritania), I really find it offensive when people who have no idea what a slave actually is throwing that term around.
From someone who has actually seen slaves (in Mauritania), I really find it offensive when people who have no idea what a slave actually is throwing that term around.
08-10-2019, 09:22 PM
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2017
Posts: 282
Originally Posted by stabapch
So if the term “slave labor” offends you, what’s a better descriptive for doing the same job with the same responsibilities/risks for 1/5 of the pay/benefits? I take offense for the lack of valuing my skills.
08-11-2019, 12:49 AM
#27
Porco Rosso
Joined APC: Apr 2018
Posts: 2,522
Originally Posted by stabapch
So if the term “slave labor” offends you, what’s a better descriptive for doing the same job with the same responsibilities/risks for 1/5 of the pay/benefits? I take offense for the lack of valuing my skills.
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08-11-2019, 01:46 AM
#28
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Joined APC: Sep 2013
Position: On the hotel shuttle
Posts: 5,811
Originally Posted by stabapch
So if the term “slave labor” offends you, what’s a better descriptive for doing the same job with the same responsibilities/risks for 1/5 of the pay/benefits? I take offense for the lack of valuing my skills.
I’d call it a “free market.”
08-11-2019, 04:10 AM
#29
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Joined APC: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,888
Originally Posted by stabapch
So if the term “slave labor” offends you, what’s a better descriptive for doing the same job with the same responsibilities/risks for 1/5 of the pay/benefits? I take offense for the lack of valuing my skills.
I suggest you do some reading on true slave labor and slave labor camps in place like the Soviet Union, China and North Korea. The slaves I ran into in Mauritania had no choice. What the heck do they teach in school?
08-11-2019, 04:20 AM
#30
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Joined APC: May 2019
Posts: 344
Using the term slave labor minimizes the pure hell that our history and treatment of slaves really was. It is just as offensive as the orange man calling immigrants all murderers and rapists, or shillary calling his supporters deplorables.
If you believe your wages and work rules are slavery you really do need to get out into the real world of ditch digging, retail sales, customer service, convenience stores, fast food, roofing or landscaping in Arizona in August etc for a little perspective
If you believe your wages and work rules are slavery you really do need to get out into the real world of ditch digging, retail sales, customer service, convenience stores, fast food, roofing or landscaping in Arizona in August etc for a little perspective
