Why if it's better value and quality. I for one would never drive an inferior car just to appease someone feelings. Union would have zero to do with anything, only value, quality and what ever else I was looking for in a car.

 

i just heard on the news tonight that other than being charged for baggage, passgengers are happy with the 'a la carte' services. In other words, why should you pay for something if you don't use it.

I'm still trying to figure out how SWA can get away with "No Hidden Fees" .. but in the small print, airport and dept homeland security fees not included.

-Fatty

 

What I'm hearing is that a lot of passengers are getting on the plane and then trying to say they paid for something they didn't and are now "entitled" to it. Guess we just can't please everyone.

 

It's the greedy overpaid pilots fault. They hardly ever go to work and don't do much when they get there.

For you ignorant and undereducated that don't understand sarcasm, please take a few seconds and look it up.
I can't believe pilots can't grasp what the UAW is going through. To all you who bashing unions, I hope you never have to join one and your pay and benefits reflect it.

 

please read the ENTIRE thread before posting.

 

Toyota to suspend production in Japan



BY SHINO YUASA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS




TOKYO — Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its plants in Japan for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation’s top automaker as it grapples with shrinking global demand.
The last time Toyota Motor Corp. halted production at all of its Japanese plants was in August 1993, when demand plunged because of a rising yen, and that was for only one day, according to the company.
A global economic downturn has slowed the auto industry in Japan and elsewhere, forcing carmakers to cut staff, lower production and delay new models. Major automakers in the U.S. had teetered on the brink of collapse until securing a multibillion-dollar government lifeline.
“We are coping with a slump in global sales,” Toyota spokesman Hideaki Homma said Tuesday. “Demand in the world auto market is so depressed that every model is falling sharply in sales.”
Toyota said last year that it was stopping production at its 12 domestic plants for three days in January. But it decided on additional closures because of the global downturn. Toyota will stop output for six days in February and five days in March, it said.
Of Toyota’s domestic factories, four produce vehicles while the rest make engines and auto parts.
Toyota reported that its U.S. sales in December were down 37 percent, a worse drop than Ford Motor Co.’s 32 percent drop and General Motor’s 31 percent slide.
Toyota last year suspended production at its auto plants in Alabama, Indiana and Texas for three months, and shut down output for two days in December at all of its North American vehicle factories including five in the United States, one in Canada and another in Mexico.
Chrysler LLC also shut down its plants for a month in December, longer than the usual twoweek break, while GM has said it would shut down a plant in Thailand for up to two months.
Toyota is also struggling in its home market, which has been stagnant for years. The sales drop has worsened amid a global recession.
Sales of new vehicles in Japan fell to 3.2 million vehicles last year, the lowest in 34 years, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said Monday.
Last month, Toyota said it was slipping into its first operating loss in 70 years, expecting $1.66 billion of operating losses for the fiscal year ending March 2009.