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On 3/24/2003 7:49:21 PM PineyBob wrote:
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On 3/24/2003 7:05:58 PM PITbull wrote:
Answer me this, if a person is "raped" by an assailant at gun point to the head, could the argument be made in court that this "sex" may have been consentual because they did not resist?
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Unfortunately PITbull that defense that you give in your example has been successfully used in several rape cases.
As for your point and some basic contract law, if you feel there was undue coercion you could always sue because a contract signed under duress and/or stress may not be valid. Much like politics these situations become the "lesser of two evils" It is just that the contract 5% ship has sailed off into the sunset and the future awaits. I happen to think it could be a bright future in terms of profits and expansion for US. Now is the time to begin to position yourself to:
A) Help bring profits to US by insisting on Mgmt cost cutting.
B) Develop strategies to maximize employee participation in those profits via bonuses or future contract enhancements.
Focusing on the screwing you got will only ensure another one later on.
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My dear friend,
Much I could tell you of the "inner workings" of these concessions, how they happened, in what manner, what the different leaderships went through that its own members have not a clue; only a hunch, and in what manner they now manifest themselves. An experience I will not soon forget...if ever.
No matter, we are here.
Will this mangement stick around for a year or two tops...doubtful, (and you heard it from me first). Will Bronner leave after he makes his money, he was quoted in Assoc. Press he would stay with U one or two years. I speculate he will sell his controling interest to some one or a group (perhaps another airline). Anything could happen. But on the inside here, it's not pretty. Mangement doesn't give a damn on what happens to its employees (health or welfare, morale, human condition, human spirit, none of these elements that make for a productive employee is any concern of this mangement. Unfortunately, you hopefully will never see this out in the field. This kind of thing is not for PAX consumption. We want you truly to be satisfied with our product and service. With the vast majority of U employees, we are of the "nature" and psyche to give it our ALL no matter what company we would be employeed with. That's the kind of employees U hired way back; loyal to one another.
I, however, have to deal with this everyday at my job, and hear the suffering of our employees. There is no "gleefulness"; only an attempt everyday to act as a kind of "buffer" between mangement and labor, if you will. There is more to come, however, and PAX should not be privey to this,now. But, it is coming. You may get wind of it in the media.