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On 10/12/2002 2:25:22 PM eagleflip wrote:
More importantly, my hopes are that the stock will provide an adequate retirement income for me when the time comes. With no A or B fund, company performance equates to my future wealth or lack thereof. Thus (in purely selfish terms) for my own benefit I'm working for the long haul, trying to build an airline that I'll be proud of and the customer will return to. In short, if the company is profitable, I will be rewarded. There's nothing wrong with a concept that ties personal performance with personal gain--in fact, I belive it to be the cornerstone of our economy..
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The only problem with you view, is you're tying EVERYTHING to the performance of ONE stock in possibly the WORST market sector in existance. You can be the absolute best employee and worker in the world, and due to economic circustances beyond your control, lose the whole bundle (accident, predatory pricing, mechanics strike, ect). It's understandable that since you company is young, you can't expect a mature contract, but I'm sure just about investment advisor will tell you that you'll be better served in the future with a B-fund or good 401K matching that is invested as far away from the airline industry as possible