rescallgirl
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- Jan 19, 2003
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I started with this company when I was fresh out of high school - 18 years old. I started at the very bottom in "keypunch" back in 1982. I was grateful for the opportunity to start with such a promising airline, aka Piedmont Airlines. I have worked my way up the ladder through blood, sweat and tears. Missed more Christmases, Birthdays, Anniversarys, Thanksgivings, school events for my kids than I can count. But that was the life of an airline employee and one that I accepted and was proud of. I basked in the success of the airline and I cried at our sorrows. I worked the front lines at the ATO and wore the US Airways uniform with my head held high. I sufferered the heartbreak of planes going down and losing countless passengers and airline family. I experienced having people stare at me accusingly while in uniform at the check out line of a grocery store or a gas station after a crash as though I were part of the cause. I have gained a wealth of experience and knowledge through my years with this company and for that I will always be thankful. But now I am told that my years of loyalty and hard work have created a hardship on the company and that now I am a liability. I'm sorry....but this is the most hurtful thing that management has ever done. Giving up the benefits, the wages, vacation pay has been difficult. But I did so reluctantly becuase this is what needed to be done. My family (what I used to think of as my US Airways family) needed me to tighten my belt and help reduce cost. Only to have what I refer to as "new hires" such as Dave Siegal and Wolf and Gangwal to steal millions from my brothers and sisters. And yet I am the LIABILITY. I am glad to know that my life's work has been appreciated and has helped to make a difference in this world. I will never forgive those selfish and inconsiderate words. Your Welcome, US Airways.