Well here goes I'll get sore knuckles or a suspension out of this post I guess.
Woomera, for what reason was the "Lawnmower" thread closed? Apart from your biased abhorrence of any mention of '89 I can see nothing in that thread except to point out to AN pilots that things for them are going to be tough, tougher than it was for 89ers and that they were played for patsies by FLEW.
Whether you or others like it or not 89 WILL NOT GO AWAY for the very reason that you are exhibiting as a Moderater who doesn't Moderate with an open mind but has an opinion himself!
Too many threads get locked in this forum for trival reasons at your whim, how about stepping back a little and becoming an even handed moderator.
Finally one reason 99% of us 89ers feel hard done by is the sickening outpouring of sympathy for the staff in this Ansett debacle, yet in '89 we had a right number done on us by the media and every other sick b.....rd, then had to turn around and rebuild our careers that had been destroyed without any sympathy whatsoever from anyone except good friends.
For all those pilots except the "unmentionables" who feel there cause is justified just remember that you profited at the exspense of others before you, therefore don't demand or expect sympathy for your plight from an 89er.
OK Woomera I've said my bit now I'll take the medicine!
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