>>BTW Airbubba, your comment "...tardy
PR effort to portray the sacked as prominent local citizens involved in charitable works ..." belittles these men<<
I think my comment accurately belittles the lackluster
PR effort, not the men (you do hire women, don't you?). Perhaps you feel the sacking of your colleagues deserves a hiring ban for others while continuing to train and accept upgrades yourselves.
I'll certainly honor the hiring band. I could never pass the tests or afford the cut in pay. However, I agree with others here that if you're not willing to do more yourselves for your fallen comrades, your threats of name calling to outsiders will sound hollow indeed.
Anyway, please prove me wrong and take the bull by the horns!
[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: Airbubba ]