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Old 26th Oct 2007, 01:25
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Good idea, however one small problem.
Even though the airlines have shafted drivers well and truely over the years, it's going to be a bit hard educating the public that we are hard up. The average Joe Blow unfortunately is working two jobs 6-7 days a week, the wife also, probably earning a total of 50 - 60k a year, then panic when the electricity bill comes in. There is no doubt whatsoever that there is a lot of folk doing it bloody hard at the moment. Then when or if it is exposed how bad the airlines treat us, and we are still earning 130k plus, 10 days or so off a month and 6 weeks holiday a year, I very much doubt we will get much sympathy from the Oz travelling public.
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