Just found this on ACPA's web site.
The future has already landed at Skyservice Airlines Inc., which has cancelled snacks at internal meetings, restricted BlackBerry use, lowered office thermostats and scrapped company-paid parties in favour of potlucks.
In an internal memo, Canada's second-largest charter airline has told employees that after recently issuing layoff notices, it must also institute a hiring freeze and reduce some salaries, but insists those traditional cost-cutting measures don't go far enough.
Nothing is sacred. Restrictions have been placed on printing, photocopying and long-distance calls. The coffee machine is no longer free. Even the company-sponsored golf tournament is toast.
Skyservice's plight foreshadows a cost-cutting future at other companies starting to tighten their belts amid a deteriorating economy and deepening global financial crisis.
I hope this is not a sign of things to come.