Mark in CA
23rd Dec 2008, 18:38
Op-Ed in today's New York Times:
I know times are tough for the airlines, but things weren’t any better when I was flying. The oil crises of the ’70s brought not just long lines at the pump but mandatory unpaid furloughs for us in the air. And then came deregulation; our jobs felt as precarious as airline jobs do today.
Yet even so, we had dignity — passengers and crews alike. We were together up there at 35,000 feet, and for those hours in the clouds and stars, all of our worries stayed on the ground below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/opinion/23hood.html
I know times are tough for the airlines, but things weren’t any better when I was flying. The oil crises of the ’70s brought not just long lines at the pump but mandatory unpaid furloughs for us in the air. And then came deregulation; our jobs felt as precarious as airline jobs do today.
Yet even so, we had dignity — passengers and crews alike. We were together up there at 35,000 feet, and for those hours in the clouds and stars, all of our worries stayed on the ground below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/opinion/23hood.html