Comments on: No Justice, No Peanuts http://www.theagitator.com/2002/08/29/no-justice-no-peanuts/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Dean http://www.theagitator.com/2002/08/29/no-justice-no-peanuts/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Dean Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:20:58 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=505#comment-1814 Ugh. Welcome to Milwaukee, corporate home of Midwest Express (OK, actually Oak Creek, but it's right next door). The flight attendants have been out in force downtown for the last 4 weeks, and I can't avoid being accosted by one when I go out to lunch. Step 1: Off-duty flight attendant tries to hand me their propiganda sheet Step 2: I ask, "do you really think the public is on your side, given that most people secretly hate to fly, given the state that the aviation industry is in, and given that Midwest Express Airlines is projecting financial losses into the forseeable future? Oh, and by the way, I heard that flight attendants really did get raises the last 3 years." Step 3: Walk away without an answer, enjoying the silence. The wide leather seats on ME jets are definitely nicer, but the "service" isn't consistenly better than on other airlines. Except for the fresh chocolate chip cookies. Oh, the cookies... In any case, the flight attendants union should realize that they don't have a case, and should accept whatever offer they get until (or if?) the aviation industry turns around. Nothing like shoving another airline into bankruptcy with your "principles". Ugh. Welcome to Milwaukee, corporate home of Midwest Express (OK, actually Oak Creek, but it’s right next door). The flight attendants have been out in force downtown for the last 4 weeks, and I can’t avoid being accosted by one when I go out to lunch.

Step 1: Off-duty flight attendant tries to hand me their propiganda sheet

Step 2: I ask, “do you really think the public is on your side, given that most people secretly hate to fly, given the state that the aviation industry is in, and given that Midwest Express Airlines is projecting financial losses into the forseeable future? Oh, and by the way, I heard that flight attendants really did get raises the last 3 years.”

Step 3: Walk away without an answer, enjoying the silence.

The wide leather seats on ME jets are definitely nicer, but the “service” isn’t consistenly better than on other airlines. Except for the fresh chocolate chip cookies. Oh, the cookies…

In any case, the flight attendants union should realize that they don’t have a case, and should accept whatever offer they get until (or if?) the aviation industry turns around. Nothing like shoving another airline into bankruptcy with your “principles”.

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