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Old Mar 16, 2020, 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Often1
At the end of 2019, AA had 128,900 employees worldwide. That is a lot of jobs to write off over self-entitled whining about seat pitch.
Employee morale at AA was at an all-time low before this crisis ever existed. AA execs never cared about their employees, only increasing its stock price for shareholders. That behavior shouldn't go rewarded. I think you missed the point of the article -- it's not that we shouldn't help airlines, it's that we shouldn't do so without strings attached.

By the way, since you care about workers, I assume you're in favor of government benefits for all the staff at bars, restaurants, hotels, and the dozens of other sectors affected by this crises?

Edit: LOL it's even better after you read the title of the article -- "...We must change how they treat their customers and employees"

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