Originally Posted by oswaldjacoby
LTRS--as usual you make many good points. You seem to be one of the few on flyertalk who really get it. I guess the hostility to working people is not surprising. Most high level frequent flyers are naturally prone to side with management rather than the people who do the work. If you search some of the past posts on these boards, some of the same people who lambast the mechanics for refusing to cut their salary 25% and give up half their jobs will whine endlessly when they don't get some upgrade or are dont get some minor perk they feel entitled to because of their "status." Yet they have no sympathy for people who earn a fraction of what they do getting pushed around by management. It's all part of the "me first" mentality.
As a plat FF I wish I earned as much as a NorthWest mechanic. My company recently introduced a 10% salary cut and laid off 20% of the workforce. Not one person whined - they just appreciated that they were still able to work and that the company was able to remain in exisitence. Those laid off actively sought new jobs and were quickly reemployed elsewhere. The people who do the work in any company are both management and the labour force - it is ridiculous to imply that management do not 'do the work'.