Im sorry to hear about your injury and appreciate your comments.

I really dont believe that many of the posts have faulted the good majority of employees at NW, be they union, non union, hourly or management or salaried employees. Most of the comments that I have seen focus on the leadership, or lack of, of both Mgt and Union. In addition, I think what frustrates most people, are the systems and process in place, on both sides that dont make any sense to the "man on the street", or more accuratley "person in the terminal". Insane pay and bonuses for SR leaders who have made poor business decisions, unions sticking up for bad apples & poor performers who put a sour taste in the mouth of the customer (which leads us to some of our generalizations about airline personnel), the entitlement mentaility on both sides, the advesarial relationships that a union Vs management systems creates, and which union leaders perpetuate, because if management was doing all the right things, why would we need to pay union dues and have a union.

The last thing that really bothers me personally is this feeling that airline employees think there are the only ones in the world that have worked through difficult times. I know plenty of people who have been layed off (myself included) had to start over, new pension, less benefits, lower pay. Its life, you deal with it. I was real angry for a long time after getting layed off from a job about 10 years ago. Mainly becasue I didnt believe the decision making process was fair. Still dont. But holding onto the anger and frustration did nothing for me, my family or my ability to find another good job. And in the end, I found a better job (until a 3000 employee layoff after 8 years) Ive also had great jobs but horrible managers and tried to improve my situation for a year or two, and when I couldnt make it happen, I left and went somewhere else, my choice. A cost in pay or benefits or retirement, a big YES. But you make tradeoffs in life.

Wish you and your jet fuel enthusiasts all the best.