I agree with Mountain Trader...you're just not going to get the caliber of employee you need at $15K a year. And having supervisors breathing down their necks or "upgrading" the requirements will only lead to even higher turnover if the pay isn't there. Why should a capable person subject himself/herself to those demands and conditions if more pleasant jobs pay the same? I know I wouldn't.

And when someone works 2 or even 3 jobs that all pay around $6 an hour, they probably won't be on their toes mentally. Casinos learned that long ago with dealers. Airports didn't because cost was their bottom line.

We are where we are because the old system failed. The new one is guaranteed to have flaws and problems, but people can complain to Congress or use their vote, and I think at least that makes them feel better than under a private system where the bottom line was cost and airlines rather than passengers were the "customers."