Originally Posted by
tristan727
And stalkers usually love their targets, and would do anything to protect them - but often will try to harm or kill them in the end.
...would help consign these Merc-driving, curry & champagne-sloshing union anarchist goons to the dustbin of history.
Hmmm, reasonable arguments are now being chucked out the window. You do your point a disservice with such needlessly broadbrush characterizations. The stalker analogy is particularly inappropriate for most of the BA crews I've encountered.
Originally Posted by tristan727
Unless I am missing something here, related to a free market - are these staff unique, irreplaceable? No, obviously - therefore why the f*** they feel they can put a gun to the passengers head is completely beyond me.
You
are missing something. It's not always about irreplaceability, it's sometimes about being valued for what you have contributed and are willing to contribute.
But, as other (less emotional) posters have pointed out, there are two sides to every argument. Rather than carving into one side with such diatribe, I'll wait for more facts to emerge.