Unfortunately for TWA the company, they're staffed like a bigger international airline with a lot more planes.

Unfortunately for some TWA workers, it looks like 1,000 of them will lose their job as a result.

Although I have compassion for both sides, a company must make a profit to help keep all their workers employed and the company's customers happy.

If TWA customers are not confident enough to book their travel on TWA, then these folks, who pay all of the workers' wages, will disappear, and then so will the airline.

I am confident TWA will continue their turn-around, albeit slowly. I say another year of losses and they'll be back on the profitable track in 2000.

If they don't, then it looks like I'll be flying fewer direct flights and instead connecting through Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta.