Frankly IMHO, any union or group of employees which does not see the need for fiscal restraint when their employer is in trouble are stupid with a capital S. You only have to look at Ansett to see what happens when labour costs get out of control. Not much point blaming management/govt/outside events and demanding more money if the company goes belly up and everyone is out of a job. Grant SYD QF >Seems to me the flight attendents may be killing the golden goose. >Despite the mayhem caused on Sep 11th, I predict unlicensed flight >attendents could quickly be replaced. Unfortunately they are not in the >professional league of the pilots and machinists. > IMHO the flight attendents, and all other airline groups, should be >focusing on the survivability of the airline and preservation of their jobs >which may include a 5% pay cut. Frankly I suspected management would ask for >20% to bring their costs down. >Am I off base? >Greg