In a message dated 6/30/02 1:12:50 AM !!!First Boot!!!, dks28@cornell.edu writes: << Everyone freaks out about the pay for senior management, but they fail to see the larger picture: very few people can operate a major corporation, just like very few people can routinely hit a round ball with a round bat out of the park. Both are paid according to their unique abilities and the overall scarcity of such abilities. >> Read what you said carefully........senior management is failing to see the larger picture and they are NOT among the few people who can operated a major corporation and they are paid FAR MORE then their not so unique abilities. If that wasnt true the company wouldnt be in such a mess and just maybe others see this and dont wanna take the 'fall'. Dennis