> This entire "old dinosaurs must die" approach towards the UAL, AMR, COA etc. > actually is a result of United States being a non social country. BULL > All the "profitable" airlines, the new comers do not have retirement benefits to > pay. In a "social" country like many western European countries and Canada, > the retirement funds of working class are taken care of by the government. Believe it or not, it is not the job of the government to provide for retirement. This should be done by the worker and his company. In any case, the airlines in the socialistic companies are, for the post part, doing as bad as or worse than the airlines in the USA. > The UALs, AMRs, USs of the 21st century is crushing under health care and > retirement payments that they have to make to their workers and retirees. > AirTran, AmericaWest, JetBlue doesn't have to pay these huge figures because > they are underpaying their employees with not significant benefits to speak > of. (Ask Doug Parker about your retirement funds of their employees.. They > have none) What is the right amount to pay? Are you saying an employee should be paid a certain amount just because he is working? This is a capitalistic company - employees are paid what the market demands, not some jerk faced asshole in the government thinks they should be paid. > This is another line of attack on American middle class where the hard > working people are being denied their benefits by the corporations, and the > government is busy "freeing" other people in expense of the American > taxpayer.. I'm so tired of hiring this dribble that I'm not going to even comment on it except to say it's another frigging lie. David R