I do understand it thank you very much. But the WalMartization of airline industry is here and is spreading faster than a cancer cell. BAHA Fan of David understanding that I understand sarcasm .. what? :-) _____ From: damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 7:57 AM To: The Airline List; Bahadir Acuner; MilesPost@xxxxxxx Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] [Sky-1] RE: Delta announces up to 7,000 job cuts Don't you understand sarcasm? -------------- Original message -------------- > Couldn't agree with Miles on this.I am sure the airlines would have > attempted this if it wasn't for Sept. 11. Because of the security risks it > will never happen. > > Indian workers in IT industry? Hmm.. Don't get me started on that. I have > stories to tell like the Aerofloat bribing issue. I find most of the India > tied IT companies, or people they represent to be low on the business ethics > and in their modus operandi. > > BAHA > Fan of work visas when they contribute to the economy > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Bryant Petitt > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 4:59 AM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Fwd: Re: [Sky-1] RE: Delta announces up to 7,000 job cuts > > ...This is from a Rail Foamer Friend of mine! > Pretty interesting! > > Bryant Petitt > Cumming, GA > > --- MilesPost@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > From: MilesPost@xxxxxxx > > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:42:03 EDT > > Subject: Re: [Sky-1] RE: Delta announces up to > > 7,000 job cuts > > To: skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx, mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx, > > canadian_pacific_ry@xxxxxxx > > > > In a message dated 9/9/2004 5:22:47 AM Pacific > > Daylight Time, > > skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > With U.S. military activities on the rise in recent > > years, it seems like > > there may be a new crop of pilots ready and willing > > to work -- for less -- within > > 1-3 years. Maybe Song could hire them as the new > > bus drivers of the sky 'for > > a song'. > > > > > ************************************************************ > > > > We could extrapolate on that philosophy even more > > and bring over a bunch of > > pilots from India and China on extended work visas. > > I'm sure they'd probably > > be willing to fly a plane for one-one-hundredth of > > the salary of your typical > > Delta pilot. The concept of bringing cheap, > > exploitable workers here to the > > U.S. on extended work visas has already happened in > > the Silicon Valley. The > > place is crawling with people from India. > > > > If you can't relocate the factory (or airline) to a > > country where there's a > > limitless supply of cheap, exploitable labor, you > > can always relocate the > > workers to whereever the work is. > > > > Think how much fun it will be for the control tower > > operators and air traffic > > controllers to try and translate all those weird > > foreign dialects! Listening > > in on a radio scanner will be a riot! > > > > And just think how cheap airfares are destined to > > become! > > > > We're witnessing the "Wal-Mart-ization" of our > > economy. > > > > "Always the low price leader. Always." > > > > ~Miles Post > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool