RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky . 3rd world culture

2005-09-02 Thread Lawrence deBivort
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:50 PM To: Lawrence deBivort; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky . 3rd world culture Very well said, Lawry. I agree with you, but I wouldlike to know in which countriesdo you think when you talk about

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-30 Thread Harry Pollard
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lawrence deBivort; Salvador Sánchez; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky How about late departures and arrivals as parts are replaced? Or as air crews are shuttled around the country? How about bumped flights

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-30 Thread Harry Pollard
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lawrence deBivort Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:17 PM To: 'Christoph Reuss'; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky The EU is admitting 3rd world countries -- which is a fine thing to do

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-30 Thread Harry Pollard
@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky As Pres. Clinton might say it all depends on what you mean by 'clean up our history' I have just finished watching a programme on Afghanistan. The madness was there before the Russians and before the Americans

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-29 Thread Lawrence deBivort
Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:14 PM To: futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Well, perhaps you are putting your finger on the key question: How (in your second paragraph) do you define their societies? Society -- medium

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-29 Thread Lawrence deBivort
: ECOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:00 PM To: Lawrence deBivort; Salvador Sánchez; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky As Pres. Clinton might say it all depends on what you mean by 'clean up

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-29 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
mes Thurber) -Original Message-From: Lawrence deBivort [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:36 AMTo: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; 'Salvador Sánchez'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-29 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Of Harry PollardSent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 2:10 AMTo: 'Lawrence deBivort'; 'Salvador Sánchez'; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Lawry, Well said! An airline would not dare to accept poor maintenance no matter

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-29 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I have just finished watching a programme on Afghanistan. The madness was there before the Russians and before the Americans. As were the Brits. As I said in an earlier posting it seems that all groups, in all regions, have to some degree blood

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-29 Thread Lawrence deBivort
@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I have remorse for what was done to others in the name of progress. I recognize the incomplete genocide of aboriginals just about everywhere. What we do today and tomorrow has meaning. We can't right the wrongs of the past through

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salvador SánchezSent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:03 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Thanks, Harry, but please do not misunderstand me. If I can choose

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
On Behalf Of Cordell, Arthur: ECOMSent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:54 PMTo: Lawrence deBivort; Salvador Sánchez; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I don't think anyone has mentioned 3rd world or skin colour but you. A

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Arthur Cordell wrote: the loss of good jobs and taxes paid at home (to me) might add up to a net loss to the country rather than a net gain. Perhaps outsourcing as a strategy should be given a closer look. Using bizz-talkwe should do the math. Trouble is that the greedies could care

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Lawrence deBivort
:54 PM To: Lawrence deBivort; Salvador Sánchez; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I don't think anyone has mentioned 3rd world or skin colour but you. As Dr. Freud might say: Hm. The issue is outsourcing

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Harry Pollard
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salvador Sánchez Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:16 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; Christoph Reuss; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky How do you know? Is it public information? Salvador From: Cordell

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Lawrence deBivort
PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:54 PM To: Lawrence deBivort; Salvador Sánchez; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I don't think anyone has mentioned 3rd world or skin colour but you. As Dr

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Harry Pollard wrote: One must be careful not to equate cheapness with bad service. Five flight attendants on an empty plane will be able to give attentive service. Whereas, those same 5 with a full plane of 250 will be rushed off their feet. Yet, the reason why the first plane was empty is

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Lawrence deBivort wrote: the fact remains that we are moving toward a unified world, and we should be equally concerned with the well-being of all, and not just that of those we look alike, or sound alike. Globalization is NOT about the well-being of all, quite the contrary. It's about further

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Lawrence deBivort
: Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:45 PM To: futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Lawry, Cyprus (the Greek part) is EU, not 3rd world. Although the difference is increasingly hard to tell, I admit. Chris

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Lawrence deBivort
@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Lawrence deBivort wrote: the fact remains that we are moving toward a unified world, and we should be equally concerned with the well-being of all, and not just that of those we look alike, or sound alike. Globalization

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2005-08-28 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
Sánchez'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky People HAVE done the math, and that is why outsourcing takes place. I know from our previous discussions, Arthur, you put your country before others, but the fact rem

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
Well, perhaps you are putting your finger on the key question: How (in your second paragraph) do you define their societies? Society -- medium of self-determination -- nation-state. Chris SpamWall: Mail to this

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2005-08-28 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
collegially, arthur -Original Message-From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:00 PMTo: 'Lawrence deBivort'; 'Salvador Sánchez'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky As Pres. Clinton might say

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-28 Thread Christoph Reuss
I have just finished watching a programme on Afghanistan. The madness was there before the Russians and before the Americans. As were the Brits. As I said in an earlier posting it seems that all groups, in all regions, have to some degree blood on their hands. The degree varies greatly.

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-27 Thread Harry Pollard
]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Ive been following this matter of outsourcing airline maintenance carefully. It seems that some of the comments hide a bias against 3rd world maintenance. But is there really any reason to think that maintenance

Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-26 Thread Salvador Sánchez
*** From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salvador SánchezSent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:16 PMTo: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; Christoph Reuss; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky How do you know

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-26 Thread Lawrence deBivort
, 2005 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Thanks, Harry, but please do not misunderstand me. If I can choose, I would NOT fly in a airlinethat outsources its maintenance and mechanical work. And if I have to, I

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-25 Thread Harry Pollard
Yep, re-regulation will raise prices and keep the great unwashed off the planes. Then they can be used by those who really deserve them government and corporate all expense paid travelers. Confronted by mostly well-dressed and obviously important people, the stewardesses beg pardon

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-25 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
, 2005 2:09 AMTo: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; 'FUTUREWORK (E-mail)'Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky Yep, re-regulation will raise prices and keep the great unwashed off the planes. Then they can be used by those who really deserve them government

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-25 Thread Christoph Reuss
Harry Pollard wrote: Yep, re-regulation will raise prices and keep the great unwashed off the planes. Harry surely prefers cheapo airlines that save on maintenance. Better dead than red, right Harry? http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/25/france.air.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Re: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-25 Thread Salvador Sánchez
How do you know? Is it public information? Salvador From: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM To: Christoph Reuss ; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:01 PM My colleague will not fly on any airline that outsources its maintenance and mechanical

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-25 Thread Christoph Reuss
My colleague will not fly on any airline that outsources its maintenance and mechanical work. Helios didn't outsource it... they simply fired the mechanics who refused to sign the safety certificate for the flying rustbucket. After the whole company was bought by a corporation from the land

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-24 Thread Lawrence deBivort
I dont know just when it happened, but some years ago the flight attendants started stating that they were there to ensure passenger safety, dropping the notion of service. But the growing rudeness of the attendants seem paced by the growing rudeness of the airlines themselves, toward

RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky

2005-08-24 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
sday, August 24, 2005 12:10 PMTo: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; 'FUTUREWORK (E-mail)'Subject: RE: [Futurework] Unfriendly workplace in the sky I dont know just when it happened, but some years ago the flight attendants started stating that they were there to ensure passenger safety, dro