My Dad is/was a mechanic for USAir. He just got laid off, since USAir is going bankrupt. They outsourced his job to an outside company that pays their workers about half what he was making. Lost his pension (he's been there for 19 years), his retirement bennies, insurance, etc. The only way he could have been screwed more is if they didn't use vasoline.
I'm staying away from air travel as much as possible, I'll tell you that. He's got some horror stories.... Jim Davis wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 5:02 AM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: Fifth flight for the month goes down. >> >> >>>Maybe planes are simply all getting very old, but because of the cost >>>involved airlines are struggling to keep their ageing, and now >>>dangerous fleets in the air? >> >>Isn't the struggling of airlines mainly a US thing caused by the changed >>pattern in domestic flights in the US? How many of those US airlines were >>involved? > > > Well... I would think that any marked lessening of US travel would have at > least a ripple effect on foreign service providers. > > I think possibly more widespread however is a movement of airline funds to > security after 9/11. Now whether or not those funds come specifically from > maintenance I'm not sure and will change with each airline. > > In addition I would guess that most airlines have implemented new procedures > related to access to the planes. These procedures may be, at best > irritating and stressful to the maintenance people involved and, at worst, > interfere with them. > > Lastly many airlines have instituted costly upgrades in the areas of > on-plane security (cabin door locks, intercom systems, CCTV systems, etc). > Implementation of these systems would almost definitely fall the shoulders > (and budgets) of maintenance crews. > > To put in bluntly: there' a chance we're spending so much time and money > keeping terrorists _off_ of planes that we're not putting enough mechanics > _on_ planes. > > Of course this is nothing more than idle speculation. > > Jim Davis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171073 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
