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» Humor |
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- by GT
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A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost.
He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."
The woman below responded, "You must be in Management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault!"
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» August 2008 Issue |
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May 29, 2008 - 10:19 PM - by GT
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Death Of An Airline
Here where I work there is a lot of employee discontent. A lot of it. It’s understandable due to the on going attack on all of us. Loss of pensions, bankruptcy, layoffs and it just goes on and on.
The results are near last in on time departures, lost bags and just plain poor customer service. Employees loyalties are gone and so goes the ability for the airline to operate efficiently. Few step up to go above and beyond. Few are interested in the success of the airline any longer.
Majority of us are in our fifties and hope to be gone soon. Looking for another line of work or retirement is our goal. Most employees are putting in the 8 hours of minimum output and no more.
We are now experiencing an all out war by some employee groups. Now frustrated and wanting to expedite change, sick outs, intentional delays and other job actions are occurring.
I have been employed here for 23 years and never have I seen it so bad. I see a once great company dying. I am confident in saying the board of directors and executives are responsible for this situation. Yet, the road we as employees are going down will not be successful. We are wrong in the actions we have taken. Why? Because we are losing the public’s approval by those actions.
How many of us have waited at a gate to fly somewhere and one of your concerns is whether that aircraft is going to go? You watch through the window and see if there are any unusual activities going on. Do you recall how important it was for you to fly that day? Now multiply that by a hundred to 400 people. And then multiply that by about a 100 to 150 flights a day from each station. It all adds up to a lot of unhappy customers who are angered about the actions of those employees. Those customers who are fed information by the media who are fed information by our corporate executives. We are giving them, the company, ammunition to win the publics opinion.
How do we succeed in these times? First, we must be proactive. We must educate the public. Sound familiar? Yes I have preached this many times and I will say it again. It is too important if we are going to be successful. We educate the public. We force our unions to spend the money needed to educate the public by all media available. We as individuals can contact our local papers by writing our thoughts and concerns to the papers editorial page. We also contact our government representatives to express our concerns.
I am sure I will get chastised for this thought. Many have said it won’t do any good. The government is corrupt and in bed with corporations. This I agree is true. But, who puts those officials in office? Who elects the union officials? We do. Now we must take the time to change. To be proactive. You either choose to become part of this revolution or you choose to be part of the problem that needs to be changed.
I have grown frustrated with my fellow workers. They choose to spend their time surfing the web or watching the television while they could be making their voice heard one contact at a time. They should be attending Union Meetings and making their voices heard. Is it easier to perform a job action than to write a letter to an official?
Win the publics approval and the media will follow. Win the media and the government will follow. Win the government, and corporate greed will be replaced with middle class justice.
GT Davis
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» Quote |
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- by GT
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You land a million planes safely, then you have one little mid-air and you never hear the end of it ...
— Air Traffic Controller, New York TRACON, Westbury Long island. Opening quotation in movie 'Pushing Tin,' 1999
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