[lbo-talk] Apparently this did not come from The Onion

[amadeus amadeus]

It's funny, as a regular reader of the Onion, to
realize how many 'real' news headlines in the major US
media seem like silly jokes these days. 
At any rate, I'm sure Bruce Lakefield and the other
executives will gladly volunteer a day or two's work
for free, taken pro rata from their salaries. I've got
Lakefield alone at $425,000 a year, so, that's uh,
let's see, um.... roughly the equivalent of 40 bag
checkers?

--- John Lacny <jlacny at earthlink.net> wrote:


>
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2004/12/27/daily25.html
> 
> Pittsburgh Business Times online update, December
> 29, 2004, 2:20 PM EST
> 
> US Airways looks for volunteers
> 
> 
> US Airways Group Inc. is seeking volunteers to work
> without pay at its
> Philadelphia operations over the New Year's weekend,
> an airline spokesman
> said Wednesday.
> 
> David Castelveter said that the struggling carrier,
> which downgraded
> Pittsburgh from a hub to a focus city, was appealing
> to all employees -- not
> just nonunion workers, as reported earlier Wednesday
> -- to primarily meet
> and greet passengers, help with screening, and help
> at the check-in kiosks.
> 
> Mr. Castleveter said the company had already heard
> from "hundreds" willing
> to volunteer from Friday until Jan. 3. He said the
> company is "making sure
> we are adequately staffed."
> 
> Thousands of travelers on US Airways were stranded
> or separated from their
> luggage last weekend after airline employees called
> in sick in record
> numbers.
> 
> US Airways also cited severe weather as a cause of
> flight cancellations.
> 
> Meanwhile, according to the Washington Post, the
> airline is also examining
> attendance records and warned it would consider
> disciplinary action if it
> found any staff took unmerited sick leave.
> 
> US Airways (OTCBB: UAIRQ.OB), based in Virginia,
> filed for Chapter 11
> bankruptcy protection from creditors in September.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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