Author Topic: Brother-in-law was laid off today (Read 2657 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** December 03, 2004, 06:09:41 PM »

He was an American Airlines Mechanics supervisor in Kansas City. He says the company is almost dead, he had very high seniority.

Leatherneck · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2004, 06:14:23 PM »

Sorry to hear, Ripsnort

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2004, 06:26:57 PM »

Kinda sad to see some monkeys wreck a legacy.

Airhead · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:21:31 PM »

Rip, you should be celebrating- after all, your brother in law was probably Union, and we all know how lazy THOSE guys are.
They deserve to get the rug pulled out from them, right?

ra · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:24:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
Rip, you should be celebrating- after all, your brother in law was probably Union, and we all know how lazy THOSE guys are.
They deserve to get the rug pulled out from them, right?

Classy.

Nash · « **Reply #5 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:33:01 PM »

Maybe if he typed at the internets more during work, his company would be in better shape.

Or... maybe I can't figure out why you'd post the details & circumstances of your extended family here. Is his layoff representative of something larger happening in the industry that you wanted to discuss?

Or... Do you want a shoulder to cry on?

Or... Is this a good time to tell you that my sister in-law was on her way to pick up some groceries when she got a flat tire?

Or... Am I just being a dink for not getting it?

Creamo · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:37:45 PM »

Well my brother-in-law divorced my sister and now cries alot, and quotes me stuff from the bible every once in awhile. Tried to warn him. And Airhead, supervisors aren't union.

Airhead · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:41:41 PM »

ra, management is following a path Ripsnort admires- close down your own maintence facilities and sub contract out the work to an out of country facility.

On the bright side, though, Rip's brother in law can replace his 80,000 dollar a year supervisor position with four 20,000 dollar a year food service jobs- Starbucks in the morning, Subway in the afternoon, Outback in the evening and Denny's at night.

Who says this Administration isn't creating jobs?

SirLoin · « **Reply #8 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:49:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Creamo
Well my brother-in-law divorced my sister and now cries alot, and quotes me stuff from the bible every once in awhile. Tried to warn him. And Airhead, supervisors aren't union.

When I worked at Boeing,our supervisors were union(different local though)..Aircraft industry has sucked for more than a decade...I have no regrets about getting the hell out.

Sorry to hear that Rip..that's gotta hurtright before X-Mas

Silat · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:59:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
ra, management is following a path Ripsnort admires- close down your own maintence facilities and sub contract out the work to an out of country facility.

On the bright side, though, Rip's brother in law can replace his 80,000 dollar a year supervisor position with four 20,000 dollar a year food service jobs- Starbucks in the morning, Subway in the afternoon, Outback in the evening and Denny's at night.

Who says this Administration isn't creating jobs?

Sorry about the job loss for Rips friend.
But sometimes when the truth hits close enough to home, a light goes off in your head and you see the light.

Airhead you left out the option of going back to college.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2004, 08:05:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Airhead
Rip, you should be celebrating- after all, your brother in law was probably Union, and we all know how lazy THOSE guys are.
They deserve to get the rug pulled out from them, right?

You didn't see the "Management" part? He was management.

His company is soon to be the way of the dinosaur operationally speaking. They probably should have paid more attention to the Jet Blue or SW Airlines model.

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The airline industry has reported losses of about $30bn since the attacks on 11 September 2001, which depressed demand for the already struggling airlines.

Octavius · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2004, 08:06:30 PM »

Airtard pwn3d!!!11`!

TweetyBird · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2004, 08:26:32 PM »

I'm kinda with Airhead here - why are you surprised? Did you let your brother-in-law know you helped swing the axe?

Just keep buying those WalMart trinkets and help sell the US to China 98 cents at a time. Capitalism is wonderful in the US - hell you can even sell the US - WalMart is doing it.

Again - why are you surprised?

Well at least his $600 tax rebate from Bush will keep his head above water...

Staga · « **Reply #13 on:** December 03, 2004, 08:45:28 PM »

Well I hope his bro isn't reading this board...

Anyways if the company doesn't make profit then some hard decisions have to be made; after all you're not living in a communistic country where state runs the companies and backs them up.
Things like that happen all the time all over the world; too bad your bro was one who got the boot but **** happens.

Staga · « **Reply #14 on:** December 03, 2004, 08:50:42 PM »

btw I hope he's having somekind of insurance for the case of unemployment? Kinda like medical insurance you buy or the company you work for offers to you?