[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

Chris:

Thanks for confirming what I had long suspected--that airline wages today (at least for those with low seniority) ARE comparable to Wal-Mart or McDonalds.
This is probably the source of a lot of the compaints US-based airlines get. If you pay a higher wage, you can afford to pick and choose who applies. Otherwise, you have to take whatever crawls through the door.

Lufthansa German Airlines posted a multi-million Euro profit this year--even with high fuel costs! And I seriously doubt that profit was achieved through $8.00 an hour help. In fact, if you look at Lufthansa fares, discounts are handed-out sparingly. Although, I guess that is why they have their discount unit--Condor Air.

I don't mean to rub salt into your wounds, but there is a family ranch down the road from me. And they're paying $9.00 an hour for someone to clean-out their stalls. That kind of **** is probably better than the stuff your dealing with now.