[Mr.Kimball]

Justice does not take a back seat to passengers wanting to board a plane.
Reagan desired the weakening of unions. Do you deny that? Also, I have personally worked with a group of employees made sick by a company that subverted OSHA and allowed too high Toulene levels to exist in a plant. Bottom line: the company knew that the men and women working there had morgages to pay, kids to feed. I watched more than one man's life destroyed mentally and physically; ground up by interests and money bigger than they could imagine. For every "Erin Brockovitch" tale, there's a hundred where workers get screwed and are compensated with nothing but pain.

Justice? What justice do you refer to. The justice done was Reagan's enforcement of a FEDERAL LAW on the books. It wasn't without warning CM. There was not one single air controller that did not know those facts when they applied for the job. If your not willing to accept the agreement of the job mandates, dont take the job. It's real simple. What you had were employees not willing to honor their end of a collectivley agreed upon contract. They were in violation. Simple story here: Nobody would have been fired if they had showed up to work and done their jobs.

I dont know if he did or not. You have proof of that in what statement he ever made? Perhaps you have an opinion, but we all know everybody has one. It doesn't always mean they are right though. However, if the PATCO example is what you are basing your opinion on then that is not even remotely applicable to your assertion.


There are regulatory and safety agencies that address those situations that you mention. Why wasn't OSHA or what ever agency that would apply in this case notified? All it takes is a phone call. Exactly who is to blame more here? Then again what does your story have to do with what we are talking about? I fail to see the correlation.