Judge Approves End of United Pension Plan

[quoteThat's why the euro is falling like a rock, it's now evident Europe can't be reformed. C'est la vie.

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I dunna. Seems like the long term trend is for the Euro to rise against the dollar. Sure, it dropped ten percent on the news that France rejected the EU constitution.

But one euro being worth about a buck and a quarter is still a lot higher than one euro being worth about 80 cents.
 
I dunno, I still remember when the USD and the EUR were about 1:1. It hasn't come down that much! The good thing about the falling dollar is that it was much easier figuring out what things cost in Canada.

And about the vacation thing, any basic job offers three weeks in (not after) the first year of service in many countries with quite a few getting six after a couple of years as I've been told.

One of our shipmates was shocked to see that I've been working for the same company for almost 10 years and I only get three weeks. Which is shockingly almost 1 to 2 weeks longer than most other professions.
 
You could both be right. Old Europe could hold on to their socialistic, low productivity model and get back on course economically. Chirac and Shroeder can't see how it could possibly happen, which is why they were banking on the EU to level the field, keeping the Eastern Europe countries from out producing them while blaming the EU for any liberalization of work rules. Now, ...........we'll see. The people have spoken. They want the jobs, as long as there isn't much work involved.
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Could be, but even the Swiss have a shorter work week, great vacation bennies and they're not part of the EU whatsover.
 
Well since you're so gung-ho about work ... why'd ya retire? There's plenty of McDonalds jobs out there - go grab one! You hippe, euro slacker!
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Yeah! Give back to the community! Go teach! Unless, of course, the US's literacy level is at an acceptable level!
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Them, uhh, fancy werds are scary, Hoss. Least I passed da AIMS test.
 
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Could be, but even the Swiss have a shorter work week, great vacation bennies and they're not part of the EU whatsover.

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Well, there's nothing like being a banking shelter to boost the local economy. It's better than an oil economy because the services require more skills and pay better. But they are an oasis in an economic desert as far as old Europe. And very smart to divorce themselves from the rest of Europe as they always have. I'm not sure how one would go about duplicating the Swiss economy, it is so unique. But the good news is that the eastern European countries that have embraced free markets are flying high.

But my economic reference is PJ O'Rourke's Eat the Rich so I'm looking at the lighter side of economics.
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I never saw low productivity when I was working and living in Germany. It was 10-12 hour days 5 days a week and 6-8 hours on Saturdays. Of course, the German employees had to get union approval to work those hours and it was a special project. And I don't think they could have legally worked Sundays even if the company was at stake!
 
I hear that many pilots at United are sick of the whole thing and are moving on to other things.

My friend has been with United since 1997 (flying the A320 and 777). Recently, he started 2 aviation unrelated businesses and is busy with those. He said most of his buddies are doing the same. They are flying the trips they are assigned and forget about their employment at United the rest of the time.

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Many airline pilots with enough free time are finding second jobs. Real estate and mortgages are common second jobs.

From what I've heard, the UAL guys who fly domestic routes have schedules that are heavier than those of regional airline pilots.

The downward spiral of the idustry continues.
 
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