XPost: rec.travel.air, alt.travel   
   From: mrtravel@sbcglobal.net   
      
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   > They ask for bumping volunteers even if they don't need them?  What a crock   
   > that statement is!   
      
   Not really, it's your ability to understand.   
      
   1. The flight is overbooked.   
   2. The airline people ask for volunteers in cases more people show up   
   than expected.   
   3. Less people show up and they do not need any or all of the volunteers.   
      
   > Flights are fuller because airlines are flying fewer aircraft.  Travel   
   > hasn't picked up, available aircraft has shrunk making those still flying a   
   > lot fuller than they were with the airlines old schedules and frequencies.   
      
   Travel has picked up in the past year. Maybe you have been sleeping??   
      
   >   
   >>So, what's the problem   
   >>Sickouts are the cowardly way out.   
   >>Doesn't this also mean they are stealing sick pay?   
   >   
   >   
   > How do you steal what you earned?   
      
   Sick pay is available for use when you are SICK, not when you want to   
   take a job action that violates your contract agreement.   
      
   If you ask me, it takes guts to stage or   
   > participate in a sick out.  It means you're willing to stand your ground and   
   > stand up to an abusive employer.   
      
   If you want to stand up against abuse, then strike or picket. Calling in   
   sick and collecting sick pay is theft.   
      
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