While I agree that many years

ago there was a need to have collective bargaining, I seriously wonder

if what is happening today is in the best interest of anyone.

In order for the coal miners

of yesteryear to have some protection in terms of children being kept

out of the mines or safe working conditions to remain a priority, the

thinking today is very different. Lockheed shipbuilding in Seattle is

now nothing more than a memory because of the obvious greed of those following

the direction of their union leaders. The same is true of Eastern Airlines

and many other major corporations.

I once heard a Delta pilot

make the statement that the only difference between pilots and all other

employees was that they happened to learn how to fly an airplane. Simplistic

as his statement was, I wish that today's pilots felt the same way. They

are not special, but rather a part of a team that many of us spent a lifetime

building.

Tom Vaiden

Station manager, retired

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