Thank you midwesterners . . .

[ritaxis]

I had thught I had heard about Delta airlines doing bad things in the past, but when I went to buy tickets for us earlier in the year (and I had to buy three sets of intercontinental flights: 2 roundtrips SF-Prague, 1 roundtrip Prague-Accra, and 1 roundtrip Prague-SF -- this may not seem like a lot to some people, which amounts to about a third of my income for 2011, not counting mysterious legacies that keep popping up suspiciously) I could not find anything when I googled, so I had decided I must have remembered wrongly. It turns out I googled wrongly, not knowingf exactly what to ask for, and completely failed to find the records of Delta's swalling of Northwestern and their bad labor policy.

This is where you kind of have to know what you're looking for to find thngs. Googling "delta labor policy" reveals on the first page a slew of articles about flying pregnant, an attack on Harry Reid by the US Chamber of Commerce, and three hits for Delta's PR machine including their "applauding" a decision by a House committee to investigate the Labor Board. But this time, knowing for sure that there was something to look for, I changed up the words, and "Delta labor violations" turns out to be an overwhelmingly productive search.

Thanks, Pamela and Mike!

Comments

[orangemike.livejournal.com]

When I become a customer of anybody, "How do they treat their employees?" is always on my list. The corporate economy being what it is, sometimes there is no choice on a labor basis; then such things as Apple ease of use vs. Microsoft crap become determining factors.

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Well, that's why I searched it, and felt comfortable once I hadn't turned anything up (not even, at that time, Delta's demand to have the Labor Board investigated). And that's why I thanked you and Pamela over setting me straight.

I probably can't go to Prague in 2012, so I have until Juneish to figure out how to bring the young mana back for July or August.

I am not going to have the Apple-Microsoft battle with you, I will simply note that I find the Apple way of managing windows to be mysterious, difficult, adn annoying for myself.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

I will simply note that I find the Apple way of managing windows to be mysterious, difficult, adn annoying for myself.

They changed it radically in OSX 10.7, which came out about two months ago. You might want to have a play with a Mac next time you pass an Apple store and see if it's less annoying now. (Or not.)

[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

Since I'm likely never going to buy another computer as long as I live, probably not.

That isn't as dire as it sounds. I intend to be mooching off Frank's castoffs as he upgrades. I suppose I could do the same with Emma's, but she's a Mac girl and, well . . .