About five years ago, management got us all excited about going outside of the border- Hawaii, Mexico, Canada were mentioned! We fed on the anticipation of something new and exciting. Morale was high which led to a highly productive workforce. Two years ago, an impending huge historic announcement was released from Dallas. Everyone thought, at last, we're going to Hawaii or Puerto Rico. When the "historic day" came, "New gates & boarding process!!!" was the earth shattering news. As the air slowly leaked out of the balloons, everyone walked around scratching their heads...."This is it? You've gotta be kidding!"
At one time, we thrived on being part of a company that took chances and truly trusted their employees to follow through on the risks. Now we watch with dismay and disappointment as our jobs and dreams are farmed out to a foreign airline with no record or reputation of the "positively outrageous service" that's expected of us. I kind of feel like the kid that was promised a brand new bike for Christmas, only to find out that the new kid across the street got it instead. Oh well, four flights a day between Minneapolis and Chicago is a nice stocking stuffer.
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