We have seen a gradual recovery in our commercial airplane business and we have been adding employees where necessary.

Winning new business is the way that we create and sustain jobs going forward.

I tell my employees that we're in the service business, and it's incidental that we fly airplanes.

We believe our offer is well above market. Our offer reflects the business realities we face and recognizes the contribution of our employees with the ability for us to win new business. That's how you secure the long-term future of our employees and our company.

We think it is important that business owners, operators and employees let council members know how they feel.

American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.