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To: Poet who wrote (2182)9/13/2001 4:02:23 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (2) of 51706
 
Po,
As you know I'm an American Airlines wife, and I am finding some of the comments about shorting our stock and even some who are saying we deserve to be severely beaten down to "get the message" are extremely upsetting.

No one is more upset than the employees of these airlines. We have lost friends and family. The airline is working overtime doing all it can to assist the families of the victims. Our community, which is heavily populated by AA and Delta families, is in mourning.

To talk about further weakening companies that employ many many thousands of Americans in an already precarious economy is, imo, irresponsible and reckless. Do they honestly believe that this will accomplish more than the horror of this week has already done? Let's not confuse who the enemy is here. The weapons so far reputed to have been brought on board, such as the boxcutters, may not even have been illegal. We're not talking uzis and guns and bombs. There is no way we can secure perfectly, control with absolute confidence. I am convinced there will be changes, the pilots will demand this, the flying public will demand this. But penalizing the companies financially will only hinder the effort.

that is my rant for the day, or hopefully the week.
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