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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (42017)	11/24/2003 12:25:11 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

KastelCo, <<when I read your post Maurice I realise I really need a vacation from this thread...>> ... if you do not go on a vacation, you can always try what Maurice does all the time, out to lunch, in a sandbox, fantasizing about Q :0) He is lost. He shall find truth eventually, and let us hope he will not be too late ;0) Chugs, Jay

To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (42017)	11/26/2003 10:09:55 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hmmm... Looks like the Canadians are learning from the Americans just how to properly run a business... Not! Shouldn't this situation be reversed? The hard working employees get the millions in retention bonuses and the knuckleheads that led the company into BK get the coupons as severance pay??? story.news.yahoo.com Air Canada Service Staff Get Burger-Coupon Bonus Wed Nov 26, 8:17 AM ET MONTREAL (Reuters) - Pleased with workers who scored top marks on customer service, Air Canada recently picked 100 at random to give them a bonus -- a $3.78 hamburger coupon that expires in five weeks. Employees winning the award were sent a personal letter containing the coupon, redeemable until Dec. 31 at the Harvey's hamburger chain, Second Cup coffee shops or other restaurant outlet owned by Cara Operations Ltd., which provides food service for the insolvent airline. Air Canada said the awards came at no cost to the carrier, mainly because the coupons will soon expire. Earlier this month, Cara warned its own investors that Air Canada, the dominant airline in Canada and world No. 11, may cancel its catering contract. Some Air Canada in-flight service employees were forced to forgo a bonus earlier this year when the airline won court protection from its creditors and squeezed some $840,000 of concessions from its unions. The burger bonus comes as two groups bidding to control Montreal-based Air Canada through equity infusions have offered its chief executive and top restructuring manager multimillion-dollar stock or cash bonuses to remain with the airline through its bankruptcy protection proceedings. KJC