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Article #106Re: Michael Moore about September 11
From: Paul Botts
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:14
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:14
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"Fabrikant" <benny_patrick3@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3e499bd1.0205300837.3d4d3226@posting.google.com... > I have come across an article written by Michael Moore (you saw him on > TV many times). Here are some quotes: [snip] > > Too harsh, you say? Well, chow on this: a first-year pilot on > American Eagle (the commuter arm of American Airlines) receives around > $15,000 year in annual pay. > > That's right - $15,000 for the person who has your life in his hands. Pure fiction. Starting salary for American Eagle pilots is several times that. > > Until recently, Confinental Express paid a little over $13,000 a year. Ditto, according to a friend of mine who is an airline pilot and applied at both these places recently. > There was one guy, an American Eagle pilot who had four kids so he > went down to the welfare office and applied for food stamps -he was > eligible! > > Someone on welfare is flying my plane? Is this for real? Yes, it is. No, it isn't. This is an urban legend -- not a new or original one, either. Sometimes it's told as being about a big-city police officer or an FBI agent, but it's the same legend. Mr. Moore has the same commitment to accuracy as Rush Limbaugh, and therefore should not be taken any more seriously than the loud drunk at your nearest hotel lobby bar.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc3d0,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d0,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-Thread: 112f74,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid112f74,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,85723ccdf47e2830 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-30 15:14:19 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn1feed!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc01.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Paul Botts" <prb25@attbispamthis.com> Newsgroups: ny.general,dc.general,chi.general,ont.general,ab.general References: <3e499bd1.0205300837.3d4d3226@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Michael Moore about September 11 Lines: 47 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <ZuxJ8.72172$cQ3.2548@sccrnsc01> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.250.113.159 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc01 1022796857 12.250.113.159 (Thu, 30 May 2002 22:14:17 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:14:17 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:14:17 GMT