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- LETTERS, Page 8Eastern Woes
-
- I retired from Eastern Air Lines as a pilot after 31 years
- and feel that it is my duty to comment on the strike (BUSINESS,
- March 20). The employees of this airline have been relentlessly
- intimidated, threatened and coerced by an inept management.
- Most of them hold Chairman Frank Lorenzo and his unethical,
- immoral management style in such contempt that they are risking
- their careers, families and livelihoods to bring his evil,
- onerous empire to an end. This is not only a battle for safety,
- contracts and job security but also one of honor for 31,200 men
- and women who love their company dearly.
-
- Joe R. Hackett Ridgefield, Conn.
-
- Now that the unions have managed to dispose of Frank Borman
- and frustrate his successor, Lorenzo, I suggest they also get
- rid of the heads of their own organizations. The pilots and
- mechanics should sue because of the bad advice they have been
- getting.
-
- Charles J. Sullivan Bellmawr, N.J.
-
- In seeking protection from Eastern's creditors in
- bankruptcy court, Lorenzo is like the young man who killed his
- parents and then begged the judge for mercy because he was an
- orphan. During the past three years, Lorenzo has stripped
- Eastern of its most valuable assets and then pleaded poverty
- because the shrunken airline was losing money.
-
- James E. Curtin Lilburn, Ga.
-
- The well-orchestrated crocodile tears being shed for the
- benefit of TV cameras by Eastern strikers over the demise of
- their "beloved" airline bring to mind the tale of the young thug
- who murdered both parents and then begged for mercy on the
- ground that he was an orphan.
-
- George G. Daniels Orlando
-