Comments on: The World Is Screaming for a Little Leadership http://philcooke.com/continental_airlines/ Change Revolution Fri, 18 May 2012 18:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Busch http://philcooke.com/continental_airlines/#comment-8253 Chris Busch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/Continental_Airlines#comment-8253 <p>Most of us have been victims of the corporate bureaucracy of airlines, but this is outrageous.  On a large plane this is unforgiveable, but on a small plane it should be criminal.  I would encourage the police and the prosecutor's office in Rochester, Minnesota to investigate this matter as well as the FBI and determine if there have been any laws broken here by any airlines or airport employees who were responsible for decisions that showed a reckless disregard for these trapped passengers.</p><p>If criminal charges are not possible, then I can only hope there will be an avalanche of lawsuits to remedy this situation and encourage airlines and airports to never allow such a travesty to happen again.</p><p>Here's the website for the county attorney in Rochester - <strong>http://tinyurl.com/n25dc6.  </strong>There's an email link at the bottom.  Let's write to Mr. Ostrem and suggest he investigate, impanel a grand jury, do something about what happened to those citizens aboard that cramped airplane last night.</p> Most of us have been victims of the corporate bureaucracy of airlines, but this is outrageous.  On a large plane this is unforgiveable, but on a small plane it should be criminal.  I would encourage the police and the prosecutor’s office in Rochester, Minnesota to investigate this matter as well as the FBI and determine if there have been any laws broken here by any airlines or airport employees who were responsible for decisions that showed a reckless disregard for these trapped passengers.

If criminal charges are not possible, then I can only hope there will be an avalanche of lawsuits to remedy this situation and encourage airlines and airports to never allow such a travesty to happen again.

Here’s the website for the county attorney in Rochester – http://tinyurl.com/n25dc6.&nbsp; There’s an email link at the bottom.  Let’s write to Mr. Ostrem and suggest he investigate, impanel a grand jury, do something about what happened to those citizens aboard that cramped airplane last night.

]]> By: JIm Seybert http://philcooke.com/continental_airlines/#comment-8254 JIm Seybert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/Continental_Airlines#comment-8254 <p>Firing people would be appropriate - you wouldn't want people stupid enough to let this happen working for you. BUT - companies fire people all the time and it doesn't get to the root problem of poor management and lack of empowerment. </p><p>To really make sure this doesn't happen again, the passengers should file a class action suit against the airline and sue them for a bucketful of money. The ONLY way to get corporate America's attention is through their wallets.</p> Firing people would be appropriate – you wouldn’t want people stupid enough to let this happen working for you. BUT – companies fire people all the time and it doesn’t get to the root problem of poor management and lack of empowerment. 

To really make sure this doesn’t happen again, the passengers should file a class action suit against the airline and sue them for a bucketful of money. The ONLY way to get corporate America’s attention is through their wallets.

]]> By: Craig Brewer http://philcooke.com/continental_airlines/#comment-8255 Craig Brewer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/Continental_Airlines#comment-8255 <p>I rarely fly any more because I can't stand the feeling of being cooped up and surrounded by strangers. It is hard to believe the people on that plane didn't throw enough of a ruckus that the crew wasn't forced to let them out. </p> I rarely fly any more because I can’t stand the feeling of being cooped up and surrounded by strangers. It is hard to believe the people on that plane didn’t throw enough of a ruckus that the crew wasn’t forced to let them out. 

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