The return of the divine wind
Suicide is painless
The Kamikaze (神風, common translation: “divine wind“) were suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, designed to destroy as many warships as possible.
And here they are again, the valiant warrior spirit reborn in those selfless unionised lions, desperate to defend their industry-leading salaries and benefits from the rapacious claws of their arch-nimitzes*, the evil Willy Walsh. The Court of Appeal has just decided that sticking to arcane union regulations is only necessary if it’s the union sticking to them, therefore allowing the union to strike at will as the tourist industry is just starting to function after the devastation of the credit crunch and the Icelandic volcano.
Well done, you brave heroes of the downtrodden trolley dolly*!
*See also: Pyrrhic victory.
*Yes, I am unduly proud of this one.
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May 20, 2010 at 14:28 -
Damn these judges and their impartiality – no invites to Willy Wanka’s Chocolate Factory for them!
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May 20, 2010 at 15:09
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May 20, 2010 at 16:07 -
*Yes, I am unduly proud of this one.
And why shouldn’t you be? Old Chester William Nimitz himself would surely approve!
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May 20, 2010 at 16:37 -
*chuckle*…..especially the nimitzes!
Not so funny for the passengers though, or the shareholders, pension plans, insurance companies etc who have their cash tied up in BA. After another 3 more weeks of this, and the possible return of the giant rampaging ash cloud, questions about BA’s survival are going to start being asked.
Willy Walsh needs to fight hard and win this one, and soon, or the whole company could go.
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May 20, 2010 at 16:44 -
‘and soon, or the whole company could go.’
This could be serious. How then will senior union types fly around on jollies with their families for nothing???!
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May 20, 2010 at 16:47 -
Don’t worry. Someone will buy them out. Probably The Arabs. If they haven’t already.
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May 20, 2010 at 17:51 -
I like the ‘Pyrrhic Victory’ bit, but we didn’t do stuff like that at Slag St Boys School – is it like ‘Another such victory and we are f*cked’?
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