Letters to the Editor
cpereyra
Published Letters: 19
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Just say
[Read the article: I was fired because I was the fall guy. What do I say in interviews?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The project for which I was hired was abandoned and I was laid off. Don't tell them that you were assigned blame. That was their opinion, not yours. If you're pressed, say "I prefer not to discuss issues that were confidential to my work at the other company." If possible, give a reference who works at the old company. If pressed further, say "I was a very low level employee in a project that failed because it was mismanaged."
Good Luck.
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Wrong again
[Read the article: The boss's incompetent son wants an employment reference!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gary:
You're usually right on (in my opinion), but this time, again on a matter of employment, you're wrong. The answer is: If your name is given as a source of reference, you respond to a request of information with the truth. Period.
Carlos Pereyra
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Can you say gridlock?
[Read the article: Ask the Pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Can you say "yawn?"
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Fanatics
[Read the article: Why is "Sgt. Pepper" so overhyped?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why the offended outrage? The writers expressed their opinion. The measure of offensive and hateful letters smell of fanaticism of the same kind that makes Apple users rise in arms any time Apple is criticized.
My opinion is that most of the letter writers wouldn't say s***t if Paul McCartney had defecated in their mouths.
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The Right Question
[Read the article: It has been 10 months and he still won't say "I love you"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How about she asks him:
You don't say "I love you, does that mean you don't?"
He answers "Blah, blah, blah...."
If the question is unanswered then she says:
"Listen, it's obvious that you don't know how you feel about me. Let's stay away from each other until you figure it out."
Is this too simple? Sometimes, Cary, you have to cut through the bull.
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What's with all the unnecessary "fucks?"
[Read the article: Are men spoiled rotten?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Cari:
What's with all the unnecessary "fuck" words? Are you trying to sound strong? Are you trying to titillate your readers? Do a little self criticism and see whether you could have expressed the same thoughts without using the word "fuck."
Oh, and by the way, I find your advice right on target most of the time. I really fucking do!
Carlos.
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The bite is much, much worse than the bark
[Read the article: Pit bulls are innocent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Even if pit bulls don't bite more often than yellow labs, their bite is much more damaging. It's like getting shot. Do you want to get shot with a .22 or with a .44 Magnum?
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Why pick one when both fit so well?
[Read the article: Gonzales' shame]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is he a serial lawbreaker or just an incompetent Bush crony?
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I can't believe you confessed about being a thief
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And, did you get an authograph from O.J. Simpson too?
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Salon Editors are either stupid, immoral or both
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, those are the only two choices. Look at the letters they picked as a representative sample of the reaction to this "confession." I write confession in quotes, because a confession is usually a telling of events with the purpose of obtaining forgiveness through repentance. There's no repentance in this "article."
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Holding up the line
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was behind you in line waiting for your conversation with the security officer to end so I could get through. I didn't want to make a scene at the time but how about you take your fucking shoes off without an argument the next time and let the rest of us get through.
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Why are passengers not issued parachutes
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because if there were parachutes in the airplane, the exit would be blocked by the pilot and co-pilot's asses.
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Patrick, the Airline Industry Spinner.
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Before I started reading your "article," I knew that your answer to the question as to whether passengers were put in danger would be "no." You should make a decision to either be a journalist or a hack for the airline industry. Your rationalizations do not condone a breach of established safety procedures that were implemented after a terrible accident. Is that how we learn? What's the next lesson? That if you don't really really really follow guidelines people are put at risk?
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Response to Patrick's response.
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm far from being an airline company demonizer (well, maybe just United). I'm a former pilot (Ok, just single engine) and the son of a pilot and I have the highest respect and admiration for the framework of safety rules and regulations under which commercial flying is performed.
It's this respect and admiration that makes me zealous in insisting that rules set for safety, rules that often were bought from the gleanings of terrible accidents, be respected.
As to the "hack" comment, I stand by it in this respect: Your writings have consistently taken the view that problems with airline companies and their procedures are portrayed inaccurately by the mainstream media. When an airline company puts the repair of any preventable risk ahead of profit, a reasonable, unbiased person would decry the practice without rationalizations. I think that you know on which side your bread is buttered.
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Cleared to Land?
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think that cleared2land is taking a defensive stance against a misunderstood offense.
Nothing is totally safe is true. Flying is safe, is also true. But the need to follow regulations to the letter is also true.
Without a doubt, each one of us is probably guilty of some sort of safety offense, whether dirty windshield or bald tires or improper lane changes. The difference in this case is that we are discussing a commercial airline. Commercial airlines have a responsibility and a legal obligation to put safety ahead of profit.
There's no difference in whether the commercial carrier is an airline or a bus company. We expect and trust them to do the right thing. It doesn't do anyone any good, not even the shareholders, to avoid compliance for the short term advantage of keeping a possibly unsafe airplane flying.
Bottom line is that you can rationalize anything and rationalizing that everything was hunky-dory because "there were safety margins and the cracks after all were only 'yey big' (holding thumb and forefinger apart one inch)" points us down a dangerous slope.
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Obama
[Read the article: Is Ralph Nader losing it?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Before Obama can do anything about anything he has to get elected. How can he do that while sounding like Jesse Jackson?