It would be a cruel joke were an airline to keep the
extendable corridor back as the plane’s front door is opened and passengers are
pushed out. Not even having a safety net below would neither be sufficient nor
fair. When a government gives companies the flexibility to fire workers without
yet having in place vocational safety nets, said government acts negligently
and perhaps even with partiality to one side of the labor-management duality. At
the very least, the flexibility to fire should be held off until the matter of
economic security is finalized.
The full essay is at "Balancing Company Rights and Worker Security."
