US Airways volunteers refunds to passengers

In the news (see article), US Airlines is giving $5000 to each of the 150 passengers who were aboard Flight #1549 which had an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River January 15, for the inconvenience of not having their luggage returned. Some luggage is unrecoverable but the rest are being held indefinitely while the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) undertakes its investigation. The cost of the tickets is also being refunded.

I applaud US Airways for being pro-active. I've been trying to get a $20 key deposit refund from my former property manager since July 2008. Pay attention to how the big guys do it, Cannon-Greco.

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There must be something in the Erie water.

Harry Markopolos, who wrote a 19 page letter to the SEC about Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme back in 2005, is an Erie native. (So is first Homeland Security Secretary Tim Ridge.) Not that I'm comparing myself to the wisdom and courage of whistleblower Markopolos, but it's interesting to note that we are of the same generation from the same hometown. Speaking of the name Madoff, it seems appropriate for someone who "made-off" with other people's billions. What was he thinking? Was he so enamored with himself that he thought he could get away with it?

And the SEC? Is there nobody in the securities commission who can read and do their job? Geez... they should hire me.

I wish my name (Reynolds) sounded more like what I do: recover, regain, recoup, reclaim, rescue, or retrieve. Reynolds may be a derivative of renard (french for fox), as in clever as a ___ .