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This quick and easy meal is a hit with kids. If they can't tolerate spicy foods, reduce or omit the sriracha. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 46.6g | Fat: 11.2g | Fiber: 9.6g | Protein: 33g | Calories: 415.9
Butternut squash helps slim down this macaroni and cheese. You can't taste it, and it boosts the nutritional value of the dish! Submitted by SP_STEPF Carbs: 35.8g | Fat: 4.3g | Fiber: 5.2g | Protein: 13.2g | Calories: 230
What a great dish for one of those nights when your kids have a late soccer game! Brown the meat, layer in the ingredients, set your slow cooker on low, and go! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 18.1g | Fat: 10.2g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 24.9g | Calories: 271.4
My grandma taught me how to make these rich and fluffy noodles. She does not use measuring spoons yet her food turns out great every time! Submitted by TINAHAVENER Carbs: 19.2g | Fat: 1.2g | Fiber: 0.7g | Protein: 3.8g | Calories: 105.4
We're serious about the spice in this recipe. Whole-grain pasta and tender shrimp pair perfectly with a luxuriously rich, piquant sauce. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 27.6g | Fat: 15.7g | Fiber: 4.3g | Protein: 27.9g | Calories: 356.9
Cheesy, rich, delicious--just what you expect in macaroni and cheese. What you won't expect? 2/3 the fat and half the calories of the original! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 39.5g | Fat: 7.9g | Fiber: 4.1g | Protein: 12.6g | Calories: 259.6
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Make sentences as many as possible until you can really realize what woeds mean . Do not try to remember too many word , instead , make sentences to make sure you have already comprehend this word .
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I think that it's not about remembering, it's about understanding it and using it, if you practice your conversation or watch movies in English with English subs, you will learn a lot of vocabulary :) trust me.
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Well I had a terrible, exhausting day. That post is gonna be a bit late as I drop into bed and hope that I don't wake up
Yes, like the dead, Sarge, like the dead. Kind of feels like two full time jobs for him, bulty. *reads the current RP*
Jittery, as you've noticed in the other thread. The other name is a lot more fun to use. But swannie it is. So family fun huh?
Thank-you. I'm so used to the other two it's weird hearing that one. Yep. My family and I are very close and we almost always celebrate events together.
lol Yeah. I just... wish I could see them more often. They live across-state. Buuut when/if I move my sister and her family will be only 45 minutes away. >.>
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Three months ago, I purchased a laptop opening a credit card account CompUSA offered at their store. It took me about an hour to select a computer, adn the clerk kept reassuring me that if I didn't like it, I had 21 days to bring it back and I would get a full refund. I took it back the next day, and they pointed at a small sign on the counter table where precisely my computer box (larger than the sign) had covered it the day before. According to it, open computer boxes only get store credits. The clerk added, why I had opened the box if I was going to bring it back. Well, if I knew I going to bring it back, in the first place, I wouldn't have purchased it. And the clerk accused me of opening the warranty box, which certainly I did not open because I had been told explicitly by another clerk the day before not to open it, and I wasn't going to keep the item--why would I open the warranty papers? The clerk literally tried tearing the package in front of me saying that I had opened it. I told her it was completely sealed it, and NOT to break it open herself. This is how far CompUSA people are willing to go to make money. When I complained to the store manager, very politely and poised (because I know that showing emotion under such a circumstance, only fires back) the guy kicked me out of the store. At any rate, the second complaint is that CompUSA is so desperate to make money that they will openly cheat the customer. I made a monthly payment over the phone on the store credit card paying an extra $15 fee to have the payment go through the same day. Because of a number of fishy practices I had encountered previously, I actually called back that day with the confirmation number to verify that the payment went through. They assured me that the payment went through. The next month, when I got my statement I saw that they had charged me a penalty fee of $25. I called to inquire about the fee, and they said that they did not receive the payment. I said I even had a confirmation number that the payment went through, and asked whether they could remove the penalty fee. They refused. I have never seen anywhere else such a dishonest business practice. I have other very unpleasant experiences with this store/company, but I'll keep it brief.
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Posted by tander on 2006-03-15:
I've never shopped there for computers or anything else, do you mind me asking what kind of computer you bought, that you weren't satisfied with?
Posted by Ponie on 2006-03-15:
Sorry to hear of your perceived problem. I've had very good luck with CompUSA. That's where I purchased my desktop and printer. Because my ISP was battling with the store, each blaming the other for not being able to hook up to the Internet, the tech from CompUSA made 3 trips to my home until I was finally up and running--there was no additional charge for the 'house calls.' Don't know how their credit cards work because I paid $1,850 cash for my system. With that background, if I ever need another computer, CompUSA gets my money.
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Nrithya Andrews might not have been her teacher's favourite but she definitely became her students' beloved. With Teacher's Day round the corner, Vipasha Sinha talks to her about the reversal of fortunes
Define a cool teacher? The one they show in movies: a charming, young lady whom every student loves. The age difference between her and her students is not much and she helps her students not just in their studies but also in the 'examination' called life. And what if she is also a hot-shot musician, with some popular songs and an album to her credit?
Twenty three-year-old singer, song-writer, composer Nrithya Andrews, who worked as an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at MOP Vaishnav College for Women from 2012-2013, is just that. She says, "My students made me sing in class from time to time. They would threaten 'Ma'am we won't listen when you take class if you don't sing first'."
Dig a little deeper and comes out the bitter-sweet story of being a teacher. "My grandmother was a teacher and vice principal of a school. A lot of people said I take after her. So I figured teaching should be in my blood. However, the reason I took up this job was because back in school I was every teachers' nightmare. I felt the need to prove it to myself and to others that it was only a bad phase," says Nrithya, who released her album Bitter-Sweet in March 2013.
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∝"I was nervous. You have 52 pairs of eyes judging you. I gave them a general introduction of my background and then asked them to introduce themselves. I did the standard thing. But, because I was aware of my age and that the students may take me for granted, I made it clear in my first class itself that I was very particular about deadlines. I also forewarned them about making me angry."
Ma'am, who me?
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The struggle phase
"My first few classes were bad, as I was trying to follow some prescribed method of teaching. I eventually found my own style of lecturing in a week's time and I got more comfortable."
No teacher overdose
"What worked with the students was that I did not over do the teacher-thing. I knew I was 23 and up until a month ago, was a student. So, I gave them a long rope. There was no point in pretending to be strict as the senior teachers. Students can see right through it. I let them be from time to time. But I made sure no compromises were made academically."
A split-personality of sorts
"The first time my students saw me at a night club in a short skirt their jaws dropped. They had seen me only in a sari inside the campus, and when they saw me out partying they couldn't believe it. Their expressions were priceless."
The mother syndrome
"I realised that my students were staying longer at the party and it was 2 a.m. already. They were my first year students and I was worried about the 18-year-olds. I went to one of them and as soon as she saw me, she blurted 'I finished the assignments Ma'am.' It was funny. I asked her if she had a curfew and if all of them had a ride back home. A friend then interrupted and asked me to stop being a 'Ma'am' at the club. Well, that made sense."
A surprise birthday
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Piers Morgan blasted by Matt Prior as Kevin Pietersen fallout continues
Andrew Wu Matt Prior has launched a savage attack on Piers Morgan after the talk show host accused the England wicketkeeper of undermining former coach Andy Flower during the Ashes.
Kevin Pietersen 'good as gold' for England duties
Andrew Wu Kevin Pietersen reaffirms his commitment to playing for England after being drawn into the drama arising from the shock departure of Graeme Swann.
Showman Kevin Pietersen gives his best and worst
Andrew Wu Kevin Pietersen bristled at suggestions on Christmas Eve that he no longer harboured the hunger and pride to play for England - three days later he showed why those doubts remained.
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Andrew Wu Kevin Pietersen bristled at suggestions on Christmas Eve that he no longer harboured the hunger and pride to play for England; three days later he showed why those doubts remain.
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Andrew Wu Shane Warne has continued his goading of Alastair Cook, this time by suggesting former bad boy Kevin Pietersen should return as England captain.
The Ashes: Kevin Pietersen's knee, rain trouble England
Andrew Wu Kevin Pietersen is downplaying the seriousness of the knee problem that has him in doubt for the first Test, as England's meticulous Ashes preparation continues to be foiled by injuries and bad...
Ashes tour: Kevin Pietersen turns final Test warm-up into a comedy
Andrew Wu Kevin Pietersen missed his chance for a long innings before the first Test but, judging by the contempt with which he treated England's final warm-up, he clearly did not think he needed it.
Jetlagged Kevin Pietersen struggles to make grade in Perth
Andrew Wu If Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris and company want to shut down Kevin Pietersen this summer, then they had better get him into the middle as early as possible judging by the success several Perth grade...
Kevin Pietersen makes quickfire runs before crazy finish
Andrew Wu It was a case of the bizarre and at times farcical, but by the end of Pietersen's innings.
Australians pile on the pain as England crashes once again
Andrew Wu Mickey Arthur says he ''could be interested'' in coaching England but he may well have changed his mind.
Demoralised England suffer last indignity of long summer
Andrew Wu Mickey Arthur says he ''could be interested'' in coaching England but he may well have changed his mind after the visitors plunged to their second series whitewash of the summer and allowed Australia...
KP wishes England all the best in bittersweet tweet
Andrew Wu Kevin Pietersen has wished England all the best for the future a day after being given his marching order by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
England peaked against South Africa, says Ken Schofield
Andrew Wu An architect of resurgence of English cricket believes team does not need wholesale changes.
Ashes 2013: England have been on slide for 18 months, says Ken Schofield
Andrew Wu One of the architects of the resurgence of English cricket, which came to a screeching halt this summer, believes Andy Flower's team peaked 18 months before they surrendered the urn to Australia.
Graeme Swann triggers war of words
Andrew Wu England edges closer to self-destruction after fallout from Graeme Swann's sensational exit interview plunges unhappy Ashes campaign from disarray into farce.
Graeme Swann's bombshell plunges England's Ashes tour to new low
Andrew Wu England are edging closer to self-destruction after the fallout from Graeme Swann's sensational exit interview plunged their unhappy Ashes campaign from disarray into farce on Monday.
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Piers Morgan prepares to face Brett Lee, despite risk to health
Andrew Wu Piers Morgan – talk-show host, former newspaper editor and cricket tragic – is talking tough as he prepares to take on Brett Lee in the nets.
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Chris Barrett, Andrew Wu LYING poolside sans shirt, Kevin Pietersen is without a care in the world.
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Andrew Wu Australia's batsmen have been set the challenge of batting first on a lively SCG pitch after being sent in by Alastair Cook in the fifth Test.


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Los Angeles firefighters Dan Will and Brett Porter returned to their former elementary school in Moorpark on Wednesday to read to students as part of Read Across America Day activities at the Arroyo West Active Learning Academy.
First-graders' faces lit up as Will, 27, who is based in Van Nuys, and Porter, 27, based in Sherman Oaks, entered the classroom in full uniform to read "The Giving Tree."
"I like this book. It kind of teaches the kids about sharing," said Will, who lives in Newbury Park.
"When I was a kid, I always enjoyed having firemen, policemen, people in uniform come into school. They're people you see in the community every day and then they come to your school, and it was cool. That was an experience you don't forget, and I kind of wanted to give that back," he said.
First-grade teacher Eusebia Grajeda said, "I think it's an honor for them to come and visit us and it's very special for them to take time out of their busy day to come and read for our children."
Read Across America is a nationwide program sponsored by the National Education Association that annually celebrates the March 2, 1904, birthday of the late Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss.
"By having members of the community come in and read to students, we're trying to help them see the importance of reading," said Program Coordinator Amy Miller, who organized Wednesday's activities at Arroyo West, a K-5 magnet school.
On the playground, children crowded around a pen containing two 2-month-old Tennessee fainting goats brought to the school by Adriane Levy, an instructional aide in the Moorpark Unified School District.
"They're so cute and so fluffy. I like that they're really gentle," said second-grader Sara Oviedo, 7.
Levy used the goats as a living illustration for the book she chose to read, "Beatrice's Goat."
"It's about a little girl who lives in Uganda and dreams of going to school. It's based on a true story. Her family survives by getting a goat from The Heifer Project and the goat brings them two new goats and then milk and money from selling the milk and the little girl saves enough to be able to go to school," said Levy. "I could see in the students' eyes that I was making the connection."
Over in the developmental kindergarten classroom, sheriff's Deputy Paul Higgason with the Moorpark Police Department read the tale of "Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale."
"Since we've lost some of our community resources like the D.A.R.E. (anti-drug) program, I think it's important for law enforcement to have as much contact with kids in our community as possible. That's number one," said Higgason. "Number two, it's simply to get them excited about reading. I talk about how much reading I have to do and how much writing I have to do in my work and it's important for them to learn how to read and write."


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pytest implements all aspects of configuration, collection, running and reporting by calling well specified hooks. Virtually any Python module can be registered as a plugin. It can implement any number of hook functions (usually two or three) which all have a pytest_ prefix, making hook functions easy to distinguish and find. There are three basic location types:
local conftest.py plugins contain directory-specific hook implementations. Session and test running activities will invoke all hooks defined in conftest.py files closer to the root of the filesystem. Example: Assume the following layout and content of files:
def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
# called for running each test in 'a' directory
print ("setting up", item)
def test_sub():
def test_flat():
Here is how you might run it:
py.test test_flat.py # will not show "setting up"
py.test a/test_sub.py # will show "setting up"
If you have conftest.py files which do not reside in a python package directory (i.e. one containing an __init__.py) then "import conftest" can be ambiguous because there might be other conftest.py files as well on your PYTHONPATH or sys.path. It is thus good practise for projects to either put conftest.py under a package scope or to never import anything from a conftest.py file.
Installing a plugin happens through any usual Python installation tool, for example:
pip install pytest-NAME
pip uninstall pytest-NAME
If a plugin is installed, pytest automatically finds and integrates it, there is no need to activate it. We have a beta page listing all 3rd party plugins and their status and here is a little annotated list for some popular plugins:
You may discover more plugins through a pytest- pypi.python.org search.
If you want to write a plugin, there are many real-life examples you can copy from:
All of these plugins implement the documented well specified hooks to extend and add functionality.
If you want to make your plugin externally available, you may define a so-called entry point for your distribution so that pytest finds your plugin module. Entry points are a feature that is provided by setuptools or Distribute. pytest looks up the pytest11 entrypoint to discover its plugins and you can thus make your plugin available by defining it in your setuptools/distribute-based setup-invocation:
# sample ./setup.py file
from setuptools import setup
packages = ['myproject']
# the following makes a plugin available to pytest
entry_points = {
'pytest11': [
'name_of_plugin = myproject.pluginmodule',
If a package is installed this way, pytest will load myproject.pluginmodule as a plugin which can define well specified hooks.
pytest loads plugin modules at tool startup in the following way:
by loading all builtin plugins
by loading all plugins registered through setuptools entry points.
by pre-scanning the command line for the -p name option and loading the specified plugin before actual command line parsing.
by loading all conftest.py files as inferred by the command line invocation:
Note that pytest does not find conftest.py files in deeper nested sub directories at tool startup. It is usually a good idea to keep your conftest.py file in the top level test or project root directory.
by recursively loading all plugins specified by the pytest_plugins variable in conftest.py files
You can require plugins in a test module or a conftest file like this:
pytest_plugins = "name1", "name2",
When the test module or conftest plugin is loaded the specified plugins will be loaded as well. You can also use dotted path like this:
pytest_plugins = "myapp.testsupport.myplugin"
which will import the specified module as a pytest plugin.
If a plugin wants to collaborate with code from another plugin it can obtain a reference through the plugin manager like this:
plugin = config.pluginmanager.getplugin("name_of_plugin")
If you want to look at the names of existing plugins, use the --traceconfig option.
If you want to find out which plugins are active in your environment you can type:
py.test --traceconfig
and will get an extended test header which shows activated plugins and their names. It will also print local plugins aka conftest.py files when they are loaded.
You can prevent plugins from loading or unregister them:
py.test -p no:NAME
This means that any subsequent try to activate/load the named plugin will it already existing. See Finding out which plugins are active for how to obtain the name of a plugin.
You can find the source code for the following plugins in the pytest repository.
_pytest.assertion | support for presenting detailed information in failing assertions. |
_pytest.capture | per-test stdout/stderr capturing mechanisms, |
_pytest.config | command line options, ini-file and conftest.py processing. |
_pytest.doctest | discover and run doctests in modules and test files. |
_pytest.genscript | generate a single-file self-contained version of pytest |
_pytest.helpconfig | version info, help messages, tracing configuration. |
_pytest.junitxml | report test results in JUnit-XML format, for use with Hudson and build integration servers. |
_pytest.mark | generic mechanism for marking and selecting python functions. |
_pytest.monkeypatch | monkeypatching and mocking functionality. |
_pytest.nose | run test suites written for nose. |
_pytest.pastebin | submit failure or test session information to a pastebin service. |
_pytest.pdb | interactive debugging with PDB, the Python Debugger. |
_pytest.pytester | (disabled by default) support for testing pytest and pytest plugins. |
_pytest.python | Python test discovery, setup and run of test functions. |
_pytest.recwarn | recording warnings during test function execution. |
_pytest.resultlog | log machine-parseable test session result information in a plain |
_pytest.runner | basic collect and runtest protocol implementations |
_pytest.main | core implementation of testing process: init, session, runtest loop. |
_pytest.skipping | support for skip/xfail functions and markers. |
_pytest.terminal | terminal reporting of the full testing process. |
_pytest.tmpdir | support for providing temporary directories to test functions. |
_pytest.unittest | discovery and running of std-library "unittest" style tests. |
pytest calls hook functions to implement initialization, running, test execution and reporting. When pytest loads a plugin it validates that each hook function conforms to its respective hook specification. Each hook function name and its argument names need to match a hook specification. However, a hook function may accept fewer parameters by simply not specifying them. If you mistype argument names or the hook name itself you get an error showing the available arguments.
(deprecated) modify command line arguments before option parsing.
return initialized config object, parsing the specified args.
return dict of name->object to be made globally available in the pytest namespace. This hook is called before command line options are parsed.
register argparse-style options and ini-style config values.
This function must be implemented in a plugin and is called once at the beginning of a test run.
Parameters: | parser – To add command line options, call parser.addoption(...). To add ini-file values call parser.addini(...). |
Options can later be accessed through the config object, respectively:
The config object is passed around on many internal objects via the .config attribute or can be retrieved as the pytestconfig fixture or accessed via (deprecated) pytest.config.
called for performing the main command line action. The default implementation will invoke the configure hooks and runtest_mainloop.
All all runtest related hooks receive a pytest.Item object.
implements the runtest_setup/call/teardown protocol for the given test item, including capturing exceptions and calling reporting hooks.
Parameters: |
Return boolean: | True if no further hook implementations should be invoked. |
called after pytest_runtest_call.
Parameters: | nexitem – the scheduled-to-be-next test item (None if no further test item is scheduled). This argument can be used to perform exact teardowns, i.e. calling just enough finalizers so that nextitem only needs to call setup-functions. |
return a _pytest.runner.TestReport object for the given pytest.Item and _pytest.runner.CallInfo.
For deeper understanding you may look at the default implementation of these hooks in _pytest.runner and maybe also in _pytest.pdb which interacts with _pytest.capture and its input/output capturing in order to immediately drop into interactive debugging when a test failure occurs.
The _pytest.terminal reported specifically uses the reporting hook to print information about a test run.
pytest calls the following hooks for collecting files and directories:
return True to prevent considering this path for collection. This hook is consulted for all files and directories prior to calling more specific hooks.
called before traversing a directory for collection files.
return collection Node or None for the given path. Any new node needs to have the specified parent as a parent.
For influencing the collection of objects in Python modules you can use the following hook:
return custom item/collector for a python object in a module, or None.
After collection is complete, you can modify the order of items, delete or otherwise amend the test items:
Session related reporting hooks:
And here is the central hook for reporting about test execution:
There are few hooks which can be used for special reporting or interaction with exceptions:
access to configuration values, pluginmanager and plugin hooks.
access to command line option as attributes. (deprecated), use getoption() instead
a pluginmanager instance
add a line to an ini-file option. The option must have been declared but might not yet be set in which case the line becomes the the first line in its value.
return configuration value from an ini file. If the specified name hasn't been registered through a prior parser.addini call (usually from a plugin), a ValueError is raised.
return command line option value.
Parameters: | name – name of the option. You may also specify the literal --OPT option instead of the "dest" option name. |
Parser for command line arguments and ini-file values.
get (or create) a named option Group.
Name : | name of the option group. |
Description : | long description for –help output. |
After : | name of other group, used for ordering –help output. |
The returned group object has an addoption method with the same signature as parser.addoption but will be shown in the respective group in the output of pytest. --help.
register a command line option.
Opts : | option names, can be short or long options. |
Attrs : | same attributes which the add_option() function of the argparse library accepts. |
After command line parsing options are available on the pytest config object via config.option.NAME where NAME is usually set by passing a dest attribute, for example addoption("--long", dest="NAME", ...).
register an ini-file option.
Name : | name of the ini-variable |
Type : | type of the variable, can be pathlist, args or linelist. |
Default : | default value if no ini-file option exists but is queried. |
The value of ini-variables can be retrieved via a call to config.getini(name).
base class for Collector and Item the test collection tree. Collector subclasses have children, Items are terminal nodes.
a unique name within the scope of the parent node
the parent collector node.
the pytest config object
the session this node is part of
filesystem path where this node was collected from (can be None)
keywords/markers collected from all scopes
allow adding of extra keywords to use for matching
return list of all parent collectors up to self, starting from root of collection tree.
dynamically add a marker object to the node.
marker can be a string or pytest.mark.* instance.
get a marker object from this node or None if the node doesn't have a marker with that name.
Bases: _pytest.main.Node
Collector instances create children through collect() and thus iteratively build a tree.
Bases: exceptions.Exception
an error during collection, contains a custom message.
Bases: _pytest.main.Node
a basic test invocation item. Note that for a single function there might be multiple test invocation items.
Bases: _pytest.main.File, _pytest.python.PyCollector
Collector for test classes and functions.
Bases: _pytest.python.FunctionMixin, _pytest.main.Item, _pytest.python.FuncargnamesCompatAttr
a Function Item is responsible for setting up and executing a Python test function.
Result/Exception info a function invocation.
context of invocation: one of "setup", "call", "teardown", "memocollect"
None or ExceptionInfo object.
Basic test report object (also used for setup and teardown calls if they fail).
normalized collection node id
a (filesystempath, lineno, domaininfo) tuple indicating the actual location of a test item - it might be different from the collected one e.g. if a method is inherited from a different module.
a name -> value dictionary containing all keywords and markers associated with a test invocation.
test outcome, always one of "passed", "failed", "skipped".
None or a failure representation.
one of 'setup', 'call', 'teardown' to indicate runtest phase.
list of (secname, data) extra information which needs to marshallable
time it took to run just the test


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American Airlines flight attendants to protest company success
Here's the deal: flight attendants have had to stomach pay cuts, while executives have picked up a cool $100 million over the past six years. The flight attendants gave up $340 million a year in 2003.
I guess this is the difference between negotiating your own compensation and having a union do it for you.
American Airlines points out, according to the Boston Globe, that the largess doled out to the top dogs is incentive-based compensation, mostly tied to stock price. This isn't unusual for the executive suite, as it requires the brass to generate value for shareholders in order to score big. So, the fact that the execs were able to rake in some dough means they rewarded shareholders first.
The airline also points out that its executives have only been paid 65 percent of their "intended compensation," as the Globe puts it, over the past decade. Simply put: they have no choice but to take a pay cut when the airline fails to perform.
What's interesting is that a flight attendant quoted in the Globe's story wants "some accountability." She doesn't realize, however, that it's already there. The comp structure is designed for it.
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Nick Hawkins Apr 21st 2011 4:38PM
The thing is that when compared to other companies of that size, AA's exec compensation isn't *that* bad. And when bonuses are paid in stocks, it's a nice way to cheat on taxes without paying cash.
FA's should be asking what the APFA has done for them and if they're really worth while other than taking their dues.