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by **twinkle** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:17 pm

Did anyone else see the wonderful article in the Sunday Mail about CA pilots. There was a cut out form for you to adopt one of those friendly little critters.

I'd love to be able to scan and post it here. Made me :lol:

by **coredump** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:07 pm

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.ph ... &archive=1

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WE ARE PROUD to announce today the launch of the Coffeeshop Charity Appeal Fund, which will campaign to raise money for worthy causes. The aim is to help the less fortunate members of our society, who have not benefited from the plantation’s growing affluence, either because they were not lazy enough to qualify for a job in the public service or because they did not have the university degree that would allow them to become state school teachers.

These people need our help and we have decided to do something about it, to show them we care. We will use our establishment to publicise their plight in order to raise money for them and make their lives a little better. You, dear rear reader can help us, help them by giving generously to our Fund. Just fill in the coupon printed at the bottom of the page, make your cheque payable to the Coffeeshop Charity Appeal Fund and post it to the Sunday Mail.

We know there are thousands of people out there deserving help, but we will take one group at a time. Our first appeal will raise money for the much-maligned Cyprus Airways pilots, who have been treated very shabbily by the airline’s board and were forced to stage a four-hour work stoppage last Thursday in order to win some public sympathy. Despite standing in the bitter cold outside the legislature for over an hour, not a single cent was put in their collection box.

Yet the pilots will have their salaries cut by 30 per cent by a callous, money-grabbing board. What other workers have ever been forced to sacrifice a third of their salary? We know that other CY employees have accepted a 25 per cent pay cut, but they do not have loans for holiday homes and restaurants to support with their salaries. A pilot, on the other hand, who may have been earning 70 grand a year, will now have to survive on £49,000. How will he feed and clothe his family?

This is why we urge you to give generously to the Pancyprian Pilots’ Appeal Fund. You can also subscribe to our ‘Adopt a Cyprus Airways Pilot’ scheme, giving a little money every month to help a pilot feed and clothe his children.
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