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Sad being a passenger? Try being an employee out of work on Christmas Eve. It all stinks. But with perspective, you have a job. I was one of the people waving at you as you took off... And it didn't get me anywhere other than unemployed. And in comes the new year...

Aa a fourth party to the whole uk side of life I really feel sorry for all the lasses & lads who had to endure the stops in England ! You poor Buggers Didn't Know what was happening day to day so how the hell could a passenger know what was happening ! All the Best to you people who really tried to make it work ! Bugger you IDIOTS WHO TRIED TO BUILD EMPIRES IN YOUR OFFICES !!

I was in Las Vegas on Dec 23rd and was told an hour before my check-in time for the flight that it was cancelled. I was told to get to the airport as quickly as possible in order to jumpseat back to my home in Washington, DC before the press and TSA learned that our operations would cease the next day and our Crew IDs were invalidated or confiscated at the TSA checkpoints. By some Christmas miracle I got on a full Southwest flight to IAD with just a few minutes to spare. I wasn't "officially" notified of my unemployment until 15 hours after the press releases the next day. I feel for EVERY passenger, employee and investor. This was not handled well. I opened IAD for MAXjet and remember you from a flight or two. We ALL loved the company at the onset and really DID give 110%. We smiled through the embarassing delays and cancellations, doted on our guests as much as they would allow us to, and we watched in horror as bad management and deaf executives slowly killed our IAD base and the absolute devotion we had to the concept of MAXjet and the potential for us to help build something grand. We were lied to and forced to tell those lies to people who literally were our neighbors (my third grade teacher and her husband missed their 40th Anniversary cruise because of our delay one flight - and I was the purser onboard that day - my mother gave me an earful after this poor couple shared their story with their prayer group at MY PARENT'S HOUSE) and friends. I sent my brother and sister-in-law to STN from JFK on my Companion Passes two days before the company went out of business; they paid thousands to get home. I can't get in touch with anyone at the HQ and had to beg a security guard to allow me up to the office to return "company property" to them so I could possibly get my last paycheck (the property was a key to the overhead bins for the entertainment systems). I worked every trip they asked of me for months when they were short-staffed; I had four days off in a two month span - I didn't get paid for many of these "Incentive Pay" or overtime trips for months now and will probably never see the thousands I am owed. I will never regret the effort I put into smiling for twelve hours nonstop without a break on a full flight with a crew missing two or three or the flight attendants originally scheduled; I will never forget the hugs and letters from passengers after my crew and I turned a nightmare at the airport into a dream in the sky; I will always remember that MAXjet was unique in the beginning in that we were paid what other airlines paid their flight attendants after at least seven years of service, we were salaried instead of paid by the hours we actually flew, we went to dinner in London regularly with our CEO and even got tipsy with our entire board of directors on one magical night that only happens with airline people being involved, we went to the Maldives on a charter and were treated by the company to bungalows on the beach on an island reserved only for us, we could be proud and enthusiastic when we told people about our company, and that other flight attendants envied our treatment before jumping ship and joining us at the company as well; and I will always know in my heart that when we opened IAD, we were truly a family for a brief time and will never again experience this in corporate America again. Anyway, I'm bitter but better for the experience. Thanks for the ear.

I was an employee as well, in LAX the day before the bankruptcy, I to was scheduled to fly out. When my flight was canceled, my crew and I jokingly talked about "this would be our last trip." Sadly it was, all I can say is yes, it sucked for the passengers, employees and pretty much everyone involved. I am still fighting for my las check, as the one I was issued was grossly wrong. However, in retrospect, as an employee I was never treated so well by an airline in my life! This was my third Flight Attendant position with an airline, all of which before Maxjet treated me like common trash and dirt. I was a number to them, but as an employee of Maxjet, I was a family member. I wish this airline would have been around for a lot longer!