Mike Boyd

Mike Boyd
basically good taught
He basically taught me to be good at what I did,
airport
If the (Melbourne) airport didn't do this, they'd be remiss.
airline blood cash run
In the airline business, cash is like blood - you run out, you die.
bargaining clout maintained mean means usual
It doesn't mean there's going to be a strike, it just means that they've maintained some of their clout at the bargaining table. This is a usual part of the negotiations.
pay
Their pay won't be what it used to be.
time
For me, the time is now, the place is Edmonton,
intention
(It's) all with the intention of being more transparent.
iceberg sound
That scraping sound may not be an iceberg after all,
culture days edmonton known likely police policing reputation throughout
I have long known throughout my days in policing about the progressive, international reputation of the Edmonton Police Service. For me, this is where it is likely to happen, where a progressive police culture is part of the culture.
defensive good job minutes taking ten
Ten minutes and we didn't get anything. That hurt. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense, and we did a good job of taking them out of theirs. It was an old-fashioned defensive struggle.
bottom company normal
This is not like a normal negotiation - the company set the bottom line, and that was it.
calendar people ticked
If those people making the calendar are ticked off, they have a reason.
customer monkey people repeat service
It's like monkey see, monkey bad. People say customer service is bad, so people just repeat that.
screaming yelling
There will be screaming and yelling and gnashing of teeth, but at the end of the day it will probably get approved. They know what's at stake.