And, how are health service staff faring?
But there is no way of knowing how the other four members of the staff will fare; Denny Neagle and three middle relievers provide as much mystery as the meat served in college cafeterias.
Carriers are also cutting routes and staff, raising fares and imposing new fees.
The figure puts the UK behind all but six of the 88 countries included in the study, with UK staff only faring better on pay than those in Hong Kong, Slovakia and Portugal (1.2%), Ireland (0.8%), Latvia (0.67%) and Singapore (0.22%).
Black and minority ethnic (BME) staff do not fare much better.
How will the Tigers' staff ace Justin Verlander fare against an opportunistic Giants attack?
That is one reason Cathay said it focused on service and staff, rather than fares, flight frequencies and destinations, in its campaign.
But Bank of America has been obliged to apologise for asking 23 staff to refund fares for the US Airways flight which splash-landed in New York's Hudson River.
In 2011, 80percentt of the nation's public transit systems faced such severe deficits that they eliminated or cut back routes, laid off staff or raised fares, according to an August survey from the American Public Transportation Association.
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