About a month ago, I read a Counterpoint from the TIMCO president. I don't know what he thought he said but here is my take: "We adhere to the highest hiring practices..."; "we believe our practices are the best in the industry..."; "our safety standards surpass those required by...." This makes no sense. They hired noncertified, unqualified people. The standards don't say try to hire certified people.

"Supervised by appropriately certified, trained and qualified TIMCO personnel." You really don't require certified workers, only supervisors.

"We hope the News & Record's sensationalized coverage of our company..."; "charges by critics of TIMCO who, for the most part, are union employees..." Everyone is just out to get us. We all know the media and unions can't be trusted.

"The immigration issue exists on a national level and not solely within TIMCO." Everyone does it. If you don't believe you have done anything wrong, there is nothing to fix. Oh, by the way, I read where some of the immigrants needed interpreters in court. Wasn't there a clue here? If you don't have a command of English, how will you read the maintenance manuals?

What he should have said was: "I apologize. It happened on my watch. It won't happen again."

David Colin
Greensboro