Pilot / Flying J to pay $92M for rebate program

Robin1953 wrote:
Not to be argumentative but the "general public" always pays for any such foolishness. It is called overhead.

I do agree that the 92M will ultimately be paid by the FJ/Pilot customers. Maybe a couple of cents/gallon. Bottom line is they need to do what they should to stay in business, and to satisfy their financial needs. And also to maintain their facilities and continue to support their 100's of thousands employees and suppliers.

And I do agree that FJ/Pilot caters to RV's and for that I do appreciate them. And also because they have identified the RV business as important to their business model, the RV community has spent millions of dollars with them. That does not make them a bad company. And for those that don't appreciate FJ/Pilot, they are free to drive on by, to choose many other businesses that offer the services they want.

However good management principles should require they fire those employees that implemented this scheme, and ultimately cost the corporation all the legal costs and the 92M settlement. Yes...the executives and managers that were responsible. And no severance/retirement packages either. And no help with their legal fees to avoid prosecution. They now face prosecution. In fact FJ/Pilot should be prosecuting them as well. Not that they'll ever recoup anything from them. But they need to send a strong signal that they won't accept such behavior in the future.