And why is foreign ownership bad...

[waveflyer]

let's say turnaround's fair play-- and continental bought air france--- would you integrate the seniority lists? would you want access to their flying?

i'm of the opinion that it can't get much worse- but the naysayers think of mexican/s. american pilots flowing into the u.s. and doing the job for a LOT less than we could imagine.

 

[lionflyer]

let's say turnaround's fair play-- and continental bought air france--- would you integrate the seniority lists? would you want access to their flying?

i'm of the opinion that it can't get much worse- but the naysayers think of mexican/s. american pilots flowing into the u.s. and doing the job for a LOT less than we could imagine.

Have you ever heard Mexicana on the radio? Could you imagin that everywhere?

 

[flyburg]

BA practically owns Heathrow, which I believe is the busiest in the world for international departures, which is where you make margins like that...

Actually BAA (british airport authority) owns LHR, BAA in turn is owned by a spanish company.

LHR is the most expensive airport for operators in Europe followed by AMS.

So BA's high profits are not because LHR but in spite of.

 

[yournextFO]

Foreign ownership? Before long domestic crews will be staged out of India and paid 35 cents/hour!

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

You got it...

Foreign ownership means foreign jobs...

Can some explain why they think foreign ownership means that we will still be working?

 

[zasca]

I did not say BA owns heathrow, I was implying that they are the dominate carrier there, bar none. Yes it is an expensive airport, but that's because everyone wants those slots. Every international carrier makes money at that airport, in spite of "high costs". Des Moines, Iowa probably has cheap costs at their field, but I doubt anyone is making much money there....................

Xenophobia should not get in the way of effective, well run corporations. With the right safe guards, we can protect our jobs and get rid of the clowns that have done "oh so well" the last few decades.

 

[AC560]

Can some explain why they think foreign ownership means that we will still be working?

Probably for the same reason that lots of American's get up and go to work for foreign companies everyday?

 

[curtis46]

Have you ever heard Mexicana on the radio? Could you imagin that everywhere?

So you're saying illegal mexicans will be flying our airplanes?
w/o the right to work in the US that won't happend .worst case scenario we will all be flying for mexicana.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Probably for the same reason that lots of American's get up and go to work for foreign companies everyday?

The Toyota assembly plant doesn't go 8 miles/min and land in foreign countries....

 

[Freddie Spencer]

Disregard...

 

[HalinTexas]

Sorry, ain't gonna happen.

Indians, Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are all hiring American pilots. Many as off-the-street captains.

Emirates is over here recruiting too.

Don't believe all the hype about foreign pilots taking our jobs. We're too busy giving them away.

 

[superfly]

Open it all up baby

Americans should be able to buy foriegn carriers and vice versa. Lets face it, US airlines are terrible! Maybe a little competition and we passengers could tolerate a trans con flight in coach!

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Reference the maritime industry...

 

[FR8mastr]

Americans should be able to buy foriegn carriers and vice versa. Lets face it, US airlines are terrible! Maybe a little competition and we passengers could tolerate a trans con flight in coach!

competition? Every other month their was a new Airline du jour popping up, with their introductory airfares. All these new airlines sucked the life out of the legacy carriers who could only cut service and employees to try and compete. Americans wanted 39.00 airfares? well they got em. Now we will all pay. You are a pilot, you know how much it costs to run an airplane. If the seats don't pay that cost, there is something rotten going on. The last thing we need is more subsidized "competition"

 

[sqwkvfr]

Sorry, ain't gonna happen.

Indians, Chinese, Japanese and Koreans are all hiring American pilots. Many as off-the-street captains.

Emirates is over here recruiting too.

Don't believe all the hype about foreign pilots taking our jobs. We're too busy giving them away.

As I've said MANY times before, foreign pilots don't want to work here.

They can't afford the pay cut.