We all agree that this form of cabotage, if it were to be passed, could be detrimental to our careers. And although not an ALPA guy myself, I'm in the trenches (so to speak) with all of you. And will write all the letters I can to stop it should it again come up for a vote.
What I don't understand though, is that in light of the potential hijacking threats from foriegn based airlines, why would such legislation would even be considered? Has anyone brought THAT up in their letters to the powers that be?
Isn't it a little ironic, or rather MORONIC, that on one hand we are worried about someone hijacking a cargo plane from outside the U.S. and yet some folks in the gov't think it's perfectly OK for foreign carriers to have free reign? Okay, I realize there are already several foreign carriers entering our skies everyday, but they terminate at a given Int'l airport and that's that. Am I missing something here? Could someone please explain the logic?
What I don't understand though, is that in light of the potential hijacking threats from foriegn based airlines, why would such legislation would even be considered? Has anyone brought THAT up in their letters to the powers that be?
Isn't it a little ironic, or rather MORONIC, that on one hand we are worried about someone hijacking a cargo plane from outside the U.S. and yet some folks in the gov't think it's perfectly OK for foreign carriers to have free reign? Okay, I realize there are already several foreign carriers entering our skies everyday, but they terminate at a given Int'l airport and that's that. Am I missing something here? Could someone please explain the logic?