Foreign ownership, they are trying again!

[BobbyBiplane]

Ownership is not the issue with US airlines ... it is the crappy international product. I have ridden more than 175,000 miles so far this year. Of these flights US carriers (about 33% of the flights) have been outclassed by every international carrier I have ridden, whether from Europe, Middle East or Asia. If the US carriers do not improve their customer service they will be reduced to second tier international carriers feeding superior international carriers (does Quantas sound familiar?). The customers will vote with their feet and ownership will have nothing to do with the change.

Bob

 

[Smarta$$]

Ownership is not the issue with US airlines ... it is the crappy international product. I have ridden more than 175,000 miles so far this year. Of these flights US carriers (about 33% of the flights) have been outclassed by every international carrier I have ridden, whether from Europe, Middle East or Asia. If the US carriers do not improve their customer service they will be reduced to second tier international carriers feeding superior international carriers (does Quantas sound familiar?). The customers will vote with their feet and ownership will have nothing to do with the change.

Bob

You mean America isn't the best? How can that be? I thought we had the best everything... Best Healthcare system in the world.... Best economic system in the world.... We are the BEST! What about the CONSTITUTION (that document that allowed slavery and didn't allow women and blacks to vote..., but you could have any gun you wanted!). What about the FOUNDING FATHERS! This can't be!

 

[turbodriver]

I found this 2006 voting record of politicians who blocked foreign airlines being allowed to control U.S. Airlines. I was sad to see that only 42% of Republicans voted to block foreign control of U.S. Airlines but 96% of Democrats voted to block foreign control. Why are many politicians in favor of strong immigration laws but satisfied with foreign countries controlling our airlines and outsourcing our jobs?

Voting Record: http://www.unitedafa.org/assets/pop/print.aspx?id=4314

Keep voting for those republicans on Tuesday. See where that gets your profession. Pilots who vote republican and claim they're pro labor crack me up.

 

[thunderworm]

very true about foreign carriers having a better international product. The last thing I want to deal with on a 14hr flight is some 60+ year old grandma complaining to me that she has to work today. I would much rather have a plane with 22 year old models that enjoy their job and have great service.

 

[Hair-on-Fire]

. It sounds like they have their eyes on long haul and high capacity traffic from other countries. .

That's all they've ever had their eyes on.........

 

[maru657]

Admittedly, I've been waiting on this for years. I'm just surprised that it's taken so long considering the voting habits of so many pilots. So many of the politicians that so many pilots seem to like have an annoying habit of supporting "free trade initiatives". These uasually seem to have a price tag that costs many Americans any hope of a stable career. Well, them chickens may have finally come home to roost. The end result of these initiatives will be to enhance corporate profitability and of course anything else would just be socialism.

 

[Flyer1015]

Yeah....


...because American ownership of US airlines has a done a great deal for us labor, hasn't it?

 

[Flyby1206]

Yeah....


...because American ownership of US airlines has a done a great deal for us labor, hasn't it?

Yea, US airlines have been failing for decades, so why would any foreign carrier want to buy one? Only to support the foreign carrier's international flights, at the sacrifice of any domestic route structure.

This is a great interview with Bob Crandall and he covers many topics, among them foreign ownership in Part 2. Long but worth it

http://www.law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/aviation_law/crandall_interview.asp

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Yea, US airlines have been failing for decades, so why would any foreign carrier want to buy one? Only to support the foreign carrier's international flights, at the sacrifice of any domestic route structure.

This is a great interview with Bob Crandall and he covers many topics, among them foreign ownership in Part 2. Long but worth it

http://www.law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/aviation_law/crandall_interview.asp

Are you sure? Or is it the same reason as to why foreign companies have been buying and investing in the US like crazy in the past 5 years, everything from real state, failed restaurants, energy companies, technology companies, they know that the recovery in the US will be big, this country is set to come back and come back big. They are interested because they feel confident that they will do better managing these airlines, they see the potential.

 

[maru657]

Yeah....


...because American ownership of US airlines has a done a great deal for us labor, hasn't it?

Guess someone missed the entire context. It's not ownership, it never was. It's always been labor. Blue coller employees thinking their white coller and voting accordingly.