How long before airlines start hiring again?

[Flyer1015]

Airlines will start hiring again in 2012, when the age 65 rule forces some of those oldies out of the cockpit for good (this time)...

 

[belchfire]

sometime after the next ice age...that's my guess anyway.

 

[bigshooter107]

Come on . Its net income. really? 4% increase.

 

[bigshooter107]

Pretty much. I am going to have to limit what my small business produces in way of income so that my total income does not reach the mark of me owing the government 40% of MY work. Nothing like government mandating a population of under-achievers.

Of course, this is in fact what they want. They need their families to have zero competition.

Good luck.

 

[bigshooter107]

I also was in Berlin before the wall fell. It is very sobering, and had a profound affect on me, to see not just the wall but the tank traps, mine fields, and machine gun nests, in actual use, ready to be used against a country's own citizens.

Karl Marx did understand that there was a natural progression of society: capitalism morphs into socialism which morphs into fascism which morphs into dictatorship. It always ends with the government pointing a gun at you. That's why the founders thought the second amendment might be a good idea. We need to be paying attention to how the above progression is happening right before our eyes.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country from his goverment.

Oh my gosh the end of the world. I keep waiting for anyone, rep or dem to come up with the brilliant plan to save our economy. nuts. The man has only been in office for about two months, and has absolutly nothing to do with our current state of crisis. It would also be great if the talking heads on both sides could keep from refering to the Reagan years, FDR and other times in american history. It is almost like the military fighting the "last war" every time. This is unlike anything in American History. Even in the 80s the global economy was not as connected as now, not to mention the speed at which events in finacial system occur and have effect. Their are no EXSPERTS!
Keep a real eye on eastern europe if u want to talk about social unrest and real potential for disaster.

 

[JustaNumber]

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country from his goverment.

Oh my gosh the end of the world. I keep waiting for anyone, rep or dem to come up with the brilliant plan to save our economy. nuts. The man has only been in office for about two months, and has absolutly nothing to do with our current state of crisis. It would also be great if the talking heads on both sides could keep from refering to the Reagan years, FDR and other times in american history. It is almost like the military fighting the "last war" every time. This is unlike anything in American History. Even in the 80s the global economy was not as connected as now, not to mention the speed at which events in finacial system occur and have effect. Their are no EXSPERTS!
Keep a real eye on eastern europe if u want to talk about social unrest and real potential for disaster.

So much to address here. First, to mock most Americans' very real concerns about the tanking economy and our move toward socialism with your end of the world comment is insulting.

The previous president was partly responsible for the initiation of this crisis, but the current president holds much of the responsibility for its intensification. His length of time in office so far is irrelevant. The market is clearly responding to his actions and words, and it is not optimistic. The market will only turn around when it senses some hope for a brighter future, and it sees nothing but more taxation and wasteful deficit spending. Johnson had his "war on poverty"; Obama has started a "war on prosperity." The wealthy are being shamed into drastically reducing spending (no more private jets or expensive resorts), and the entire economy is suffering. Yes, he is very much responsible for the current state of things.

Of course today's events have a great deal of uniqueness, but much of what is happening today also happened in the 1930's. To not study and learn from history will cause us to repeat it. Furthermore, thinking that socialism will solve all our problems flies in the face of historical events.

You are onto something, though: the "experts" are clearly incompetent.

 

[waka]

As far as how long until the economy starts to turn around...how long until the current socialist-in-chief is removed from power?

Yes, that removing from power will be after his two terms because it will take at least that long to change the direction of the Bush regime's fiasco/debacle/circus.

 

[cozmokramer]

Two words.....Atlas Shrugged

 

[belchfire]

Two words.....Atlas Shrugged

So which one will furlough, Atlas or Polar?

 

[Andy Neill]

Their are no EXSPERTS!

A strong case of self-evidence.