J.P. Morgan pushes UAL/US merger

[lowecur]

Bad.

Look at the maritime industry. See any American Maritime Officers commanding ships outside of US boarders?

The foreign investors will put non US Pilots on the lucrative WB routes and us Americans will be left flying NB domestic. We will have some WB for transcon to protect CRAF, that the US gov't might have to subsidize.


It is a real shame that our gov't doesn't care about us Air Line Pilots..

Actually, let's hope the Feds learned some lessons. Commandeering a/c will be difficult unless the Feds put some caveats to allow them to do just that. That should include a mandatory rule that the planes and airline remain domiciled in the US, and flown by US pilots.

imp:​

 

[PCL_128]

Actually, foreign ownership is more likely. The government will lift the foreign ownership rules and let the foreign carriers prop us all up.

Unlikely with Dem majorities in the House and Senate. Some limited form of regulation that allows for price fixing combined with bailouts is far more likely.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Actually, let's hope the Feds learned some lessons. Commandeering a/c will be difficult unless the Feds put some caveats to allow them to do just that. That should include a mandatory rule that the planes and airline remain domiciled in the US, and flown by US pilots.

imp:​

With foreign investment comes cabatoge. A WB from the EU lands in NY gets new pax and flies to LA, then back to NY then to the EU. All by EU pilots.

A mandatory rule?

Sure... all NB domiciled in the US are flown by US pilots... so a handful of us get the crappy domestic jobs...

But that doesn't stop the cabatoge of WB.

How about a mega hub just over the boarder in MEX? Lots of NB flying into the US from there. A mex crew flying for a "US" airline does a four day trip that starts in MEX then hits CONUS until the last leg home...

"Welcome aboard Amereekan, this is your Capitan, Pedro."


A vote for McCain will help it become reality...

 

[Yuppyguppy]

McCain will never get my vote...ever!

 

[Soulfly]

Amazing how many people will vote for McCain.

He is as Anti-labor as it gets, yet airline pilots will trip over themselves to vote for him.

Again, it will be about the three G's and not the really important issues.

Nothing like voting against your own self interests.

 

[FlyinGuy]

People have other reasons for voting. Labor is just one issue of many.

 

[Andrew_VT]

ha the 3 Gs. I'd never heard that before but its easy to figure out...sums up the mindset pretty effectively! I'm going to have to start using it.

 

[PCL_128]

People have other reasons for voting. Labor is just one issue of many.

The other issues don't mean much when you can't afford to put a roof over your head and feed your kids.

 

[pipe]

Be sure to place your votes based on guns, abortion, and religion again :angryfire (none of which will change regardless of who is elected).



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[Andrew_VT]

Be sure to place your votes based on guns, abortion, and religion again :angryfire (none of which will change regardless of who is elected).
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Thats what was said with the 3 G's! Simple mindsets deserve a simple summation.