Look before you leap, NJASAP!

[B19 Flyer]

Safety does not matter in the airline business. Just look at our governing body.

Huh? The oversight has nothing to with safety.

It's like saying that running a stop sign and having an accident was the cop's fault for not stopping you when you ran the stoplight. No, the rules are there.

 

[CastofThousands]

They're knocking at the front door, again...

ALPA has slowed the deterioration of the profession. In every instance listed within this thread a pilot initiated and followed through with the action - on behalf of the profession.

National representation is yesterday and very Twentieth Century. Unless the revolution from the rank and file professional pilot begins the evolution of re-organizing labor, not just at the National level ... but accross the Atlantic as well, the outlook is not too good. Cabatage and foreign ownership will soon fall as a result of globalization. At that point in time we will see Deregulation (a la 1978) Part 2. And, a National pilot union will become it's own worst enemy - too slow and too politically driven. More so than today and those Nationally represented pilot groups will be much worse off than the more fluid property specific independant associations (aka unions).

Go global and industry segment specific, or don't waste the time and effort. National representation is very Twentieth Century - welcome to the Twenty-First Century. It's a hell of a hill to climb, and unless the profession is prepared to take drastic measures (like a not-so-legal national system shutdown), it will be more of the same - slowing the deterioration of the profession.

IMHO,

U.S. to Propose Loosening
Rules on Airline Ownership

By DANIEL MICHAELS
May 13, 2008 9:27 a.m.
BRUSSELS -- In a move that could significantly boost international investments in airlines and lead to further consolidation, the U.S. government plans to propose relaxing world-wide rules restricting the ownership of air carriers.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation Affairs John Byerly said in an interview that he plans to present the proposal to European Union negotiators at meetings on aviation deregulation in Slovenia on Thursday. The U.S. will propose that the EU jointly invite dozens of countries around the world to scrap restrictions that hamper cross-border investments in airlines, Mr. Byerly said.
The restrictions are enshrined in a global treaty from 1944 that states that an airline from any country must be owned and controlled by citizens of that country. This clause has been used to block foreign takeovers of airlines, has made cross-border airline mergers difficult, and has shielded weak carriers that otherwise would have gone bankrupt.
"This would reduce the barriers to cross-border investment," Mr. Byerly said.
Write to Daniel Michaels at [email protected]

 

[Fozzy]

Read that yesterday. I was wondering when it would find its way here. Wonder if the guys on the Regional/Majors board have read and understood it.

 

[gunfyter]

The FIX is IN...

Watch:www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQFySxzznw