Originally Posted by gloopy

And the UAE, where unions are flat out illegal, is subsidized by the import/export bank as well as government favoritism to the direct disadvantage of all US carriers. Oh and they just announced a massive US expansion and are exponentially increasing their cargo ops.

However they do have a lot of leverage. If we don't let them have their way with us, they might not let us be the defense provider for their entire region at our expense.