Originally Posted by
PBSG
Bingo! Always amazes me when people I fly with complain about the union, negotiations and work rules then proudly says "I always vote Republican".
I wouldn't paint the picture so broadly with that brush.
Many an aviator served in the armed forces. Traditionally, Liberals and Democrats don't understand National Security or the Constitution, so those that have served look for candidates that "get it" on those issues.
Conservative candidates, who are't looking to re-write the constitution, or looking to turn the military into a GLBT camoflage fashion show tend to look for Republicans since to-date, a 3 party system hasn't really been viable.
I wouldn't say that I am anti-democrat. I am just in favor of politics that favor accurate interpretation and implementation of the core values of the constitution.
When you ask most Americans their view of airline pilots, they don't associate us with "labor" in the same tenor that they think of as the UAW, or the Amalgemated Meat Cutters Union.
I am all for labor, after all I pay 3 grand a year in union dues, but I am all for smaller government that actually reads the constitutuion instead of using it for a door stop.