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02-20-2007, 11:06 AM

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Flying Low

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Originally Posted by SikPilot

What about the planes that have the heavy maintenance done in places like South America? I'm not too comfortable with that scenario.

While I agree that there might be some good reasons to try and stop outsourcing of American jobs, I've heard a lot of people say that drug abuse is much less common in the countries that produce the drugs than the countries that buy them (i.e. the U.S.).
No statistics to back that up, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

Last edited by Flying Low; 02-20-2007 at 12:15 PM.

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