I can tell by the limited response to this thread having been started over a year ago, and ZERO responses to it till now that we're in A LOT of trouble. Pilots need to stand up and take notice!! The airlines are trying to open the doors to OUTSOURCE you.

There needs to be a zero-tolerance policy on foreign ownership. This would be the doors opening to "cabotage".

Cabotage /ˈkæbətɨdʒ/ is the transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country by a vessel or an aircraft registered in another country.


Before you know it all airliners here in the USA will be flagged in the Bahamas but operating from US point to US point, and crewed by commuting Filipinos willing to work for pennies on the dollar. Just like the cruise-lines are now. This would be The Airlines for America's wet dream come true. Ah-ahh! Not on my watch!.