Originally Posted by
cmrflyer
No, the only reason we don't already have foreign ownership here is because groups like alpa fight it tooth and nail. Have you ever looked at foreign pay scales, American pilots are the some of the lowest paid pilots out there. We are the cheap labour we should worry about. Why do you think so many of us do contract work abroad, its not for the exotic food, it's because thats where the money is.
OK Money, employ at will, no unions, crappy work rules, occasionally weird cultural differences, bias against yank pilots. Ask any expat pilot who has seen both where life is better - a US major or a overseas contract gig.
Of course the best airline to work for is the one that hires you - until the next better one does. I'm sure a expat contract gig beats unemployment, and I'm sure any WB job beats just about any RJ job
Were majority foreign ownership to pass what would the status be of pilot unions and the ability to use alter ego, or lower paid airliner within an airline type operations? I think we know the answer to that....