Originally Posted by
Timbo
They have no trouble getting American trained pilots to fly for them, do they? The next step is when Air China, Air India, and Aero Mexico are flying our routes, in and out of the US of A, or even inside the USA.
Anyone recall what John McCain said, right after 9-11, when United was going bankrupt? I saw him at a press conference where someone asked him what would happen if UAL and some of the other majors went bankrupt, and shut down.
His answer was, "If they can't do it, we'll just have to let other international carriers come in and fly those routes."
Some of you guys are only looking at RJ's when we all should be looking at Cabotage.
Get ready for the next beat down.
That's my point. They can't really take over if they don't have pilot's to fill the seats. You won't see guys living in this country flood to expat jobs. That's a tough life for a lot of people, family or not. People don't want to leave this country. Otherwise places like Emirates wouldn't need to lure American pilots over with dreams of paid villas, schooling, interest free car loans, & only 3 years to WB left seat jobs.
Believe me, I'm all ears when it comes to cabatoge. I'm convinced Emirates is banking on it. There is no other way they'll fill the ridiculous amount of WBs they've ordered. It's either going to work for them, or go horribly wrong.