Originally Posted by
buzzpat
In my opinion, and based on my experiences, politicos hardly ever vote on principle...and, I'm including both parties here. There are some...but the longer you drink from the govt fountain the less you really care about principle.
As for defending our profession, anybody else just read the ALPA national update about sequestration and FAA furloughs? Departures in LAX will be reduced by 40% if allowed to occur next week. ALPA IS supporting the resolution by Sen Roy Blunt (R), MO which would prevent the FAA and DOT from reducing service.
Interesting.
The problem here is that our president (the one all ALPA leaders urged us to vote for), doesn't want things like the Blount resolution. This president doesn't want sequestration cuts coming in areas that most folks would never notice. He wants the cuts to occur in the most public and most painful areas such as ATC and White House tours. There's no president in my memory that ever tried to hurt as many people as possible, like this one is doing.
Carl