Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
If anyone interested, here is a good recap of the actual negotiations and how they failed. There was a deal, Obama reneged; that marginalized the moderates who had managed to split the gap.
... and mind you, Frontline is PBS ... even an honest liberal will call this ....
Cliffhanger | FRONTLINE | PBS
Again Mods, my apologies. This is a political issue which effects the health of our employment. Either side could move, but when you marginalize the moderates things get worse.
Good program Bar. Thanks for posting. Pretty much sums it up. A lot of "my way or the highway", country and economy be damned. It makes me fear that our airline industry issues are even more insignificant to them. When I get back to the line, in the next month or so, I will definitely be checking-off on the ALPA PAC contribution.
Originally Posted by
Elvis90
Good post Bar. How can are government function if its leaders can't trust each other to live up to the deals they've negotiated? Then there's no reason to negotiate in the future.
Simpson-Bowles offered a new compromise plan yesterday. Wonder if anyone will try to run with it.
Simpson and Bowles offer modified budget plan | Fox News
Interesting, thanks for posting Elvis. Trust between the players is definitely lacking, but I think the interim agreements are only chess moves designed to back the other side into a corner - then "uh no, we've changed our minds. That's no longer on the table..."
When we think we have thwarted something like the Adu Dhabi pre-clearance facility; the administration merely states "We already have budgetary authority for that:, i.e. "We are going to do it anyway".