Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
I have no faith in us. We certainly aren't willing to do what we can to shore up our profession.
We're willing to welcome back those working at ME carriers with open arms. We need to face it: those folks are a part of the problem as ME carriers push to destroy our livelihood.
Imagine a US autoworker taking a job for a state-owned car manufacturer overseas. The company has unlimited capital and no need to show a profit, attempting to destroy the American auto industry by avoiding numerous US laws and other hurdles.
Do you think the UAW would welcome him back after he was tired of living abroad? Of course not.
Would he improve his chances if he said, "What's the big deal? They're winning because they build a better car than y'all do." He'd be tarred and feathered (if he was lucky).
Why are we pilots unable to see the similarities, and realize we're going to have to play dirty if we want to be here in 20 years.
You're barking up the wrong tree again. You cannot fault a guy making six figures at United, Delta, or AA who was furloughed, couldn't get hired elsewhere because no one was hiring, and decides to go to Emirates.
Also in other words, you blacklisting all ex-pat American pilots from getting American pilot jobs here doesn't do a single thing to fix the problem you are complaining about. All it does is restrict a few newhire slots from non-expat pilots. Other than that, nothing is fixed so your solution is dumb.