Originally Posted by
meyers9163
You realize ALPA PAC is about numbers not money. I am no longer at an ALPA carrier but will continue to donate. A $1 donation puts your name on the PAC list and when speaking to Senators and Congressmen numbers matter. They know numbers=votes. So yes this sabotage issue is VERY important for ALPA, Regional Pilots, Majors, Cargo and all US born pilots. You think there's not some senators that would love Quatar to go do routes like PHL to SFO or JFK to LAX etc? Those are OUR jobs at stake let alone the international routes these airlines would take over and kill.
No--that is not MY job being lost to Qatar--that is a US legacy 60-65 year old widebody captain's job being lost to Qatar, and a captain's job being created for a younger/newer US regional pilot at Qatar/Emirates/wherever else.
I know quite a few US regional guys who are on the A380 at Emirates--they'll upgrade DECADES sooner there than ANY US airline--so when you say "OUR" jobs going overseas to the sandbox, unless you have a career expecation to hold widebody command at a US legacy within 5-10 years--you're wrong--it's not your job going overseas.