What ALPA is advocating is that the EXIM bank, funded by US tax payers, not be used to offer attractive financing loans to wealthy ME states, that back their airlines, don't have the same regulatory structure, are anti-union, and intend to dominate the global WB flying, taking US jobs...

If the ME states want to dominate the global WB market, let them...

Compete on a level playing field...

1. Build their own jets. OR
2. Finance their own aircraft loans
3. No US Customs pre-clearance facility in Abu Dhabi, funded pay US taxes for the sole benefit of Etihad....