Originally Posted by
madeinUSA
I know that I will probably take some heat on this one but here goes. ALPA has been lobbying hard to keep foreign airlines out of the US but just admitted that foreign airlines pay and benefits are superior to most US carriers. So why not let them come in and compete directly with our legacy carriers that have cornered the market? The only thing I can think of is that many foreign carriers are not ALPA. So is ALPA looking out for itself or the best interest of pilots?
Cabotage in a word. ALPA wants to protect US pilots jobs because the more foreign carriers allowed in and compete would take away US jobs. Not all foreign carries pay a higher wage. Its only allowed if its done by internal US carriers like mainline pilots wanting the flying back "no matter" how its done as long as they get the flying back.