Originally Posted by
Gjet
Re: Alpa at the hill (thanks for that link!)
After reading the testimony of Lee Moak, I have to say, he couldn't have done a better speech. About time.
I do however, stand by my view that ALPA blew a huge opportunity. Imagine having 51,000 pilots contacting the US House of Representatives with their thoughts? That would have driven home the point that Mr. Moak is trying to make and reminded the Representatives that people, not companies, vote these Reps in or out of office.
Which is the stuff of his emails of late nothing new
It will be an uphill battle to get taxpayers to subsidize the airlines with new entrants as they have thrown thousands of potential careers on the trash heap in years past
Raise the pay and let the market forces work
We have seen this train wreck coming for years now - bring it on