Originally Posted by
full of luv
Home Depot and lowes are not allowed to hire a bunch of Thai expats at substandard wages to man their stores. Your analogy does not make sense.
NAI wants to cert their operation and aircraft in a country that they will never visit, let alone employ people or follow labor laws.
This is exactly what has happened to the maritime industry and why now all the ships are registered in Panama, etc. Little to no rules for safety/labor is what the industry will seek if permitted.
You are against bypassing labour laws... Great! But wait a sec... You are OK with purchasing goods from stores that advocate the use of cheap labour outside the US in order to keep their prices for the end users low. You are OK with Lowes and The Home Depot avoiding purchasing goods for sale from US manufacturers to keep their profit margins high? I don't see or read about ALPA or Teamsters boycotting stores that don't support "Made in the USA"...do you? Why not?
By the way... The computer or tablet you opining your views upon... Where was it manufactured? Did your search to ensure it was not assembled with the use of slave or child labour laws? Do you realize you are taking food out of the mouths of the US labour Market for every item purchased that is manufactured outside the US, not to mention income for the US treasury too.
US carriers cut back wages and terminated generous benefit plans. But that's OK with you. Regional pilots flying same routes as main line pilots are paid a fraction do their counter parts... That's OK too?
One term comes to mind... Bit of a double standard I'd say.
By the way... It common for many carriers to operate EI registered carriers on an AOC other than their home territories. No different then US companies having off shore businesses for the same purpose... avoiding taxes and certain labour laws.