Originally Posted by Typhoonpilot

It's not ridiculous. The main point I am trying to drive across is that you guys are debating with sound bites that sound great to like minded people, but sound rather selfish and pointless to the people who are going to make the decisions in this matter.

It's perfectly legal for a U.S. corporation to incorporate in any State they choose. It is also perfectly legal for a European company to set-up a subsidiary wherever they choose.

The other great one is NAI's or NAS's pay. How many South American, Eastern European, African, and even Asian carriers fly to the USA employing crews on substantially lower pay than U.S. carriers, and in fact lower pay than Norwegian?

Then you talk about Singapore contract agencies and outsourced crews. Ummm, American has flight attendants based in South America on 1/3 the pay of their U.S. counterparts. Kind of hypocritical to point fingers at another airline that takes advantage of employing crews in different countries with lower pay structures when U.S. airlines are doing it themselves.




TP