Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Not sure I would have brought up terrorism. I probably would have brought up a lack of labor laws. Talk about how employees are held against their will and paid wages equivalent to slavery. Talk about how a 3 miilon person state has more wide bodies on order than the entire US airline industry has planes and ask how it's possible to pay for these aircraft if there are no government subsidies. I'm not CEO though. It's not easy to answer questions like that under fire when you have seconds to come up with your thoughts.
The 911 terrorist attacks changed the industry, probably forever. The terrorists did come from that region. The attacks either contributed to or were causal in bankruptcies. The US airlines are critical to "the American way of life" protected by the constitution.
I find it ironic that the Emirates CEO, an expat, is such a sellout that he calls into question the comment.
Was it politically correct? Who cares. Is it the truth? Absolutely.
Remember the ditty about people in Germany who did nothing..."And then they came for me."
Real life is real.