Originally Posted by
jsled
Wow. Surely you can't be serious. Best days of my career were during the Clinton admin. Obama's tenure has been a boon for this industry...not to mention your B-fund. Presidents do lots of things besides imposing PEBs. (which he did not do for Spirit, btw). By appointing Babbitt to FAA, and Pistole to TSA, we now have FAR 117 and Known Crewmember. Obama's legacy.
Look at the carnage that occurred in this industry under Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Will we ever learn?
Sled the reluctant Democrat
I will definitely concede some of those points. However, the original idea was about the global economy and how it translates to the national economy. I see the economy contracting despite some other positive points that I pointed out. You also pointed out some good points.
From both a national security stand point and an economic stand point overall I would say we are worse off. But, Obama I would say this regarding B fund, and Known crew member...... ALPA bought and paid for KCM and my negotiators paid for the B fund with negotiating capital. FAR 117 has been in the works since 2005, of which I was an original working group member appointed by ALPA. It took a long time to pull that off. My best year under Clinton was $24K, and my guard unit down-sized from 24 to 15 PAA, so I wasn't all that crazy about Mr. Arkansas.
It does seem that the economy grows stronger under Republican leadership though. Mostly due to regulations and tax policy.