<< Geez...do you wanna let the Chinese fly the freight? You gonna rob your buddy of his $2700? >>
Again -- FedEx will NEVER be able to hire Chinese pilots to fly freight around Asia. When Shanghai Airlines has to contract with Mesa for American pilots to fly their cross-border routes because they don't have pilots who speak English, believe me, FedEx can't find them, either. Chinese pilots all come from the military, where they are NOT taught to speak English. Reason? If they don't speak English, they can't defect. If they try to cross a border and can't communicate their intent, they'll be shot down, and they know it. So Chinese pilots are NOT a threat to our jobs.
There is plenty of flexibility to make this work -- give us a package that lets us live a decent life and keep our Federal tax break for living on the other side of the world from our families and homes, and it'll work just fine. That's a small price for a Fortune 500 blue-chip company to pay for its ambitious program of global expansion. If you want to make an omelet, you gotta break a few eggs!!! It's a cost of doing business!