Originally Posted by
Poopchute701
1. Not a socialist at all. Don't know what that has to do with this.
2. I'm guessing you support the ME3 as well because they have a successful model (albeit not a fair one). But hey, the benefit of shelling out money to those countries for Joe traveler probably outweighs our jobs right?
Sorry but this is APC. Of course I want to defend my profession and do not support NAI. Don't know where you are trying to go with this discourse...The whole point is competiton with NAI is fine. Their flag of convience tactics are not
Good points. No, I don't support the ME3 capacity dumping practices. When the Chinese dump cheap steel on the U.S. market I don't support that either. I also don't support excess Saudi oil pumping to keep prices low to kill-off our North Dakota fracking industry.
I am very hopeful that NAI sees the light and increases crew wages to more competitive levels - especially since they will need to attract more pilots to grow if they are legally allowed to expand.
I just think we forget that most non US/Euro legacy pilots are waaaaay underpaid on a relative basis and nobody seems to care until NAI threatens the more lucrative routes. Again, Virgin Atlantic pilots are not paid well to fly 787/744/A330s relative to their Delta peers. Now that it is more established, let's hope for more competitive wages for NAI 737 and 787 pilots...