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Old 10-18-2016 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jsled
Yeah, could be just a coincidence. I mean DAL and UAL's pensions were terminated. AMR's was frozen. The difference? PBGC directors appointed by different administrations. The FAA Administrator (former ALPA chief) appointed by Obama brought us FAR117. TSA admin appointed by Obama brought us KCM. NMB members appointed by Clinton and Obama mediated contract 2000 and 2012 respectively. All circumstantial evidence. What happened to us during the Reagan and Bush years was catastrophic....but i'm sure it was just coincidence.
The '80s bloodbath was the work of Alfred Kahn, a liberal Cornell democrat in the Carter administration. You know, that machine you operate that he referred to as "a marginal cost with wings?"