Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
My point is that I get tired of listening to hypocrites. The pilots who complain about Walmart and low airline fairs. But then they buy the cheapest pilot shirt, pants and shoes they can find; the cheapest pubs bag. I used to hear it from my brother all the time, and it was not dialog, it was "preaching" from a hypocrite as he was the type of person I just described.
I had to listen to foreign officers in Africa when I was assigned to the UN complain about consumerism, then ask me to buy all the stuff they could not get in their countries when I went home on R&R. Again, hypocrites.
I'm going to open my pie "HOLE" (yes thats how its spelled) and say if I have control over the purchase, I buy American. I have a pilot shirt/pants made in Missouri, shoes made in NY, a flight case made in Texas, underwear made in USA and a tie made in the good ole USA. The only reason I fly a Brazilian made plane is because I didn't buy it. I've bought the cheap stuff at Walley World and thats what it is...cheap. I'd rather pay a few extra dollars for better quality and have it last longer.
I don't preach buy American, I just do it.