Originally Posted by Stayontarget

I disagree. I think the Democratic Party has a major opportunity in front of them if they can capitalize on it. Their message is currently garbage and they need a way out that doesn’t involve fringe issues. The majority of Americans can’t afford to live and yet the wealthy get wealthier by a huge margin. Supporting not just the pilots unions but every union is a way out of the cycle. Flight attendants, mechanics, auto workers, support the workers of Amazon to unionize instead of peeing in a bottle in their truck, Starbucks, doctors, nurses, tradesmen….give the people a fighting chance again. Trump even said the right thing yesterday by talking about institutional investors and owning homes. Give the people power again. Be one of the richer people in the world sure but I don’t think Bezos should have a support yacht for his yacht. Come on…enough is enough.

“As this century draws to a close, it is time for professional airline pilots to recognize some hard political facts. From the point of view of organized labor, Teddy Roosevelt was just about the last friendly Republican to occupy the Oval Office. By income, education, and social inclination, pilots are emotional Republicans. But the circumstances of their workplace require pilots to be practical democrats. Airline pilots who call themselves republicans should constantly remind their fellow Republicans that their party has betrayed its historic legacy of fair play for unions. This legacy, which dates from the days of Teddy Roosevelt and whose proudest moment was the invention of the impartial fact-finding commission to investigate conflicts between management and labor, has been all but forgotten by Republican presidents since Teddy Roosevelt.” -Flying the line Vol II