Originally Posted by Buck92

Yeah, under the EU, there's NO WAY it's gonna be limited to "old" Europe. Ask the Irish, who only 3 years ago were touted as the shining example of booming economy... only problem was, along with the generous tax cuts (compared to other 'socialist' regimes in Europe) they kept the high minimum wage, universal heathcare, and generous unemployment benefits. A major problem with EU (and why we don't want an American Union with Canada and South America) is the effective lack of borders with an EU passport -- the UK is glad they didn't jump on that bandwagon. Anyway, former East Bloc countries like Poland joined the EU and their citizens freely traveled to Ireland to take the jobs "the Irish wouldn't do." Long story short, the economy tanked, everyone lost their jobs, and the Polish figured out that they could 1. go back to Poland and probably be unemployed or 2. stay in Ireland, collect unemployment benefits and make more than they could make even with a job in Poland.

Open skies USA will result in Polish 767 Captains flying around the States making $60K a year and loving it.