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UALinIAH 02-02-2017 01:02 PM

UAL MEC on Fox News
 
American flight industry jobs in trouble?| Latest News Videos | Fox News


Great interview.

awax 02-02-2017 01:25 PM

Good job Ev!

Looks like the full court press:

U.S. Airlines, Unions Appeal To Incoming Cabinet | AWIN_Commercial content from Aviation Week

U.S. airline CEOs ask to meet with Tillerson on Gulf carriers | Reuters

krudawg 02-02-2017 01:28 PM


Originally Posted by UALinIAH (Post 2293451)

Great Interview but what a joke. The MEC supported Hillary and now that Trump wins ALPA wants to grovel to president Trump. This Norwegian deal was approved "under the most Labor-Friendly Democratic President", who our MEC backed. I certainly hope that Labor FINALLY see's what political party has their best interest in mind

mainlineAF 02-02-2017 01:33 PM


Originally Posted by krudawg (Post 2293471)
Great Interview but what a joke. The MEC supported Hillary and now that Trump wins ALPA wants to grovel to president Trump. This Norwegian deal was approved "under the most Labor-Friendly Democratic President", who our MEC backed. I certainly hope that Labor FINALLY see's what political party has their best interest in mind



Are you high? Didn't trump just introduce a federal right to work law?

Republican union members... still scratching my head about that oxymoron.

awax 02-02-2017 01:49 PM


Originally Posted by krudawg (Post 2293471)
Great Interview but what a joke. The MEC supported Hillary and now that Trump wins ALPA wants to grovel to president Trump. This Norwegian deal was approved "under the most Labor-Friendly Democratic President", who our MEC backed. I certainly hope that Labor FINALLY see's what political party has their best interest in mind

Uh....endorsed Clinton specifically because she had given support on this very issue, at the time Trump had not, and still has not.


“Secretary Clinton supports union members, and specifically supports pilot-partisan solutions that directly affect the livelihood and careers of all ALPA pilots. The United MEC recognizes her commitment to our issues, including her opposition to the NAI flag of convenience scheme, and endorses her for President,” said MEC Chairman Captain Todd Insler.
Make America Great Again, America First, American Workers First. that's the rhetoric from his campaign, but have we actually seen any action that directly benefits the American worker (not corporations, actual workers). Here's an excellent chance for him to walk the walk.

jsled 02-02-2017 01:57 PM


Originally Posted by krudawg (Post 2293471)
Great Interview but what a joke. The MEC supported Hillary and now that Trump wins ALPA wants to grovel to president Trump. This Norwegian deal was approved "under the most Labor-Friendly Democratic President", who our MEC backed. I certainly hope that Labor FINALLY see's what political party has their best interest in mind

The Open Skies Agreement that Norwegian applied under was NOT approved under Obama. That would be Bush II. The Obama administration did delay NAI for over 3 years though. ;)

Republicans have our best interests in mind? Quit smoking that chit, pops.

GOP introduces national right-to-work legislation | Washington Examiner

And now we don't have Obama (or Clinton) to veto this caca.

baseball 02-02-2017 02:19 PM


Originally Posted by mainlineAF (Post 2293473)
Are you high? Didn't trump just introduce a federal right to work law?

Republican union members... still scratching my head about that oxymoron.

Trump doesn't care really if it's union, or non-union. What he cares about, I think is that US workers and their famalies stay afloat, and benefit financially. Moreover, he wants the tax revenues and he wants healthy US companies.

The right to work stuff really affects states. He doesn't care if a company is located in North Carolina, or South Carolina. He just doesn't want them to move to South America.

BoilerUP 02-02-2017 02:21 PM


Originally Posted by mainlineAF (Post 2293473)
Are you high? Didn't trump just introduce a federal right to work law?.



No, Trump did not.

Two Republican Congressmen, however, did.

baseball 02-02-2017 02:22 PM

Does anyone know why the Obama Administration approved the NAI application to operate if they were doing this flag of convenience thing?

Seems pretty silly for Obama to throw the aviation industry under the bus. If they bring in a bunch of foreigners, that's allot of tax revenues that won't stay here. Not only do US companies fail, but employees cease making money, and the money that foreigners are making won't be taxed here.

awax 02-02-2017 02:33 PM


Originally Posted by baseball (Post 2293513)
Does anyone know why the Obama Administration approved the NAI application to operate if they were doing this flag of convenience thing?

Seems pretty silly for Obama to throw the aviation industry under the bus. If they bring in a bunch of foreigners, that's allot of tax revenues that won't stay here. Not only do US companies fail, but employees cease making money, and the money that foreigners are making won't be taxed here.

Unless it was an slam dunk opportunity for either campaign to take easy and immediate action. Setting the stage for either to pick the low hanging fruit so to speak and take credit for standing up for the American worker.

Trump has every impetus to reverse the application, I can hear the sound bites now "We reversed the action of a secret muslim who was a total disaster and today we continue to make America great again".

For Clinton, the rhetoric would be toned down, but still an easy win to appear pro-worker.

With respect to today's reality, it's going to be all-telling to see if he walks the walk or is just another windbag politician.


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