deltawatch
Veteran
I buried this in another thread, but I think it merits its own. AFA sent something out on it, below is part of it. U has announced that 75% of it's mainline fleet will be dedicated to point to point flying. Rumors in May were that U and Virgin America were talking. Could this be our future? I don't thing so, but its work watching.
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You've heard of "outsourcing"; think it can't happen to us?
Outsourcing could allow foreign air carriers to fly point-to-point within the United States for the first time in our history. We have heard a lot in the news media recently about the trend in corporate America of “outsourcing†U.S. jobs to countries overseas. This is one of the most dangerous initiatives being promoted by those who don’t care whether or not American jobs are lost in the process.
This outsourcing is an issue that has been lingering in Congress for some time. Presently, Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic is attempting to start up Virgin America. Branson has a history of undercutting the competition by paying his flight attendants minimum wage and providing next to nothing in benefits. He is also purported to have stated that flight attendants should never consider making the job a life long profession and should automatically retire at age 30. He has strong supporters in Congress that would like to see him enter the U.S. market and undercut our domestic carriers and American jobs.
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You've heard of "outsourcing"; think it can't happen to us?
Outsourcing could allow foreign air carriers to fly point-to-point within the United States for the first time in our history. We have heard a lot in the news media recently about the trend in corporate America of “outsourcing†U.S. jobs to countries overseas. This is one of the most dangerous initiatives being promoted by those who don’t care whether or not American jobs are lost in the process.
This outsourcing is an issue that has been lingering in Congress for some time. Presently, Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic is attempting to start up Virgin America. Branson has a history of undercutting the competition by paying his flight attendants minimum wage and providing next to nothing in benefits. He is also purported to have stated that flight attendants should never consider making the job a life long profession and should automatically retire at age 30. He has strong supporters in Congress that would like to see him enter the U.S. market and undercut our domestic carriers and American jobs.