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Old 11th May 2021, 23:31
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The Bunglerat
 
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Has the U.S domestic market taken off again? good on them if it has, the world is putting us to shame.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case
Yes, they are laughing. I'd long suspected, but never realised until I escaped (no joke, that's what it felt like) just what a leftard, socialist country Australia has become in recent years. Every time Dan the Man got in front of the cameras and told Melbourne that we were going into our umpteenth lockdown, I was astonished at the disproportionate number of people who not only thought that what he was doing was necessary, they were actually praising him for it! "Great job for keeping us safe, Dan! My career's gone down the toilet, I can't visit my kids and my mental health is becoming more questionable by the day - but hey, keep doing a great job!"

America's messed up and has no shortage of its own problems, but at least there are enough people here (not all of them 'evil orange man' supporters either) that, when sleepy Joe and Kamala say they want to lock the whole country down, the response is, "get stuffed". I used to think Americans were crazy with their gun culture and other peculiarities, but I am becoming more and more sympathetic - even agreeable - with their ways. To them, nothing is worth sacrificing individual liberties and freedoms for - not even a virus with a 99% recovery rate. And if Australia's idea of keeping everyone safe in the future is to become a hermit nation and never let anyone go anywhere or do anything, personally I'd rather live dangerously. What's that line from the classic Midnight Oil hit...? "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees".

Apologies for thread drift. By the way, I'm not interested in airline jobs in the US (been there done that), but whether it's major airlines, regionals or corporate, it seems like things are starting to get very busy here again - at least that's been my perspective from what I've seen so far.
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