C'MON NOW -
With U.S. baseball and football players making into the millions per year for having fun and not risking their lives, what's McCain's beef with pilots?
Just because the average pilot didn't get their family jewels removed in the Hanoi Hilton, McCain has a bout of penis-envy going - understandably.
If McCain gave a care about flying safety, I'd appreciate his genuine care for Americans. However, his continued support of the ATA membership against safety laws and regulations, with a laser focus on corporate profits; he's a pawn, a loser and a whiner, however powerful he may be.
It's not a reality of the airlines losing money for having paid the pilots the wages. The airlines are still making record profits. What's wrong with the pilots wanting a share. The fuel increases cost the airlines radically more money, but McCain doesn't care. His money interests (campaign contributors) profit wonderfully from the fuel expense. It's about maximizing the corporate profits at the expense of wages, benefits and safety.
The impending downfall of the FAA leaders attests to the safety issue. Not that anyone in power cares, they care that they got caught. Where's McCain on that issue?
Jane Garvey was fully informed all along the way. It didn't take this long for her to get a conscience, it took her this long to get 'way busted,' in the current American jargon. Was McCain concerned? He's nobody's 'American' in the traditional sense.
If the mechanics and flight attendants can maximize their wages - good on them, too. Let's see if they can find the courage to risk, the same way the pilots did. I'm on their side.
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