Originally Posted by
Flame
And what basically is the problem with foreign ownership..??
Is that a rhetorical question Flame? Or are you serious?
If you do the research you'll find the following:
Since 1938, all American airlines must be at least 75% owned by US citizens. Any previous effort to change to that requirement has been resisted.
Under the Open Skies negotiations the EU is demanding that rule be abolished.
On September 11th 2001 a gang of middle-eastern terrorists hijacked 4 US aircraft and used them to kill thousands of Americans.
In February 2006, US politicians of every stripe opposed and eventually prevented the sale of 6 US ports to a Dubai Ports company - on the grounds of
National Security. It was pointed out that at least 2 of the 9-11 hijackers were from the UAE (Dubai) and the clear inference was that foreigners (especially Arabs) might use their ownership of the ports as both economic and terrorist weapons against the US.
Foreign terrorists have already used aircraft as weapons against the US.
See a connection here yet??
I'd recommend you read this article to familiarise yourself with the issues:
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publi...le_12821.shtml