'When Big Business and Big Labor team up to demand Big Government, you know that the regular guy is getting ripped off. AmericanAir has joined forces with the ALPAPilots in a lobbying effort to quash a lower-cost competitor.' -TPCarney
American Airlines has joined forces with the Air Line Pilots Association in a lobbying effort to quash a lower-cost competitor.SkyWest is a small air carrier that operates flights for some of the big airlines. They want to branch into a new field: operating regularly scheduled flights on small planes from private terminals.
The main advantage is a more reasonable boarding process — particularly, no TSA security theater. You walk through a metal detector and get your bag swabbed for explosives, and that’s about it. This doesn’t merely save time, hassle, and your dignity, it also allows you to bring on your own snacks, drinks, and jars of local marmalade — all of which our Transportation Security Agency has deemed too dangerous to fly.
Their main argument is that SkyWest and JSX would be allowed to use veteran pilots who are over 65 — which is the mandatory retirement age for pilots of larger aircraft. Also, pilots who don’t yet have 1,500 flying time are allowed to captain smaller planes but not large planes, and so SkyWest could use these slightly greener pilots, too.
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