The headline is a quote from this article on MSN Money Central. A good friend, and retired United Airlines employee, Dave Sulewski sent this to me a while back and I finally got a chance to read it. This article paints a very gloomy picture in regards to both job growth as well as job repatriation over the next five to ten years. Another quote from the article is "most of the jobs shipped to China will stay in China".
Today, this article was sent to me from New York, and it is in line with what the previous article described. In this second article from Aviation Week, Ameco Beijing announced a five year extension of the current agreement to perform 777 overhauls, as well as new 747 overhauls that will also last five years, for United Airlines.
In addition today, I received an alert from the Teamsters asking that we write our Senators requesting the FAA reauthorization bill be passed. There are elements of this bill that would help our craft greatly. If you haven't already done so please visit this link and take action. It is urgent that we work towards legislative reforms that will help protect our jobs. Now is not the time to sit back and let others determine our future.
EDIT: The above paragraph regarding the Teamster Action page is for people that are represented by Senators which are sitting on the Senate Finance Committee. Sorry for any confusion. To find out if your Senator is on this committee check here.
That's all for now,
Bob
