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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Jul 21, 2017 16:11:25 GMT
“There’s a battle being fought for our skies and most people don’t even realize it,” intones the narrator of a Delta Airlines video released in late June. The video, a slick, 15-minute production, was created to educate Delta employees about the supposed unfair practices of the three largest Gulf carriers, Emirates, Etihad and Qatar, and features “the perspectives of Delta employees and executives, as well as experts in trade, economics and aviation,” according to the Delta press release accompanying the video. In a nutshell, the Delta video claims government subsidies to the tune of $50 billion over the past 10 years are propping up the Gulf carriers, which is creating unfair competition and costing American jobs. “The Gulf Carriers have destroyed competition in countries worldwide, and now they are targeting the United States with lavish sponsorships and slick advertising,” narrates the video. Watch this short video clip first to see Jennifer Anniston'c commercial. This snippet has become a lighting rod to energize the American airline industry. Here is the Delta video ♫anna♫ Deleted mikemarshall iamjumbo Big Lin blc
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Post by mikemarshall on Jul 21, 2017 20:30:31 GMT
Why obsess on airlines from just one part of the world?
US airlines have been corporate welfare bums for years, receiving preferential treatment from a variety of sources and the US aerospace industry have been corporate welfare bums since at least the Second World War, receiving hefty and often bogus defence contracts to subsidise them.
All airlines operate at the very edge of the law; all airlines follow a variety of unfair practices.
So perhaps it is time to condemn the industry as a whole rather than simply focus on a particular group of carriers.
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