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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/07/gol...for-the-saudis-americans-are-slamming-it.html
May be a good thing in the end but the PGA looks like preening, self-important schmucks for all there "sportswashing" PR.
Wonder if Biden will shut it down given his pledge to ostracize and isolate the Saudis - seems they keep getting the wins.
I submitted my application, yet again. I do have a buddy with a mutual agreement that if one of us hits, we take the other, so 2x odds!
Do you think there would be more pushback if it were China? Particularly from the right?
Seems to be considerable pushback on this coming from the left. Is it because of Trump?
At some point people begin reacting against foreigners owning too much of anything.Do you think the left and right would flip? I do think the Republicans would be much more hawkish with the Chinese.
I don’t think anyone is worried about a global war with the Saudis, or them spying?
Because he’s being offered over $6 billion for the franchise. He bought it in 1999 for $800 million. He’s making out quite nicely despite being arguably the worst professional sports owner of the last 50 years.
And they even might have screwed up that name change to Commanders. Their trademark application was denied.Excuse me sir, it’s Commanders now. Redskins was deemed to be too offensive by a lot of white liberals.
In some ways, but overall not really. The airlines are treated like a defacto utility, so there is no way in hell we would ever be allowed to strike. The problem with this profession in regards to organized labor is that our contracts never expire like any other contract labor, but are merely amendable. The amount of hoops that have to be jumped in order to strike are staggering, and then there is the congress and president that wouldn't want little kids to not get to Disney because of greedy pilots, so they would put a stop to it before it ever occurred anyway. All of it is far more advantageous to management than labor. They can drag out a contract for years. I hadn't had a pay increase for almost 4 years when we got the latest. Thank God inflation during that time was pretty flat. But to answer the question, you don't have to worry about a labor strike, but if we just fly the contract and not go 'above and beyond', things get slowed down a lot. There are many times pilots would extend their duty day to complete flights when we don't have to. That is becoming a thing of the past as management continually pushes the fatigue envelope. Sorry for the long winded response.Honestly not a jab at somebody with a different perspective... does the pilots union still have any pull?
In some ways, but overall not really. The airlines are treated like a defacto utility, so there is no way in hell we would ever be allowed to strike. The problem with this profession in regards to organized labor is that our contracts never expire like any other contract labor, but are merely amendable. The amount of hoops that have to be jumped in order to strike are staggering, and then there is the congress and president that wouldn't want little kids to not get to Disney because of greedy pilots, so they would put a stop to it before it ever occurred anyway. All of it is far more advantageous to management than labor. They can drag out a contract for years. I hadn't had a pay increase for almost 4 years when we got the latest. Thank God inflation during that time was pretty flat. But to answer the question, you don't have to worry about a labor strike, but if we just fly the contract and not go 'above and beyond', things get slowed down a lot. There are many times pilots would extend their duty day to complete flights when we don't have to. That is becoming a thing of the past as management continually pushes the fatigue envelope. Sorry for the long winded response.
Didn't turn out well for the air traffic controllers who held out when Regan told them to get to back to workHow can they stop you from striking? If all the pilots at a particular airline walked out what could they do? They can't physically make you go back to work and they couldn't replace you very quickly, it would take months to replace the pilots at any major airline.