I can understand the “labor cost” excuse, but doesn’t cost more in fuel to fly a plane to China or South America for maintenance/repair then to keep the plane stateside? Oh never mind, they can always charge you more for extra ice in your drink- PB/TK
AMERICAN IN NAME ONLY? Airline’s workers say maintenance jobs being sent overseas – By Ken Martin (foxbusiness.com) / Aug 25 2017
About 400 demonstrators picketed outside American’s Terminal D at Miami International Airport.
The Transport Workers Union organized the protest as the latest attempt to settle a new contract between American and its aircraft maintenance and ground support workers, the Miami Herald reported.
The union told the paper that American is outsourcing 40 percent of its maintenance jobs to China, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America, where labor costs are lower than in the U.S.
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