Jul. 14, 2006 - Another "Dubai Ports" Type of Plan |
Administration Charges Ahead With Foreign Ownership
 Our country already has a dependence on foreign oil. Are we going to allow the DOT to make air travel dependent on foreign airlines, too?
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta, who has resigned his position after five and a half years, stated yesterday that the Bush administration plans to move ahead this summer with its proposal to ease restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. airlines despite strong congressional opposition. The issue is similar to this year's controversy over the Dubai ports plan, which was initially approved by the Administration but later scrapped after an uproar in Congress.
Although the House overwhelmingly rejected the airline foreign ownership plan a couple weeks ago, the issue will probably remain unresolved in Congress until the end of the year -- the time it will take lawmakers in both chambers to pass a final transportation spending bill. Mineta said the Transportation Department hopes to finalize the foreign investment rule by the end of August, which would exploit the expected congressional lag time for addressing the matter and meet the timeline for European review.
It's important now that we place public pressure on the White House. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, call and e-mail the White House and Transportation Department to express your outrage and be sure to let your Senators and Representatives know how angry you are about the Administration's actions to ignore democracy. Your participation can and will make a difference!
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Jul. 25, 2006 - re: Another "Dubai Ports" Type of Plan |
| Posted by Michael Adams |
| From the Association Of Flight Attendants (AFA) - July 21:
"We are pleased to report that we won a roll call vote during full committee mark-up of the transportation appropriations bill in the Senate. The one-year prohibition on changing the law restricting airline investment was placed in a spending bill for the Transportation Department and other agencies that is now headed for full Senate consideration. The passage of the Inouye-Dorgan-Specter Amendment by 19-6 demonstrates the overwhelming opposition on both sides of the aisle – in both houses – to a plan that threatens national defense and security, aviation employees' jobs and rights, and increased outsourcing.
This additional victory builds on our success in the House, which voted 291-137 earlier this month in a sharp rebuke of the Bush Administration's foreign control measure. Obviously, the Bush Administration can still implement the rule before Congress sends a legislative prohibition to the President's desk. But yesterday's victory increases the pressure on the Administration to slow or withdraw its controversial rule.
The Bush Administration, which plans to move forward with the change before opposition can be finalized in Congress, wants to alter the law that gives overseas investors possible influence over domestic airline operations, including pricing, scheduling and fleet planning.
As you know AFA and other labor unions are strongly opposed to the influence of overseas investors which could weaken our position and cost jobs. Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO stated, "This Administration is perpetuating a false claim by insinuating that airlines in America will not survive without foreign capital. The fact is that several bankrupt U.S. air carriers have secured billions in capital as they've slowly emerged from the severe economic consequences of the September 11 terrorist attacks, soaring fuel prices, the SARS health crisis and other global events. This new financing and other positive news about the state of the industry has occurred without giving away control of our air carriers to foreign interests. "Senators Inouye, Dorgan, Specter and others have hopefully prevented Dubai 2 by blocking foreign control of U.S. airlines. The DOT has overstepped its authority and in doing so has threatened the aviation industry, its workers, and our national security.” "
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