Obama Levels Cheap Shot At Unions - Again

[turbinetree]

117. Mr. President & Congress

I do not normally say anything about you (Mr.President), but I want you to understand something.
I work as a jet mechanic in a industry who main function is that it means to keep "people" safe and that I do not want go to jail if I do something wrong, because someone may have done illegal work.
In this industry the airlines have outsourced heavy maintenance (C & D checks) to Honduras, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, and other places based on cost and greed.
All these airlines overhaul facilities need to be certificated to work on that particular US Flag registered aircraft, and all that is need by the rules is to have "one" supervisor work and sign off the log book in a foreign facility (he must be a licensed FAA mechanic and he must be able to speak and read English) that all the work has been accomplished by non-certificate U.S licensed technicians.
This legislation will transfer more of this work outside the country, I love my career, I don't love my job to being outsourced to non-qualified firms and individuals working on US Flag aircraft, because its not about money its about safety and knowing who has maintained that aircraft by the FAA and manufactured standards under the 43.13 rules for 121, 145 and 165 carriers.
The FAA is being reconfigured has I write this rant in this current congress, and they have been underfunded for years because of republicans wanting to privatize the system, and they would allow foreign firms to operate some of this infrastructure---look at the toll roads in Illinois.
This is why I oppose this TPP------its about my labor (35 years as a licensed certificated technician) and my union...