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In reply to the discussion: The Disturbing Truth About How Airplanes Are Maintained Today [View all]hunter
(40,501 posts)Technical industry doesn't pay well enough for our children to afford comfortable housing, much less buy their own homes. Industry imports workers who live and work in conditions that would have appalled our union member parents.
I see it everywhere, my kids are living it. The stereotypes of a dozen immigrant workers sharing what was once a single family home, or of children living with their parents, are not far off
Anyways, I'm not the best judge of anything having to do with airlines. If I could afford to fly, if I had any desire to fly, maybe I'd worry about this issue more. I've got no love at all for the airline industry. But in general, lacking strong unions and strong government regulatory agencies, the United States is hardly any better than the nations whose workers so many of us despise.
