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If they are 'days away' then there is one group that could end this in a couple of hours and that UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #1
I hate this bdamomma Jan 2019 #2
And EVERYBODY in this country apart from trumplodytes would see a walkout as entirely reasonable. Goodheart Jan 2019 #6
He will not care pangaia Jan 2019 #15
There is no such thing as an "aviation department." The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #36
Well if there was some way for them to all work in concert..or everybody except the UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #45
Aviation dept? cwydro Jan 2019 #76
Putin is thrilled spinbaby Jan 2019 #3
+100 Duppers Jan 2019 #26
Yep. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #72
Airline pilots could strike in solidarity with wait traffic controllers YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #4
I doubt it. pangaia Jan 2019 #16
Air traffic controllers can't strike; it's illegal. PATCO tried it in 1981 The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #34
I'm talking about a strike in sympathy for ATC YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #38
The pilots couldn't strike either, because the law allows a strike only if The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #40
I didn't say it was legal but if air travel stops YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #48
The question though is one of public safety BEFORE a labor action. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #61
Labor contracts are agreements between the union and the employer. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #63
Agree BUT bluestarone Jan 2019 #68
So, the question remains.... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2019 #70
don't these jerks tRump, Miller and his regime bdamomma Jan 2019 #5
The article goes on to state, medications, various other life saving goods will be affected by this. dewsgirl Jan 2019 #7
this is sickening bdamomma Jan 2019 #9
Carl Berstein said, he has sources Mueller has info that Trump is intentionally helping Putin dewsgirl Jan 2019 #11
I don't know that Putin specifically asked for this but . . . peggysue2 Jan 2019 #23
nt bdamomma Jan 2019 #42
So why don't our networks show that? greymattermom Jan 2019 #55
$$$$$$ Viewers $$$$$advertising $$$$$$ ratings$$$$ Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #58
There is a lot they don't air, that is fact. They seem to ease the audience into dewsgirl Jan 2019 #60
I can't answer that question but I posted a clip about the Russian attitude . . . peggysue2 Jan 2019 #62
Many Americans are easily duped. We've been dumbed down. triron Jan 2019 #64
dumbed down bdamomma Jan 2019 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author peggysue2 Jan 2019 #30
A Russian Oligarch who owns steel mills in the USA would make a killing. OMGWTF Jan 2019 #59
Well Carl Bernstein is saying that not Alex Jones so I listen to what you are saying with a keen UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #66
Don't forget transplant organs! MoonRiver Jan 2019 #35
The only way to end the shut down is to malaise Jan 2019 #8
Malaise bdamomma Jan 2019 #10
Yep malaise Jan 2019 #12
Are you so sure of that? Texin Jan 2019 #18
If he wants 4-6 hour lines at the airport cagefreesoylentgreen Jan 2019 #75
Eventually the pilots union is going to walk out Takket Jan 2019 #13
As long as the tRump Scarsdale Jan 2019 #14
However, it will be Mitch McConnell TrishaJ Jan 2019 #21
Everyone will be grounded, even the rich, so there will be a breaking point but elmac Jan 2019 #24
Great! Have flights bought and paid for to fly to Thailand on 2-11 Heartstrings Jan 2019 #51
I'm flying internationally on February 2. cwydro Jan 2019 #77
I'm flying within the US on the 11th -- I have no idea whether I will be able Nay Jan 2019 #79
Even AF1 is controlled by ATC. It can't take off or land or go anywhere The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #52
I don't believe that for a minute. pangaia Jan 2019 #17
Big problem with that idea: Airline labor relations are governed by The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #69
Was going to fly to Arizona but am driving instead because of the orange maggots shutdown kimbutgar Jan 2019 #19
How much more can the government workers take? shockey80 Jan 2019 #20
This could create a catastrophic and cascading series of crises. Texin Jan 2019 #22
well, the wall street barometer keeps saying clear skys ahead elmac Jan 2019 #25
Stock market is the canary in coal mine at140 Jan 2019 #33
expectation barometer Nasruddin Jan 2019 #54
Maybe if the planes get interrupted people will finally get the idea lovemydogs Jan 2019 #27
This is what happens when people vote for candidates who have disdain for government. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #28
Maybe, the capitalists are planning on Equinox Moon Jan 2019 #29
Yes they are hoping to do that - but I don't think they have a clue how to go about it FakeNoose Jan 2019 #39
and of course bdamomma Jan 2019 #44
Not all at once. I was thinking about the airports. Equinox Moon Jan 2019 #65
That's what happened with the Soviet Union and was praised in the U.S. as the rise of capitalism. LiberalArkie Jan 2019 #56
Air travel is already privatized, with the single exception of air traffic control. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #31
That might be a good thing. Autumn Jan 2019 #32
Why haven't the CEOs of airlines paid him a visit? Ilsa Jan 2019 #37
CEO's: We may have to threaten a shutdown of our own due to lack of personnel needed in order UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #46
Reaganism personified. GoneOffShore Jan 2019 #41
Some of yall still arent getting it. Trump would be nothing if it werent for the large no. of Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2019 #43
absolutely spot on Locrian Jan 2019 #50
My daugher is stuck in CA onlyadream Jan 2019 #47
Trump is still getting cash flow into his businesses. Maybe we need to picket NCjack Jan 2019 #49
part and parcel of the plot to shutter America. Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #53
No, it's Putin's shutdown. When will the media figure that out?? triron Jan 2019 #57
I can't plan my yearly trip to Flouda because of doc03 Jan 2019 #71
Yup. bdamomma Jan 2019 #73
KR!!! Cha Jan 2019 #74
Privatizing the air traffic control system has been a GOP goal for nearly 50 years. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2019 #78
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