WFAA reports that experienced mechanics are being laid off in San Antonio. The resumes of their replacements seem questionable. Click the link and read this one, are there no rules?
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7 responses to “Foreign Workers at SA Aircraft Facilities”
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So to keep the business here in the U.S., companies are going to go outside and hire people that would be working for $5 a day and pay them $5 an hour ? I guess that beats paying an experienced mechanic $25 an hour. Maybe the steel industry will follow, then they can make a comeback and ” help build the infrastructure ” opposed to going overseas.
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Its scary to think that this companies are overlooking safety just to line their pockets with more money.
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This is just one example of the many things that are wrong with this picture.
I don’t understand. It’s dumb.A lot of money is spent in immigration trying to send people back to their countries, and then again here are some companies spending money to bring others 🙂
I am a software developer and I have seen and worked with a lot of people that have been sponsored.
I have nothing against competition, but the problem is that their cost versus our cost is a big difference, since they work remotely from over there it makes it hard to compete, since their cost of living is cheaper than ours.
I think we should look at other things that are happening as well, which are the jobs that are going to other places. At least the ones that come here to work, they have to spend money here right?
The big concern for me is, aren’t we supposed to be a service country? Isn’t it that our main thing?
Well, if we are also sending our services to other countries, what are we going to be doing? What is going to happen to our economy?LikeLike
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Well we WERE a manufacturing econmomy, does a serivce economy really produce real wealth, or as Anne Richards asked, can we get rich washing one aonther’s hair and cooking hamburgers for each other, probably not
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These stories are every so continuous loop to shave pennies off for what? Its okay to hire foreign workers, hell I’m a foreign born citizen. But I have a trade. I learned from the military that is to deal with radio components such the moto xts 3000 and 5000. but I learned it through hard darn work in Miss for 9 months straight. Its not okay to hire people that are not qualified for the repair position such as aircraft. to save dollars and risk the lives of passengers who fly on 747.
man I hope The SAA gets some more investigationLikeLike
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I agree with Ricardo, just to save money SAA could be putting people’s safety in danger? Apparently money can be put on anything. This reminds me of a case I sat in on jury duty; a gentleman rolled his tahoe over and due to the seat belt and b pillar in the vehicle as well with the force of impact he was left quadriplegic. GM stated that they did not put 5 star harnesses; which yes could have prevented his condition, but do not do so because they believe they would not sell their vehicles if they did. WHAT?!?!?!?! This is insane.
And with SAA, unfortunately its everywhere. With my husbands company they get outbid all the time from other workers who claim they know the business and do it cheaper, then they have to go and fix it when it is done improperly. Uh, in regards to 747’s it will be too late to fix.LikeLike
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In reguards what Ricardo said, it is true that a lot of companies are really looking for the safety so that they can get more and more in their pockets. I do hope that one day that SAA gets down to the wire with the investigations and get the job done right!!
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