FOUSESQUAWK: Late-Breaking Fuselage! Southwest Airlines Out-Sourcing Repairs to---El Salvador

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Fox News is reporting that Southwest Airlines has stated that they have been outsourcing aircraft repairs to El Salvador.

"Ah wunnerful, ah wunnerful, ah."

Findalis said...: You get what you pay for.; April 5, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Anonymous said...: The free market at work.; April 5, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Gary Fouse said...: Hey Anonymous,

You don't knbow what flying adventure is until you have flown on any of those old Aeroflot planes that are flying around the former Soviet Republics.

(I have flown on several.)

Dope!; April 5, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes, clearly corporations can just regulate themselves and pose no direct danger to anyone as a result. Of course. That makes perfect sense in light of the Southwest story.; April 5, 2011 at 2:40 PM
Gary Fouse said...: Anonymous,

Of course the airline industry is subject to regulation for safety reasons. Corporations have plenty of laws to follow so people don't get swindeled. I suspect that you favor more drastic control of businesses & corps.; April 5, 2011 at 4:14 PM
Bartender Cabbie said...: Don't know if this presents a safety issue but it sure is a problem when vital jobs are outsourced out of the country. It further erodes our economic stability and actually has become a national security issue.; April 6, 2011 at 7:35 PM