Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“Airline workers know far too well the devastating effects corporate bankruptcies have on the lives of hardworking Americans. Following 9/11, pilots, including myself, made enormous financial sacrifices to help save our airlines, only to have tens of billions of dollars taken from us in wage, pension, and benefit cuts, with court-dictated terms and conditions lasting years longer than required to reorganize and to return to profitability..."

Source: From a statement made by Captain Jason Ambrosi, President of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), in response to the introduction of the bipartisan Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act by Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO).

FMI:  www.alpa.org/