So you are saying that I should have my family do without so people in Tulsa can make $30/hr when they only need $15/hr to maintain the same living standard that we have?
Should an FSC in DFW earn the same as an FSC in NYC? If so, then why should an FSC in DFW earn more than an FSC in the Dominican Republic? How about if we adjust all FSC down to Dominican Republic pay rates?
How about all the work that AA ships out to third party shops? Are we all making money off their backs too, including you?
Basically you are argueing that people who live in high cost areas, where they were brought up, live, have family and were hired should be willing to work for less so others in low cost areas can enjoy wage levels that are abnormally high for the area where they are.
If it is so important to keep overhaul in house and the only way to do it is by lowering wages then perhaps overhaul should have taken more of a cut in pay, one that brings their standard of living in line with ours, after all its their jobs that are on the chopping block. Instead the line took a bigger cut than overhaul to save overhaul.