Honestly, there's no money in agriculture. It's so eighteenth-century. It's little wonder why the government gives billions in subsidies. Nevertheless, I presume American workers will be hired to work in American airports even though the owners will not be American. -- Niraj Agarwalla -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David MR Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:27 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: BAA "Just like picking farm crops." There's money in that. It's just that employers have a loophole (illegal, but none the less a loophole) that allows them to hire cheap labor. Americans WILL take those jobs if they are paid a decent wage. =20 Airports can be managed by Americans if airport and other government officials weren't so short-sighted as to see only dollars and cents saved in the short term. David R -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Gerard M Foley" <gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > From: "David MR" <damiross3@xxxxxxxxxxx> >=20 > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:49 AM > <snip>> > > Let's face it. Airports in the USA, can be managed by American=20 > > companies. There is no reason for them to be managed by foreign=20 > > companies. > > > There must be some reason, or it wouldn't happen. I suspect there's not=20 > enough money in it for Americans. Just like picking farm crops. >=20 > Gerry > http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ > http://www.wilowud.net/ > http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley > http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html > http://foley.foleypages.net/~gerry/=20 >=20