Airline Mechanics Who Can't Read English
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Byron Harris at WFAA-TV writes:
There is also evidence that hundreds of mechanics with questionable licenses are working on aircraft in Texas.






If mechanics don't speak English, the international language of aviation, they can't read the manual and they can't record their activities.[News 8 Investigates: Airline mechanics who can't read English, May 16, 2009]

One fundamental question:why should immigrants from countries in which a background check cannot reliably be done be involved managing critical infrastructure in the US? US job growth has not be keeping up with natural increase of our population in recent years. If skilled jobs can't be filled reliably, this suggests a structural problem that should be addressed, not brushed under the carpet by opening the floodgates.
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