[Non-Sequitur]

Prior training and certification are important elements of quality control. The unions’ primary concern isn’t quality control, it’s extracting economic rents from employers. And that’s never a good thing for airlines, passengers, or the economy.

And according to the story many, perhaps most, aren't trained or certified - not in the U.S. or anywhere. So in your view it's OK to use them as labor rather than the trained, certified, and experienced U.S. counterpart for economic reasons alone?

[Arguendo]

This wasn’t a news story, it was a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors.

At worst, I got the impression a few of the immigrants might have sub-par credentials, which is a problem. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of well trained immigrants who are happy to work without trying to extract rents through a union.