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Spokesperson For 15,000 Pilots Reveals The Challenges In The Airline Industry

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Patrick Bet-David sits down with captain Dennis Tajer. In this interview they talk about how the airline industry was affected by the pandemic, the anniversary of 9/11 and safety on airplanes. 

Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/tWiAbnEpRFc

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0:00.0

It's not just air flow over the wing that makes the airplane fly.

0:03.0

It's money flow over the wing.

0:04.8

They've got to come together and that can be success for everybody involved.

0:08.5

Yeah, I mean, listen, again, Union spokesperson who supports capitalism, got to love it.

0:13.5

And we had boots on the ground, knowledge that this virus was going like crazy over there.

0:20.7

And we did not want to be the vessel that transmitted that virus back here into the US.

0:26.0

How tougher is it today for a person to do another 9-11?

0:33.9

They're trained to not react emotionally, but they still have emotions.

0:38.1

And they're passionate about protecting the passengers on the airplane.

0:42.8

Because without that, we don't have a business.

0:45.2

Not only because we have our bodies on that airplane too, but when you have your family traveling,

0:50.4

you hand them over to me literally and metaphorically.

0:53.6

You're saying, this is my life treasure, please take care of it.

1:00.2

My guest today is Captain Dennis Tager, who is himself a pilot, 34 years.

1:05.2

I think six years with the Air Force 29 years with American Airlines, 3435 years.

1:10.8

He flies right now as a pilot.

1:12.6

And at the same time, he's also the spokesperson for APA's Allied Pilots Association,

1:18.2

a union that represents 15,000 American Airlines pilots.

1:22.2

I believe it's the largest independent pilots union in the world.

1:26.0

Would that be in said, Dennis, thank you so much for being a guest on my attainment.

1:30.2

Oh, thank you. It's an honor to be here and you nailed it.

1:33.0

That's exactly what we do and who we are.

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