carrier occurred at Spirit Airlines in 2010. In December, President Joe Biden signed a bill that Congress passed to impose contract terms on freight railroad workers, ending a strike threat. That's what President Bill Clinton did minutes after pilots began striking against American in 1997. The National Mediation Board rarely declares a dead end to bargaining, and even if it does, there is a no-strikes "cooling-off" period during which the White House and Congress can block a walkout. law, airline and railroad workers can't legally strike, and companies can't lock them out, until federal mediators determine that further negotiations are pointless. It's common sense."Įven if the airlines and their unions fail to reach agreements quickly, strikes are unlikely in the next few months - when millions of Americans hope to fly over summer vacation. Giselle Ascione, a United passenger in San Francisco, said the airlines are making a lot of money, and "the pilots as well as the attendants should be paid. Members of the Air Line Pilots Association International walk an informational picket on behalf of United Airline pilots at O'Hare International Airport Friday, May 12, 2023, in Chicago. All airlines are dealing with rising labor costs, which could show up in the price of a ticket, but fares are also set by supply and demand, notes Blaise Waguespack, who teaches airline management and marketing at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The Delta contract that United pilots are using as their starting point will cost Delta $7.2 billion over four years. "We made quite a few sacrifices during the pandemic, and we feel it is now time for the company to step up to the plate and to give us a contract, acknowledging the sacrifices and the contributions that we have made," said pilot Arzu Delp, as he picketed at San Francisco International Airport.
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