Pilots representing six U.S. airways are planning an “informational” picket line Thursday at airports nationwide to demand higher working situations and advantages.
From 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the pilots will probably be picketing outdoors Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport, Detroit Metro Airport, and Reagan-Nationwide Airport in Washington, D.C.
Later within the day, picket strains will type outdoors main airports in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Salt Lake Metropolis, and Seattle.
Journey isn’t anticipated to be disrupted because the pilots will probably be off obligation.
The pilots say bettering their work situations is vital to ameliorating the journey woes that passengers have skilled in 2022. New federal information present that within the first half of the yr, on-time arrival rates dropped for nearly every major airline, while customer complaints soared.
This would be the third informational picket line this yr as pilots search to barter new contracts.
“When ALPA pilots stand shoulder to shoulder in assist of shared objectives, individuals discover—our airways discover,” the pilots union stated in a launch. “That’s why on September 1, we’re asking all ALPA pilots to hitch us for an ALPA-wide informational picket to point out the general public, our lawmakers, and our airways that every one airline pilots stand collectively in assist of the profession-wide aim of improved working situations and advantages.”
Delta Air Traces issued an announcement saying, “These workouts by a few of our off-duty pilots don’t disrupt our operation for our clients. ALPA’s said goal of picketing is just to achieve leverage on the negotiating desk.”
