As Airlines Amass Record Setting Profits, Strike Looms Ahead of Holiday Travel at 3 Major Airlines
Major US airlines have recovered from Covid-19 pandemic losses and can boast of a healthy bottom line with booming profits. But as the busy holiday season approaches, three airlines are facing looming strike threats.
Flight attendants for three major airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, are threatening strikes over low pay and unpaid leave.
Flight attendants are only paid from door closure until the door opens on flights. Kiara O’Bryant, a Seattle-based flight attendant at Alaska Airlines, told The Guardian,
“All of that time we spend with passengers on the ground or sitting and waiting for other aircrafts in between flights goes unpaid.”
“There are instances where flight attendants are sitting anywhere from two to four hours,
