Executive Council Statement
Mismanaged Airlines Hurt Workers and Passengers
… attacks, reckless job cuts have become all too common, pension obligations have been dumped and draconian changes to collective bargaining agreements—often through the use of or the threat of bankruptcy—have been forced on employees. Air carriers claim drastic cost-cutting and outsourcing, no matter the impact on workers and passengers, are the only ways to keep airlines flying and out of bankruptcy or liquidation. Yet airline CEOs—just a few years after securing billions from … in 1995. Flight schedules set by air carriers often ignore the laws of physics and would require time travel to actually work. The old and tired tactic of blaming virtually every delay on weather is simply no longer acceptable, and carriers have …