American Airlines pilots have overwhelmingly voted in favour of their labour union strike, while the company has claimed that negotiations with the union are underway. The results of the vote were announced on Monday (May 1). However, reports suggest that no-walk-offs are imminent as pilot strikes are rare and require federal National Mediation Board permission.
Why are the pilots considering a strike?
between now and next year. what is the question when it comes to what that recession could potentially look like? this is a conversation we have with white house officials all the time. they say we re not preparing for one, not having meetings. acting like there s going to be one. it makes a difference what kind of recession it could potentially be. how does that affect your planning? again, our planning is probably a little bit, again, recession-proof. we re down about 15% from where we should be already. so we re not having that. companies, business travel is usually where we get impacted the most. business travel is down from historical levels. there s nothing to cut. businesses need to be out with their customers. if you re not out with your customers because everybody is traveling, somebody else is. there s countercyclical effects here that are happening. it s going to be interesting to watch. you are dealing with potentially down the road a pilot strike. you ve got 96% of y
The pilots announced the strike in defiance of a court order against industrial action and gave no indication of how long it would last. Thousands of passengers have been stranded as a result.