The picketing puts pressure on one of the largest carriers in the country as the aviation industry heads into peak summer travel season.
The peak summer travel season is almost here, and pilots are stepping up their pressure on major airlines for new contracts that will include higher pay.Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the nation's biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay.
The coast-to-coast protests by United pilots come on the heels of overwhelming strike-authorization votes by pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. United pilots could be the next to vote, according to union officials. Thompson said discussion about wages had been held up while the two sides negotiated over scheduling, including the union's wish to limit United's ability to make pilots work on their days off.
"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," Arzu Delp, a pilot, said as he picketed at San Francisco International Airport. Even 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. Under U.S. 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.
Arthur Wheaton, director of labor studies at Cornell University, said Congress would not permit an airline strike because of the economic harm it would cause, but unhappy pilots could still cause disruptions in other ways.
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