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Anxious days for airline workers as mass layoffs loom
Even though airlines are once again booking flights, who wants to fly with the pandemic still running rampant and many international destinations putting restrictions on U.S. travelers as a result. This is a direct result of Republican efforts to simply ignore COVID and pretend that it will go away or that it is no worse than flu despite over 200,000 dead.
https://www.axios.com/airline-workers-mass-layoffs-stimulus-pandemic-e2f3b61c-44df-40f1-95b4-7bc1ca08c85c.html
The clock is ticking for tens of thousands of anxious airline employees, who face mass reductions when the government's current payroll support program expires on Sept. 30.
Where it stands: Airline CEOs met Thursday with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who said President Trump would support an additional $25 billion from Congress to extend the current aid package through next March.
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But the public health crisis has persisted and air travel shows no signs of a recovery.
Today, U.S. passenger volumes are still running 65% below last year, according to Airlines for America.
“In March, we all hoped to be in a very different place by now," said Sara Nelson, president of the flight attendants' union. "But as the U.S. continues to lead the world in cases and deaths, (global) aviation demand is still down 85% and we are cut off from the rest of the world."
Where it stands: Airline CEOs met Thursday with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who said President Trump would support an additional $25 billion from Congress to extend the current aid package through next March.
* * *
But the public health crisis has persisted and air travel shows no signs of a recovery.
Today, U.S. passenger volumes are still running 65% below last year, according to Airlines for America.
“In March, we all hoped to be in a very different place by now," said Sara Nelson, president of the flight attendants' union. "But as the U.S. continues to lead the world in cases and deaths, (global) aviation demand is still down 85% and we are cut off from the rest of the world."
