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100PercentFedUp.com Delta Airlines pilots plan to start picketing on Thursday at several major airports including LAX, JFK and Atlanta citing exhaustion and poor work schedules as underlying issues in their push for a pay increase.
According to Daily Mail, the Air Line Pilots Association claimed that roughly 14,000 of its members are working longer hours despite increasing flight cancellations. Jason Ambrosi, a Delta pilot and union official blamed Delta’s poor flight scheduling for an increase in fatigue and the resulting wage demand.
‘The Delta pilots last signed a new contract in 2016 and are currently flying under work rules and pay rates negotiated over six years ago,’ ‘It’s been two-and-a-half-years since our contract became amendable and three-and-a-half years since the Delta pilots last had a pay raise. Meanwhile, our quality of life has eroded due to management’s unwillingness to schedule the airline properly,’…
