United Airlines pilots picket for higher pay before busy summer travel season: 'Time for the company to step up'

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United Airlines pilots picket for higher pay before busy summer travel season: 'Time for the company to step up.'

, pilots from United Airlines arranged picket lines at major airports on Friday as they push for higher pay.

Pilots at all three carriers are looking to match or beat the deal that Delta Air Lines reached with its pilots earlier this year, which raised pay rates by 34% over four years. Thompson said discussion about wages has been held up while the two sides negotiate over scheduling, including the union's wish to limit United's ability to make pilots work on their days off.

The Delta contract that United pilots are using as their starting point will cost Delta $7.2 billion over four years. All airlines are dealing with rising labor costs, which could show up in the price of a ticket, but fares are also set by supply and demand, notes Blaise Waguespack, who teaches airline management and marketing at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

 

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