Potential Delta Strike
Tuesday April 4, 2006
From Reuters:
Delta pilots vote to authorize a strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pilots’ union of Delta Air Lines Inc. said on Tuesday its members have voted to authorize a strike if the airline is permitted to impose new terms on the pilots.
I’m all for letting people go on strike but not in cases where they have a practical monopoly like Delta does in Cincinnati. This would shut air travel in and out of here completely down and further depress an already practically n-stage local economy. If we had another airline in town where it wasn’t so disruptive that would be one thing. The trade-off of having a strangle-hold/monopoly on a market is a responsibility to serve that market.