Keep America Ready for Takeoff – Extend Payroll Support for Pilots

America’s recovery depends on a strong airline industry. Lawmakers must extend payroll support for aviation workers to stabilize the industry and ensure the nation’s speedy recovery. Without this critical extension, the U.S. could lose a generation of trained pilots, a group that is essential for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

Airline payroll support expired Sept. 30, forcing airlines to furlough and lay off thousands of crucial aviation workers – and placing the jobs of hundreds of thousands more in immediate jeopardy. The Air Line Pilots Association is calling on leaders to act now to extend payroll support for aviation workers, who are integral to America’s recovery.

 

Unions and airlines agree – payroll support should be extended. Continue this successful, bipartisan program to ensure:

• Airlines are supported as they help to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, foster economic recovery and meet future travel demand
• Hundreds of thousands of aviation workers keep their jobs and health insurance
• Experienced and credentialed workers stay in the aviation sector, protecting the U.S. industry’s long-term global competitiveness

 

“Employment and healthcare are very pertinent because of my family which consists of my wife and our two small children. They rely not only on my financial stability but my healthcare stability as well” - Deidentified ALPA Member Pilot