FRONTIER PILOTS DEMONSTRATE AT DENVER CITY HALL
Frontier Airlines pilots working under a bankruptcy contract are trying to win support from the public as they push for higher pay from the Denver-based discount carrier.
About 350 pilots, including a handful from other airlines, staged an informational picket outside Denver’s city hall Thursday after what their union described as another round of fruitless contract talks.
Keeping with union rules, the uniformed pilots walked silently up and down the sidewalk in frigid weather, holding signs.
The pilots unanimously voted in September to authorize a strike if they can’t reach a deal, but they say that’s not their intention.
Frontier says it is still actively involved with the negotiations taking place under the guidance of the National Mediation Board.
Federal law makes it difficult to strike in the airline industry, and the process it lays out would make it impossible to stage one until after the busy holiday travel season. — The Associated Press