Insights from Sara Nelson, International President of the Association Flight Flight Attendants.
As U.S. businesses begin to emerge from the ruins of the coronavirus epidemic, the travel and airline industries are still struggling to recover.
Sarah Nelson, president of Flight Attendants, told Fox News ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ that the return is “just not happening” because Americans are still hesitant to fly.
“The airline industry is still right in the midst of this crisis,” he said. “And what the industry has done is put in the necessary mask policies, changed their cleaning procedures, talked about [how] Air filtration is safer than filf building. They’ve done a lot of things to try to persuade people, but it just didn’t happen. So people are choosing to drive rather than fly. ”
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Nelson said the numbers this weekend indicate that the business is reaching half of what it was last year and overall revenue is down 75%.
Ronald Reagan of Arlington, Va., Uses an electrostatic sprayer to disinfect the inside of a Delta aircraft between flights at Washington National Airport on July 22, 2020. (AP Photo / Nathan Elgren)
The industry is constantly seeking relief from Congress, Nelson said, as the big gap in revenue is expected to last until the end of the year.
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“We are asking Congress to continue the package that was put in place in March for workers to get money directly on the front lines,” he said. “It simply came to our notice then. [It] It was to keep us in our jobs, connected to our health care and then ready to move the industry forward again. “
Nelson said there is a “huge bipartisan majority” that, with the help of more than 0 senators and the White House’s signal support, supports the airlines to continue providing relief.
“750,000 jobs in the airline industry support 11 million jobs in the economy,” he said. “We spend back in the economy. So it is very important to support this job, keep the industry intact, continue to serve all our communities during the epidemic. “
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