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Delta pilots picket airports in Atlanta, Los Angeles amid anticipated July 4 chaos, canceled flights
Airlines have been slashing hundreds of flights per day as travel conditions worsen.
July 2, 2022 9:57am
Updated: July 3, 2022 10:01am
Hundreds of pilots for major airline Delta picketed airports around the country on Friday, protesting what they claimed were adverse working conditions amid chaotic flight cancellations and supply chain crises.
Video of the protesting pilots circulated on social media, with demonstrations occurring at airports as disparate as LAX and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson.
The pilots were striking in favor of better working conditions such as higher pay and more time off.
The tracking software FlightAware listed the U.S. as experiencing nearly 600 flight cancellations yesterday alone.
