{"id":15224,"date":"2020-04-15T22:05:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15224"},"modified":"2020-04-15T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:06:00","slug":"a4a-president-expresses-gratitude-for-administration-congress-for-direct-payroll-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/a4a-president-expresses-gratitude-for-administration-congress-for-direct-payroll-assistance\/%20","title":{"rendered":"A4A President Expresses Gratitude for Administration, Congress for Direct Payroll Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On behalf of the leading U.S. airlines and 750,000\nemployees, Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio expressed\ntheir gratitude for the work of the Trump Administration \u2013 especially President\nTrump, Vice President Pence, Secretary Mnuchin and Secretary Chao \u2013 and members\nof the Senate and the House for their efforts to provide Direct Payroll\nAssistance funds, as allocated in the CARES Act, which will help protect the\njobs of pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, gate agents and other people who\nneed to pay rent and mortgages and put food on the table for their families\nduring the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This funding will allow those 750,000 men and women to stay\non airline payrolls though Sept. 30, 2020, and out of the unemployment lines,\nwhich is critically important at a time when we already have seen multiple\nweeks of historically high unemployment claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the onset of this public health crisis, U.S. airlines\nhave been taking substantial steps to protect our direct jobs as well as the 10\nmillion jobs supported by the industry. Carriers have made cuts everywhere\npossible from retiring fleet types earlier than scheduled, significantly\nreducing executive compensation, shutting airport lounges, trimming capital\nexpenditures and offering early retirements. The Direct Payroll Assistance\nfunds from the Federal Government are an important part of the efforts to\nprotect jobs. Our employees are the backbone of the industry and our greatest\nresource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The novel coronavirus pandemic has had \u2013 and continues to\nhave \u2013 a severe and unprecedented impact on the U.S. airline industry. Before\nthis global emergency, U.S. airlines were transporting a record 2.5 million\npassengers and 58,000 tons of cargo each day. U.S. carriers were well\npositioned to carry record numbers of travelers in 2020. Now, 95 percent of\nAmericans are under stay at home orders. As a result, passenger volume is down\n97 percent, equating to a customer level we have not seen since 1954. Airlines\nhave parked 2,240 aircraft, and they are burning through cash at a rapid rate \u2013\n$10-12 billion a month \u2013 as cancellations far outpace new bookings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given these circumstances, we are deeply appreciative for\nthe Payroll Support Program, which is an important first step in a long path\ntoward recovery for an industry that remains critical for connecting our\ncountry and driving economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On behalf of the leading U.S. airlines and 750,000 employees, Airlines for America President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio expressed their gratitude for the work of the Trump Administration \u2013 especially President Trump, Vice President Pence, Secretary Mnuchin and Secretary Chao \u2013 and members of the Senate and the House for their efforts to provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15226,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15224\/revisions\/15226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}