WASHINGTON - ON THE AGENDA: Congress returns this week, and top of mind for transportation-minded lawmakers will be the plight of the aviation industry. With nearly every major airline warning of the possibility of tens of thousands of furloughs in the fall, labor unions have sprung into action to press Congress for help saving their jobs. They’ve found a small core group of lawmakers, led by House Transportation Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), who are willing to champion them and push for an extension for the payroll aid passed in the CARES Act, H.R. 748 (116), Sam Mintz and Stephanie Beasley report for Politico. Continue reading original article.
The Intelligent Aerospace take:
July 24, 2020-While the air travel and aerospace were given assistance this spring in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic all but grinding world air travel to a halt, with coronavirus cases in the U.S. skyrocketing, industry says they need more help from the government.
In the United States, Boeing says more than 2.5 million Americans work in the aerospace industry at more than 17,000 suppliers. According to the Air Transport Action Group (ATAC), some 10.2 million people make a living in the aviation industry worldwide. Expanded to tourism and jobs supported by aviation, ATAC says that figure tops 65 million. In the current environment of "social isolation," medical professionals urge people to stay home, and super jumbo jets like the Airbus A380, which can can seat more than 500 passengers, are being mothballed.
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Jamie Whitney, Associate Editor
Intelligent Aerospace
