Turn of a Critical Card
Air Transport International (ATI) pilots, as represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), announced on 27 October 2023 that they will hold a strike authorization vote on Monday, 30 October. For nearly three-and-a-half-years, pilots in the service of Wilmington, Ohio-based Air Transport International (ATI) have been mired in unproductive negotiations with the air-carrier’s management. The authorizing of a strike is the first in a long and complex succession of prerequisites that must be met prior to ATI pilots walking off the job. By making such an authorization in the weeks prior to the onset of the frantic and profitable winter holiday shopping/delivery season, ATI pilots and ALPA jointly exert