Has a strike ever shutdown an airline?

[great cornholio]

Title pretty much sums it up. Management always says that they will close up shop if a strike happens. I'm just wondering if a strike has ever actually lead to a company shutting down.

 

[suupah]

Eastern?

 

[ATLplt]

If you're asking about a purely pilot only strike then the answer is no.

If you're asking about a strike of any kind then I suppose you could say the Eastern mechanics strike would qualify. The airline was headed in in the gutter to begin with, thanks to the spaceman and the devil, but the strike (honored by the pilots) sealed the deal.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Love the spaceman......

 

[NuGuy]

Title pretty much sums it up. Management always says that they will close up shop if a strike happens. I'm just wondering if a strike has ever actually lead to a company shutting down.

NWA 1998. Stopped the show cold.

Technically, it was a lockout, not a strike. Same result.

Nu

 

[Redmeat]

NWA 1998. Stopped the show cold.

Technically, it was a lockout, not a strike. Same result.

Nu

I think the OP means 'shut down' as in Tango Uniform...

 

[AlaskaLoad]

Standard Airways in the 70s

 

[hou757]

Eastern Airlines. (1991)

 

[Lear70]

Eastern Airlines. (1991)

I think we already covered that, sport. Thanks...

 

[j41driver]

Don't forget Eastern.








Sorry Lear...couldn't resist

 

[Lear70]

Just about coughed my beer through my nose, thanks,,, ROFLMAO! Good one.

 

[great cornholio]

I think the OP means 'shut down' as in Tango Uniform...

Yeah by shutdown I mean no longer exists. So it sounds like its a rare thing then even though the company always says thats what they will do. Sorry if the questions sound dumb, but I'm still young and growing up no one in my family did this kind of work so I never followed strikes before.

 

[j41driver]

:laugh:

 

[SWA/FO]

I'd say Eastern.

 

[easydoesit]

Um, yeah. Whatever happened to Western Airlines? Seriously

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Um, yeah. Whatever happened to Western Airlines? Seriously

Seriously ? Western Airlines was bought, aquired ( or whatever you want to call it) and merged into Delta sometime in the mid to late 80's.

 

[hou757]

I think we already covered that, sport. Thanks...

Umm. Let's just say this strike hit pretty close to home.

 

[jmreii]

Title pretty much sums it up. Management always says that they will close up shop if a strike happens. I'm just wondering if a strike has ever actually lead to a company shutting down.

Pacific Southwest Airlines, the real PSA in the 70's had a pilot strike, and the real estate management firm that owned PSA were busying threatening the pilot group with changing their certificate so they could hire replacement pilots. PSA is no longer with us but the San Diego real estate management firm is.

 

[Whine Lover]

That's a fairly pointless post isn't it?

PSA was bought out in the 80's by what is now UsAirways.

What does a strike in the 70's have to do with anything?

 

[Turtle21]

Lots of friendly chatter...

Anyway, Good luck to Spirit.

 

[jmreii]

That's a fairly pointless post isn't it?

PSA was bought out in the 80's by what is now UsAirways.

What does a strike in the 70's have to do with anything?

Look at what is left of US air, not much considering management at many US airlines and the public could care less if you went out on strike or not.

 

[Whine Lover]

Look at what is left of US air, not much considering management at many US airlines and the public could care less if you went out on strike or not.

Genius. Pure genius. The articulation of the thought and the pure art form that is your sentence composition blows me away.

There is no way I can come back against the above. Just no way.

I do agree with you on this point:

" Look at what is left of US air, not much considering management ..."

Although I may have stated it less intelligently than yourself.

Thank you for your contributions to this forum as well as Society in general.


YKMKR

 

[Lear70]

Umm. Let's just say this strike hit pretty close to home.

Gotcha... just a friendly jibe after a few frosty, adult beverages. If you're with Spirit, good luck to you and those alongside you... :beer:

 

[JumpersAway]

Skybus jumped the gun...............they disbanded and shut down at the mere MENTION of a union.

 

[Joblu]

Hey don't forget Eastern.

 

[ron burgundy]

Has a strike ever shutdown an airline?

No......Management has!

 

[waveflyer]

And the answer would be - so what/? -
If management wants to scuttle the ship- that's their choice. Our choice is to be reasonable and know our own value.
Great job Spirit-

 

[Joblu]

And the answer would be - so what/? -
If management wants to scuttle the ship- that's their choice. Our choice is to be reasonable and know our own value.
Great job Spirit-

Scuttle the ship? You will get the order of Lenin for this Captain!

 

[nwaredtail]

Look at what is left of US air,

UsAir, the Chrysler of airlines

 

[dashtrasher]

UsAir, the Chrysler of airlines

Hey hey, don't insult Chrysler like that!!!