By Rich Thomaselli
From TravelPulse
There is a scene in the film “The American President,” almost a throwaway scene, where a change in the president’s plans happens. Apparently, there is an airline strike in St. Louis and he is intending to fly there with the hopes of mediating.
As he is putting on his coat, he says, “You know what my economics professor once told me?”
His chief of staff then quickly quips back, “Never have an airline strike at Christmas?”
Add the busy summer travel season, especially this summer, to that list.
A strike by airline pilots could be a major thorn in the side of summer travel this year. In fact, it could disrupt it quite a bit. Both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines pilots have recently voted to authorize a strike….