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New Report - Shortchanged: How Airlines Can Repay Taxpayers for Billions in Subsides by Improving Jobs, Security and Services
New Report Urges Conditions For Airlines Subsidies, Major Improvements In Job And Passenger Service Quality
Study Finds Airline Passengers and Workers Have Been Shortchanged While Airlines Received Nearly $8.5 Billion in Subsidies Since 2001
Experts Say Taxpayer Dollars Must Be Tied to Better Jobs, Security and Services
LOS ANGELES - A new study released by three California groups finds that conditions for passengers and workers have eroded while airlines have received nearly $8.5 billion in taxpayer subsidies since 2001.
“Shortchanged: How Airlines Can Repay Taxpayers for Billions in Subsides by Improving Jobs, Security and Services” shows that the airline industry has benefited from enormous taxpayer support yet has failed to provide a fair return on the public’s investment, creating poor quality jobs and providing inadequate security and services for passengers. The study concludes that despite the industry’s current financial crisis, it is essential that major subsidy recipients such as American, United and Delta along with other airlines take measures to address these issues - both to improve safety, service and job standards as well as to ensure the long-term health of the airline industry.
You can download the full version of Shortchanged at www.shortchangedreport.org.
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