Southwest Airways urged the Trump administration and congressional management on Monday to increase the aid the airline trade acquired in March by six months to keep away from large layoffs.Southwest CEO Gary Kelly and trade unions requested for a six-month renewal of the help “to save jobs, preserve careers, and extend our ability to fight for our People and our airline” in a letter to President TrumpDonald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 factors nationally amongst Latinos: ballot Trump dismisses local weather change position in fires, says Newsom must handle forest higher Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies whereas internet hosting Emmy Awards MORE and congressional management.The unions included the Southwest Airline Pilots Affiliation, Transport Staff Union of America AFL-CIO, the Airline Division of the Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Staff.The CARES Act, signed into legislation in late March, included the Payroll Assist Program (PSP) for airways, which meant support recipients have been prohibited from firing or shedding staff till Oct. 1.“We face continued uncertainty and a forecast that does not point to a significant return in travel demand in the near term. We need your action, now,” they wrote.Kelly was in Washington final week to fulfill with White Home chief of employees Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsAirline CEOs plead with Washington as layoffs loom Trump reacts to Ginsburg’s loss of life: ‘An incredible girl who led an incredible life’ Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg’s loss of life MORE. He known as the assembly “very good.”“As the representative of the Employees at Southwest, we respectfully urge you to enact a clean extension of the PSP as soon as possible. As stated in March, we will always put our People first,” they wrote.The letter follows one on Friday from United Airways CEO Scott Kirby and airline trade unions and one on Wednesday from American Airways CEO Doug Parker and airline trade unions, each requesting the identical six-month extension.
