Strike Report: U.S. Airlines


Note:
Strikes noted below basically reflect those published in NMB Reports, primarily Annual Reports. The origin of these strikes is not clear. While most may be pursuant to Section-6 procedures of the Railway Labor Act, some may not be. In 1976, the agency’s Fiscal year changed from ending June 30 to ending September 30.

Fiscal
Year		 Duration
(Days)		  
Carrier		  
Union		 Strike
Began		 Strike
Ended
FY 2010 5 Spirit Airlines ALPA 6/12/10 6/16/10
FY 2009 17 AmeriJet IBT 8/27/09 9/13/09
FY 2008 None        
FY 2007 None        
FY 2006 52 Petroleum Helicopters (PHI Inc) OPEIU 9/20/06 11/10/06
FY 2006 9 World Airways IBT 1/28/06 2/5/06
FY 2005 17 Polar Air Cargo ALPA 9/16/05 10/2/05
FY 2005 416 Northwest Airlines AMFA 8/20/05 10/9/06
FY 2004 None        
FY 2003 None (d)        
FY 2002 None (c)        
FY 2001 89 Comair ALPA 3/26/01 6/22/01
FY 2000 None        
FY 1999 None        
FY 1998 15 Northwest Airlines ALPA 8/29/98 9/12/98
FY 1998 89-min (b) Skyway ALPA 12/20/97 12/20/97
FY 1997 24-min (a) American Airlines APA 2/15/97 2/15/97
FY 1996 None        
FY 1995 None        
FY 1994 5 American APFA 11/18/93 11/22/93
FY 1993 2,273 Alitalia IAM 9/3/93 11/24/99
FY 1993 5 USAir IAM 10/5/92 10/9/92
FY 1992 None        
FY 1991 None        
FY 1990 None        
FY 1989 684 Eastern IAM 3/4/89 1/17/91
FY 1988 None        
FY 1987 None        
FY 1986 72 Trans World IFFA 3/7/86 5/18/86
FY 1985 29 United ALPA 5/17/85 6/14/85
FY 1985 92 Alaska IAM 3/4/85 6/3/85
FY 1985 28 Pan American TWU 2/28/85 3/27/85
FY 1985 1 Ozark IAM (Agents) 2/7/85 2/7/85
FY 1984 1 Pan American TWU 8/15/84 8/15/84
FY 1984 851 EL AL Israel IAM 3/16/84 7/14/86
FY 1984 565 Continental UFA 10/1/83 4/17/85
FY 1984 716 Continental ALPA 10/1/83 9/15/85
FY 1983 614 Continental IAM 8/13/83 4/17/85
FY 1982 35 Northwest IAM 5/22/82 6/25/82
FY 1981 17 Continental UFA 12/5/80 12/21/80
FY 1980 53 Pacific Southwest SFCA (Pilots) 9/25/80 11/16/80
FY 1980 38 Ozark AMFA 5/6/80 6/12/80
FY 1980 127 Altair IAM 4/13/80 8/18/80
FY 1980 20 Southwest IAM (Mechs.) 1/13/80 2/1/80
FY 1980 1 Seaboard IBT (FA) 12/14/79 12/14/79
FY 1980 1 American TWU (Flt. Inst.) 11/4/79 11/4/79
FY 1979 14 Continental IBT (Flt. Eng.) 9/23/79 10/6/79
FY 1979 53 Ozark AFA 9/14/79 11/5/79
FY 1979 62 Hughes Airwest ALEA 9/10/79 11/10/79
FY 1979 2 Seaboard ALPA 8/31/79 9/1/79
FY 1979 19 Flying Tigers IAM 8/25/79 9/12/79
FY 1979 132 World IBT (Pilots, Mechs., FA) 8/3/79 12/12/79
FY 1979 58 United IAM 3/31/79 5/27/79
FY 1979 148 Argentine TWU 5/11/79 10/5/79
FY 1979 14 Philippine IAM 3/1/79 3/14/79
FY 1978 1 Pan American IBT 8/10/78 8/10/78
FY 1978 109 Northwest ALPA 4/29/78 8/15/78
FY 1977 667 Wien ALPA 5/8/77 3/5/79
FY 1977 2 Trans World IAM 11/18/76 11/19/76
FY 1977 25 Continental ALPA 10/23/76 11/16/76
FY 1976 25 Alaska AFA 9/26/76 10/20/76
FY 1976 16 United IAM 12/6/75 12/21/75
FY 1975 127 National ALPA (FA) 9/1/75 1/5/76
FY 1975 4 Northwest ALPA 8/4/75 8/7/75
FY 1975 125 Texas Int'l ALEA 12/1/74 4/4/75
FY 1974 2 Braniff ALPA 9/21/74 9/22/74
FY 1974 109 National IAM 7/14/74 10/30/74
FY 1974 44 Trans World ALSSA 11/5/73 12/18/73
FY 1973 3 Saturn ALPA 5/20/73 5/22/73
FY 1973 73 Ozark AMFA 4/19/73 6/30/73
FY 1973 1 Eastern TWU 4/17/73 4/17/73
FY 1972 95 Northwest ALPA 6/30/72 10/2/72
FY 1972 118 Hughes Airwest AMFA 12/15/71 4/10/72
FY 1971 154 Mohawk ALPA 11/12/70 4/14/71
FY 1971 3 Seaboard ALPA 10/24/70 10/26/70
FY 1971 2 Trans World ALSSA 10/20/70 10/21/70
FY 1970 160 Northwest BRAC 7/8/70 12/14/70
FY 1970 51 World IBT 5/15/70 7/4/70
FY 1970 6 Ozark AMFA (Mechs.) 4/19/70 4/24/70
FY 1970 117 National ALEA 1/31/70 5/27/70
FY 1969 4 Pan American IBT (Clk/Agt) 8/8/69 8/11/69
FY 1969 19 Western IBT 7/29/69 8/16/69
FY 1969 31 Piedmont ALPA 7/21/69 8/20/69
FY 1969 21 American TWU 2/27/69 3/19/69
FY 1969 5 National IAM 1/17/69 1/21/69
FY 1969 76 Reeve Aleutian IAM 10/19/68 1/2/69
FY 1968 None        
FY 1967 8 West Coast ALEA 7/1/67 7/10/67
FY 1967 24 Airlift ALEA 3/1/67 3/24/67
FY 1967 53 Mohawk IAM 12/9/66 1/30/67
FY 1967 8 Pacific IAM 11/6/66 11/13/66
FY 1966 43 United IAM 7/8/66 8/19/66
FY 1966 43 Trans World IAM 7/8/66 8/19/66
FY 1966 43 Northwest IAM 7/8/66 8/19/66
FY 1966 43 National IAM 7/8/66 8/19/66
FY 1966 43 Eastern IAM 7/8/66 8/19/66
FY 1965 11 Pan American ALPA 3/31/65 4/10/65
FY 1965 3 Trans Carib IBT (Disp.) 12/9/64 12/11/64
FY 1964 2 Pan American TWU 8/25/64 8/26/64
FY 1964 2 National ALEA 2/15/64 2/16/64
FY 1963 1 United IAM 9/5/63 9/5/63
FY 1963 2 United IAM 8/20/63 8/21/63
FY 1962 83 Eastern FEIA 6/23/62 9/13/62
FY 1962 2 Pan American FEIA 6/23/62 6/24/62
FY 1962 1 Pacific IAM 4/23/62 4/23/62
FY 1961 6 National IAM 5/2/61 5/7/61
FY 1961 84 Western FEIA 2/17/61 5/11/61
FY 1961 7 Trans World FEIA 2/17/61 2/23/61
FY 1961 7 Pan American FEIA 2/17/61 2/23/61
FY 1961 7 National FEIA 2/17/61 2/23/61
FY 1961 7 Flying Tiger FEIA 2/17/61 2/23/61
FY 1961 7 Eastern FEIA 2/17/61 2/23/61
FY 1961 7 American FEIA 2/17/61 2/23/61
FY 1961 137 Northwest IAM (Flt. Engrs.) 10/11/60 2/24/61
FY 1961 2 Pan American FEIA 10/1/60 10/2/60
FY 1960 11 Braniff BRAC 9/26/60 10/6/60
FY 1960 17 Northwest ALPA 7/7/60 7/23/60
FY 1960 103 Continental FEIA 6/30/60 10/11/60
FY 1960 4 Pan American ALPA 6/18/60 6/21/60
FY 1960 12 Eastern ALPA 6/10/60 6/21/60
FY 1960 118 Southern ALPA, ACMA 6/5/60 9/30/60
FY 1960 5 American TWU 3/31/60 4/4/60
FY 1960 18 Mohawk ALEA (FA) 3/17/60 4/3/60
FY 1960 27 Flying Tiger TWU 1/21/60 2/16/60
FY 1959 64 Southern ACMA 8/3/59 10/5/59
FY 1959 3 Pacific ALDA 6/6/59 6/8/59
FY 1959 2 American TWU 4/28/59 4/29/59
FY 1959 22 American ALPA 12/20/58 1/10/59
FY 1959 33 Eastern IAM 11/24/58 12/26/58
FY 1959 38 Eastern FEIA 11/24/58 12/31/58
FY 1959 11 Lake Central ALSSA (FA) 11/24/58 12/4/58
FY 1959 17 Trans World IAM 11/21/58 12/7/58
FY 1959 4 West Coast IAM 11/21/58 11/24/58
FY 1959 37 Capital IAM 10/17/58 11/22/58
FY 1958 1 Pan American BRAC 9/19/58 9/19/58
FY 1958 2 American TWU 9/19/58 9/20/58
FY 1958 3 Northeast IAM 9/3/58 9/5/58
FY 1958 5 Pan American TWU 7/15/58 7/19/58
FY 1958 3 Eastern IAM 5/12/58 5/14/58
FY 1958 11 Central IAM 4/7/58 4/17/58
FY 1958 109 Western ALPA 2/21/58 6/9/58
FY 1958 1 Eastern IAM 1/31/58 1/31/58
FY 1957 31 National ALAA (Clk/Agt) 9/23/57 10/23/57
FY 1957 3 Pan American UPG (United Plant Guards) 1/30/57 2/1/57
FY 1956 1 National ALPA 8/17/56 8/17/56
FY 1956 63 Western BRAC 1/9/56 3/22/56
FY 1956 53 United FEIA 10/23/55 12/14/55
FY 1956 4 Southern ALDA 10/7/55 10/10/55
FY 1955 113 Flying Tiger IAM 6/14/55 10/5/55
FY 1954 1 West Coast IAM 8/24/54 8/24/54
FY 1954 25 American ALPA 7/31/54 8/24/54
FY 1954 2 Trans-Texas ALDA (Disp.) 3/22/54 3/23/54
FY 1954 7 Trans World IAM 1/7/54 1/13/54
FY 1954 5 Northwest BRAC 11/5/53 11/9/53
FY 1954 2 Hawaiian IAM 10/11/53 10/12/53
FY 1954 1 Pan American TWU 10/2/53 10/2/53
FY 1953 1 Hawaiian IAM 9/30/53 9/30/53
FY 1953 12 Trans World TWU (Nav.) 7/10/53 7/21/53
FY 1953 2 Capital IAM 5/29/53 5/30/53
FY 1953 44 Braniff ACMA 4/13/53 5/27/53
FY 1953 12 Northeast IAM 12/5/52 12/16/52
FY 1953 5 Eastern FEIA 12/1/52 12/5/52
FY 1953 3 United FEIA 11/5/52 11/7/52
FY 1952 8 American TWU 6/1/52 6/8/52
FY 1952 2 American TWU 5/6/52 5/7/52
FY 1952 1 Trans-Texas IAM 2/14/52 2/14/52
FY 1952 3 Pan American TWU 12/16/51 12/18/51
FY 1951 16 Western ALPA, ACMA (Mechs.) 7/27/51 8/11/51
FY 1951 11 United ALPA 6/19/51 6/29/51
FY 1951 3 Pan American TWU 6/15/51 6/17/51
FY 1951 6 Trans-Texas IAM 1/18/51 1/23/51
FY 1951 1 Pan American TWU 5/13/50 5/13/50
FY 1950 11 American TWU 3/1/50 3/11/50
FY 1949 2 Am. Overseas Commercial Telegraphers 7/21/49 7/22/49
FY 1949 6 Colonial IAM 5/30/49 6/4/49
FY 1949 2 Pan American TWU (Mechs.) 4/1/49 4/2/49
FY 1949 1 American TWU (Mechs.) 10/27/48 10/27/48
FY 1948 296 National ALPA 2/3/48 11/24/48
FY 1948 200 National IAM 1/24/48 8/10/48
FY 1947 18 Am. Overseas ALPA 9/30/47 10/17/47
FY 1947 33 Delta UAW (Mechs.) 5/9/47 6/10/47
FY 1947 26 Trans World ALPA 10/21/46 11/15/46

(a) Midnight to 12:24 a.m.

(b) 5:07 a.m. to 6:36 a.m.

(c) A cooling-off period between Midwest Express and the AFA expired on Aug. 30, 2002, but the parties did not engage in self-help before reaching a settlement on September 20, 2002.

(d) A cooling-off period between Pan Am and the AFA expired on 7-24-02, but the parties did not exercise self-help.