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By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters] – The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chair has invited the seven top executives of seven U.S. airlines for a December 8 hearing. This follows a July inquiry by the committee to major carriers about the reasons behind worker shortages despite the fact that they received billions in pandemic relief.

The panel is chaired by Senator Maria Cantwell (Democrat), who invites the CEOs at American Airlines (NASDAQ), Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines (NYSE), Southwest Airlines (NYSE), United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Alaska Airlines. Spirit Airlines The official then added (NYSE:).

Airlines declined to comment on the request or didn’t immediately reply to inquiries for comment. Reuters initially reported on November 4 that plans were being made for the hearing, but it was unclear if Cantwell would invite the CEOs.

In March 2020, Congress authorized three rounds of taxpayer funding in total of $54 billion. This was to help pay a large portion of the payroll costs of U.S. airlines through September 30, as a result COVID-19.

Government assistance did not allow airlines to make involuntary cuts or layoffs.

In recent months, airlines have had to cancel hundreds upon thousands of flights due to staff shortages.

Cantwell questioned several airlines in July regarding “workforce shortages”, flight cancellations and delays. These questions created havoc and frustrated consumers as Americans return to travel.

Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson stated earlier in the month that some of the problems with airline operations were “more due to changes in consumers behavior,” such as a rise in leisure travel.

He said, “They may not have as much time buffer as they used to,”

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