Fifteen pilots stood silently outside Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport on Wednesday, their backs to the terminal as they held signs demanding their employer, Breeze Airways, agree to its first collective bargaining agreement three years after negotiations began.
The pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, picketed for about an hour outside the Warwick airport, which became a hub for the Utah-based budget airliner in 2023. The demonstration coincided with Breeze’s fifth anniversary.
“We’ve all worked very hard for that very important milestone,” Alex Kluge, a captain who chairs Breeze’s Master Executive Council, told reporters outside the terminal. “Every airline, except the very smallest ones, have a contract — this is the industry norm.”…