Airline Strike Ends: Dispute Settled After 43 Days
Airline Strike Ends: Dispute Settled After 43 Days
NO AUDIO After 43 days, the nation's air travel gets back to normal as machinists vote to return to work. The five struck airlines carry sixty percent of the country's passenger traffic. It was our longest and costliest airline strike. Planes lined up on the tarmacs. High Angle Shot - Throngs queued in line getting their tickets stamped. CU little girl with a babydoll in line standing next to her mother and little brother. People patiently await their turn to see the ticket agent. Mother holding her child as the stewardesss checks the ticket. MS airline ground crew working on the plane from inside a hanger (??) Ground crew mechanic checking out wheel well and tire of the plane. MS People embarking onto the plane. High Angle Shot - People sitting in passenger seats on the plane. The seats are filling up quickly. MS Silhouettes of people waving to a United Airline flight that is getting ready to take off from the terminal. People walking up stairs outside the plane to embark on a Eastern Airline passenger plane. Profile of a United Airline flight taxing on a runway ready to take off. Ground to Air - Passenger plane that just taken off and has become airborne.