Strike Report
U.S. Airlines Under the Railway Labor Act

Fiscal
Year		 Duration
(Days)		  
Carrier		  
Union		 Strike
Began		 Strike
Ended
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.