Airlines Held Hostage By Labor Unions, Icahn Says

The airline business has difficulty making a profit largely because the labor unions have a stranglehold over management, according to former TWA Chairman Carl Icahn. Speaking to the PhoCusWright conference this week in Phoenix, Icahn said many of the U.S. major airlines are "overleveraged and can't...

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