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American Airlines Scoffed At Biofuels, Now Hopes For Rich Government Subsidies

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Feb 28 2021

A year and a half ago American Airlines CEO Doug Parker was scoffing at United’s investments in biofuels being good for the environment. There was real evidence for his position, that current biofuel technology is simply too resource-intensive to be useful.

Now, though, American has done a 180 – with a new President whose environmental priorities open up the possibility for new subsidies.

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SCOOP: Delta Air Lines Is Making Large Bonus Payments To Management Employees

Feb 28 2021

Delta Air Lines is paying out bonuses to management employees to compensate them for pay cuts mandated in 2020 as part of the airline’s pandemic belt-tightening, which in some cases can exceed $250,000 per person.

These bonuses are being paid out while Delta is receiving payroll funds from the federal government, and aren’t being offered to the airline’s frontline employees who earned less in 2020 than in 2019,.

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