Democrats Press Delta, JetBlue to Reverse Cuts After Bailout
- Airlines draw wrath from lawmakers after taking $6.3 billion
- Cares Act was meant to help companies keep workers on payroll
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Senate Democrats are asking Delta Air Lines Inc. and JetBlue Airways Corp. to reverse a decision to cut employee hours after collectively taking more than $6.3 billion in federal money to pay workers during the coronavirus crisis.
Lawmakers including former presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, plus Sherrod Brown, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, wrote to the airlines on Thursday warning that they could be in legal trouble if they require employees to work less.