like those at Airtran and the then-just announced merger between Continental Airlines and United Airlines. Before 2010, the last significant pilot strike in the U.S. was at United Airlines in 1985.

Marlon Green became the first African American pilot to work for a major airline (Continental Airlines) after he won a discrimination case before the Supreme Court in 1963. Ten years later ...

Many international flights from the US are short-haul continental flights to countries in the Americas. All airline pilots can fly internationally. Arrival back in the US usually requires customs ...