The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has released details of what the latest proposal for COVID-19 relief is expected to look like based on reports released Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The skinny bill—as it’s being called—includes no fresh money for the Payroll Support Program for the airlines, that expire at the end of September. Short of new funding for the PSP, the major air carriers in the US are expected to furlough tens of thousands of employees, sending the national unemployment rate higher just a few weeks before the presidential election in November.
NATA Offers Look at New COVID-19 Stimulus Legislation