How 9/11 changed the airline industry

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“$81 billion was given back by workers in the wake of 9/11, including transferring the cost of healthcare to us, destroying retiree healthcare, destroying pensions — and we're still trying to fight to get that back,” says Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants.

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