Omni Air International pilots vote to authorize a strike due to failure to offer industry-standard pay.
The labor dispute highlights issues with leasing airlines, such as wet leasing and the need for competitive pilot compensation.
Controlling costs is essential for wet leasing airlines, mainly as Omni Air assists startup airlines and provides charter flights.
Omni Air International, one of the United States’ leading providers of military transport but also providing full-service passenger charter and wet leasing based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, now has its 350 pilots represented by the Teamster Union voting to authorize a strike. The issues leading to going down the process of a strike include a failure to offer industry-standard pay.

Labor dispute sunlights issues around a leasing airline
The current labor dispute around Omni Air International shows some issues around an airline that operates as a leasing airline providing wet leasing – or ACMI. Now, what is ACMI? That is aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance so that an airline that needs additional capacity can purchase it – and it is also called wet leasing.