White House Ready to Extend Payroll Relief for Airline Employees

American Airlines planes parked at the gate during the COVID-19 outbreak at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, on April 5, 2020. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

With the first round of payroll support ending Sept. 30 and the furlough of tens of thousands of airline workers imminent, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urged Lawmakers on Thursday to pass a bill extending payroll grants for airline employees for another six months.

“We’ve got tens of thousands of people that are about to be laid off,” Meadows said during an interview Thursday morning on Fox News. “So, if nothing more, let’s go ahead and put that package on the floor and pass that.”