Basebeletsi ba lifofane, ba emetsoeng ke Mokhatlo oa Basebeletsi ba Lifofane-CWA, AFL-CIO (AFA-CWA) United Airlines, ba hatella DOT ho netefatsa hore mesebetsi ea Amerika e sirelelitsoe ha ho nahanoa ka tumello ea ho itšireletsa khahlanong le ts'epo ea ho kena Continental le United Airlines le. Mokhatlo oa Star Alliance. Boiteko ba bahlokomeli ba sefofane bo ba le moelelo o makatsang bekeng ena kamora phatlalatso ea United Airlines ea ho eketsa Basebeletsi ba Lifofane ba 2,150 hoetla hona.
"Ho feta leha e le neng pele ho hlakile hore mesebetsi ea Amerika ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea moruo oa rona oa Amerika. Mmuso oa rona o na le boikarabello ba ho netefatsa hore likhoebo li sireletsa phihlello ea mesebetsi e metle ea Amerika, "ho boletse Greg Davidowitch, mopresidente oa AFA-CWA United Airlines. "Melao ea naha ea rona e khahlanong le ts'epo e teng ka lebaka, ho kenyelletsa le ts'ireletso ea bareki joalo ka ha e totobalitsoe haufinyane ke Lefapha la Toka hammoho le ts'ireletso ea mesebetsi e nang le moelelo o moholo le ho feta maemong a moruo a kajeno."
Litho tsa mokhatlo oa basebetsi ba lifofane li ntse li ikopanya le Congress mme li letsetsa Tsamaiso ka libeke tse ngata lets'olo la ho etsa tlhahlobo e kholo ea lilekane tsa lifofane le ho thusa ho thibela tahlehelo e 'ngoe ea mesebetsi. Ha tsamaiso ea United Airlines e ntse e thusa ho hōlisa Star Alliance ho ea kholo ka ho fetisisa lefats'eng lilemong tse leshome tse fetileng, Basebeletsi ba Lifofane ho ba tsamaisang thepa ba lahlehetsoe ke hoo e batlang e le halofo ea maemo a bona kapa mesebetsi ea 12,000. Phatlalatso ea morao-rao ea ho tlohela mosebetsi e boetse e supa boemo bo mahlonoko ba boikitlaetso ba basebeletsi ba lifofane ba ho netefatsa ts'ireletso ea mosebetsi tumellong efe kapa efe ea selekane sa lifofane, haholo-holo morero o sisintsoeng ke Continental le United Airlines ka har'a Star Alliance.
Basebeletsi ba lifofane ba hokahane le matšoenyeho a bareki le matshwenyeho a basebetsi ka har'a lilekane tsa lifofane ha ba ntse ba hatella Tsamaiso ho sheba ka hloko khoebo ea Continental le United. Matshwenyeho a ka hare ho naha le a matjhaba a kgahlanong le tlhodisano a hlwauweng ke Lefapha la Toka ka kotloloho a amana le maemo a tshwanang a lebisang tahlehelong e kgolo ya mesebetsi. Litefiso lia nyoloha ha makhetlo a lifofane a fokotseha ha tlholisano eohle e hlakotsoe.
Ka Labobeli, Davidowitch o ile a boela a ngolla Lefapha la Lipalangoang molemong oa Basebeletsi ba Lifofane ba United Airlines. "Le ha Lefapha la Lipalangoang le ela hloko ho lekola mathata a boletsoeng ke Lefapha la Toka, e le karolo ea taelo efe kapa efe ea ho qetela, re boetse re kopa Tsamaiso ho etsa litokisetso tse tšoarellang le tse nang le morero tse etselitsoeng ho netefatsa ts'ireletso e lekanang bakeng sa basebetsi."
