The protests come after an exhaustive investigation by Business Insider into the pilots' working conditions.
Atlas Air and Southern Air are owned by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, while ABX is a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group . Their major customers include Amazon, DHL, and the Armed Forces, according to a union statement. Amazon Air pilots have been in contract disputes with their employers for nearly five years.
"In order to fill customers' needs, the companies ask pilots to fly last-minute flights around the globe; a recentconducted by the pilots' union found that more than 65 percent of respondents have been asked to fly on their days off in the last year," the statement said.
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