Earlier this month, pilots at American Airlines . They cited pay and scheduling as major issues facing the industry, the kind of quality-of-life problems that make the job . It seems the pilots over at American were right, because —and United .

Southwest’s strike vote passed by an even higher margin than American’s, incredibly. A whopping 98 percent of pilots participated in the vote, and . Union president Casey Murray, in a , said “The lack of leadership and the unwillingness to address the failures of our organization have led us to this point. Our pilots are tired of apologizing to our passengers on behalf of a company that refuses to place its priorities on its internal and external customers.”

United Airlines may be next, if their negotiations and picketing are anything to go by. United’s union has been , a discussion that’s apparently so heated as to push finances and salaries into the background.

Of course, striking in the airline world is never easy. Pilots are bound by similar rules to railway workers, whose strike push last year was stifled by the Biden Administration forcing a deal between management and the unions. That deal did not include the unions’ desired staffing, sick day, or safety concessions, which likely has nothing to do with the .

It’s unlikely your summer travel plans will be interrupted by a strike, but the pilots’ unions are pushing for them all the same. If it makes our skies safer than our railways, I’m all for it.