Originally Posted by
PWMTrav
I'd be so pissed off if I had to pay a change fee on a flight because there was no way to the airport other than walking.
I think everybody is pissed when there is a strike. It comes with the territory of travel. I think you just have to know your options. If taxis are on strike, which is not common, that doesn't automatically mean you can just call Uber or a private car service.
It was just one month ago that taxi drivers in many places around the USA shut down transportation to and from many airports. At JFK, Uber and private car drivers showed up despite the strike, and there was one heck of a backlash, so this is not just a Rome phenomena. This was the scene at JFK last month:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...-ban/97198818/
Meanwhile, 3,000 people occupied SeaTac airport, so people couldn't even get to baggage claim to get their luggage.
Unlike JFK and and most other USA airports, FCO has alternatives like the Leonardo Express, which is guaranteed to run even during a strike, even if they have to hire buses.
You can't walk to FCO from Rome to FCO, but several times per year people, including pilots, have to walk the freeway to get to LaGuardia.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/02/...rkway-traffic/
Scroll down the page and look at the video of FCO and you can see that it was less chaotic during the strike than JFK or LGA on a normal day. The city provides free train and bus service to and from the airport during strikes, and striking cab drivers at the airport were guiding people to the train and bus stops.
http://video.repubblica.it/cronaca/s.../268023/268429
Passengers were saying that it was annoying, but nothing was happening, and everything was under control.