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The article reports that the 6,300 members of the Air Line Pilots Association at United Airlines Inc. are willing to endure deep pay cuts for seven years or more to gain control of the airline. The labor union is pressing ahead with a bid of up to 4.5 billion dollars for the largest carrier in the United States.

The article examines how fear and economics motivated pilots and engineers of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) to end their strike in 1980. It notes that the PSA management was able to convince members of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to accept their terms by threatening to replace them with new pilots. The article cites that the ALPA eventually settled for a 36 percent wage increase instead of the 50 percent increase that the pilots initially demanded to be given over two years.

The article reports on the efforts done by U.S. state and local government leaders in June 1978 to end a strike by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) that has affected the business operations of Northwest Airlines Inc. The strike resulted from a conflict between the management and workers concerning wages and pensions. The article also offers information on the decline in the air traffic in Minneapolis.

The article reports on a threat made by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) that it will attack Texas Air Corp. and its nonunion subsidiary, New York Airways Inc., with a corporate campaign for creating the latter. The campaign is expected to put serious financial pressure and unfavorable publicity on Texas Air, which is involved in a bitterly contested acquisition of Continental Airlines Inc. In a lawsuit filed in 1980, Texas Air claims that the use of nonunion pilots by New York Airways violated an agreement with ALPA.

This article explains that the Reagan administration will have its first test in the labor sector with the threat of a nationwide strikes in March 1981 by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). The unions have expresses bitterness over the positions taken by the Federal Aviation Administration under the Carter administration and advisers to President Ronald Reagan are trying to address their grievances. The key issue is number of pilots needed for new generation of airplanes.

The article deals with the dispute between the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the U.S. airline industry over whether two or three pilots should sit in the cockpits of new commercial jets. The jets include the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 "Super 80," the Boeing 757 and 767, and the A-310 from Airbus Industrie. It is noted that three-pilot requirement has boosted the operating costs of airlines flying the Boeing 737.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk commented on statements made by South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky that Ky will remain in office and hold elections for a constituent assembly. The pilots' group the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has opposed U.S. legislation that would narrow the air traffic corridor for airplanes over the North Atlantic.

The article focuses on labor strikes at several U.S. airlines. It says that the International Association of Machinists' 5383 members and 550 flight engineers at Eastern Air Lines Inc. and machinists at Trans World Airlines Inc. (T.W.A.) walked out. It states that if the Air Line Pilots Association's strike at American Airlines Inc. goes, half of U.S. airline industry will shut down. It mentions that the strikes were due to the fuel-flow system of 707 jet, jurisdictional, and labor relations.

The article examines the implications of the election of pilot Charles H. Ruby as president of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). He defeated John C. Carroll, a leading critic of outgoing president Clarence N. Sayen, who promised to hire the best labor-management professional who will run the union and promised to step down after a four-year term. Ruby is expected to first face financial problems, since the union has an 800,000 U.S. dollar deficit.

The article discusses the management of the conflict between the Air Line Pilots Association and the Flight Engineers' International Association by the administration of U.S. President John F. Kennedy through its labor policy. It says that the administration's fact finding team may recommend an executive or legislative action that will bar the continuation of engineers' strike. It adds that the shorter work time proposal is unlikely since Kennedy has already stated his opposition to the action.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one regarding the Selma-Montgomery march participant Jonathan Daniels in the August 27, 1965 issue, "Space" in the August 27, 1965 issue, and one regarding the obituary of Air Line Pilots Association's former president Clarence N. Sayen in the August 27, 1965 issue.

The article reports on the decision of several airlines to set a new crew training rules in the U.S. It mentions that the airlines are giving their pilots an average of 12 to 14 hours jet flight training of ground school, then sending them to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a certification test. However, the Air Line Pilots Association complains that copilots on the jets were not receiving sufficient training, and suggests that copilots must have at least 10 hours flight training.

The article presents the newest airline in the U.S., the Superior Airlines which is scheduled to start service in the Southeastern states. It states that the Superior was organized by the golden-winged Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) in an attempt to make a scheduled line knuckle under its wage demands. It discusses the issue faced by Frank W. Hulse, who is the founded the feeder line, Southern Airways Inc.

The article reports on the dispute between Clarence N. Sayen, president of the Air Line Pilots Association in the U.S., and Elwood Quesada of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). It notes that Quesada has cracked down on sloppy flying and told his inspectors in planes to keep a sharp eye out for violators. It further states that Sayen has accused FAA inspectors of endangering lives through petty and ridiculous harassment of flight crews.

The article focuses on Clarence N. Sayen, the new president of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). It says that Sayen won the leadership of ALPA when the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the executive board of the union was within its rights when it expelled its founder, David L. Behncke. The winning of Sayen intends as an end to union's uncertainty and a quick return to internal stability, wherein policies and contracts could now be formulated and negotiated.

The article analyzes the impact of the order issued by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for holding a bargaining election for the Union of Air Line Pilots Association's Professional and Administrative Employees, in which the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), a labor union, is termed as an employer. It is reported that, the order reflects that the labor unions are as tough and strict as any other employers.

The article reports on the decision of the directors of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to remove David L. Behncke as the union's president, retiring him on a pension of 15,000 U.S. dollars a year. Union members complained of the dictatorial methods of Behncke in 1947 and in 1951, pilots bypassed Behncke as bargainer and selected Vice President Clarence Sayen to negotiate with United Air Lines. The union eventually designated Sayen to replace Behncke.

The article reports on the plan of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to stage a one-day nation-wide protest strike in the U.S. after January 1, 1973, because of the inability of Federal Bureau of Investigation sharpshooters to disable a hijacked Southern Airways DC-9. Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman Secor D. Browne said the proposed strike is unnecessary. One of the goals of the strike is to put pressure on the U.S. Congress to pass anti-hijacking legislation. The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization supports the proposed strike.

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