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Relations between Europe's major airlines and their flight deck crews have reached an all-time low, as pilots resist cost cuts and changes to scope clauses. A return to profit by [...]

The Air Line Pilots Assn (ALPA) is criticized by some members for its handling of labor disputes, finances and internal politics. Some feel that a national organization is no longer needed and that local bodies can offer better services. ALPA's refusal to support other airline industry unions has reduced support for its own actions. Pilots also object to what they feel is a dictatorial leadership that suppresses dissent., The postderegulation era has been tough for the Air Line Pilots Assn. Employers have disappeared or are demanding hefty pay and productivity concessions. Members say the national union is at [...]

Both Indian Airlines and Air India have been plagued by poor relations between management and pilots over the last 30 years. The biggest issues have been salaries and safety, which pilots have been careful to link in negotiations. One bone of contention is the duty-time limitation as it applies to the slip-crew system - especially on domestic flights, where pilots often fly into poorly equipped airports. Other issues have been productivity and pilot shortages. The standoff continues, with no end in sight., BOMBAY--In october, 1990, the first officer on a delayed Air india flight walked off the Boeing 747 just before takeoff from London, claiming that flying the aircraft to Delhi would [...]

After Strike, Australia Tries To Pull Itself Back on Top SYDNEY - Australian tourism officials are attempting to recover from a discouraging 1989, marked by a crippling domestic airline pilots' […]

Melbourne-At about this time last year, everything was going great at Australian Airlines. The government-owned domestic carrier was putting the final touches on a record year, an operating profit of [...]

With the current shortage of pilots do to demands on flight crews, independent contract (IC) pilots have been filling the gap. Other recommended uses for IC pilots include transition periods where companies either acquire larger jets, or branch out to international flights.

The Northwest Airlines pilots strike has significantly affected air service in the Midwest. It has also had strong international repercussions. As a result of the strike, Northwest has cancelled its 1,700 daily flights. The cancellations have deeply affected cargo and passenger service.

US Airways Group has plans for expansion after the ratification of a new five-year labor agreement with its pilots. Airbus will provide the company with 400 new jets, service will expand into Europe, a new Midwest hub will be created and a new shuttle service could also be created.

The failure of US Airways and its pilots to negotiate a labor contract threatens Airbus Industrie's $14-billion deal with the airline for 120 airliners. The deal, which is set to expire on Sep 30, 1997, hinges on the ability of US Airways to strike a deal that allows it to downsize and cut costs.

Lufthansa and its budget subsidiary Germanwings face an almost total shutdown next week after an overwhelming vote in favour of a pilots' strike. Around 4,500 pilots voted 93% in favour [...]

labour ALEX DERBER LONDON BALPA: Ryanair 'intimidating' flightcrews over union link Flightcrew representatives have accused Ryanair of a 'massive campaign of threats and intimidation' to prevent its UK pilots from [...]

UNIONS Leaders at American Airlines' pilots union are heralding the Democrats' sweep of Congress and the White House as 'a new day' for organised labour. The Allied Pilots Association reckons [...]

Melbourne-The industry line on last year's pilots'mass resignation is that it may give Ansett the edge it needed to become the dominant carrier in Australia. The reasoning is simple: Prior [...]

ALPA's Year of discontent When the time comes for the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to write its history of the 1980s, there are two years that it would probably [...]

Airlines that recognise a pilot association measurably reduce specific safety risks, according to figures provided by the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (IALPA). Independently, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) has said that pilots employed by bmibaby, a unit of the BMI airline, are to be balloted about [...]

Pilots of Scandinavian Airlines are threatening legal action after the carrier pressed ahead last week with splitting its pilot corps along individual national boundaries. Pilots are examining legal options following [...]

Ryanair says its pilot to aircraft ratio is as high now as it has ever been and denies widespread industry rumours that its flightcrew recruitment and training has not been [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The pilots of World Airways Inc and the management resumed negotiations yesterday (25 January). The resumption of the talks came a day after the [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An offer by Air Canada to mediate in a long-standing dispute over seniority has been rejected by the former Canadian Airlines pilots working for [...]

The first week of bankruptcy for Delta and Northwest was cruel to employees, aircraft owners and most others except bankruptcy lawyers, writes David Field in Washington DC. Delta, which had [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD South Korea's government has ordered striking pilots at Asiana Airlines to return to work after they failed to reach an agreement with the airline [...]

Air 2000 is expected to settle a pay dispute with pilots this week, as crews seek to end a pay freeze imposed after September 11, 2001. A spokesman for pilots' [...]

strike over Loss-making Aer Lingus has resolved the dispute with pilots and is seeking to minimise the impact of the one-day strike and subsequent four-day grounding of the fleet. Over [...]

Pilots speak with one voice The Air Line Pilots Association has moved closer to its goal of 'unifying all pilots under one umbrella' with the endorsement by the 4,000-member FedEx [...]

Sun Country Airlines and its pilots union reached a tentative contract agreement on Oct. 10. The airline's 285 pilots are expected to complete a vote on the deal in the […]

The National Pilots Association, which represents 650 flight crew members at AirTran Airways, agreed to temporary changes to a recently ratified agreement. AirTran expects the changes to save about 22 [...]

Unionized Emery Worldwide Airlines pilots say the freight carrier is violating a year-old collective bargaining agreement by using subcontractors to move cargo after federal aviation officials grounded the airline for [...]

Pilots are taking labour action across the globe to support claims for better pay and conditions, with their demands increasingly benchmarked against rates at competitors and partners around the world [...]

Labour disputes are back on the agenda around the world as pilots attempt to claw back the wage concessions made after the last recession. But as the familiar labour rituals [...]

NEW YORK -- Iberia Airlines pilots called off their planned summer strikes, a spokeswoman for the Tourist Office of Spain confirmed, after the Spanish government nominated an arbiter to settle […]

At press time, pilots for Iberia, Spain's biggest airline, staged a walkout, effectively grounding the airline. According to published reports, all flights were suspended indefinitely. Elsewhere in Europe, a lightning […]

The bitter, drawn-out wage dispute between Lufthansa and pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit effectively ended June 8 with a tentative 39-month accord that spreads out a series of incremental raises that [...]

Comair pilots ratified a new five-year contract, ending an 89-day strike. The contract offers improvements in pay, work rules and retirement. Ratification enables Comair to resume some operations beginning July [...]

WASHINGTON -- Pilots for Delta Connection carrier Comair are voting on a tentative agreement to end their 3-month-old strike, but even if a new contract is approved, it would take […]

America West Airlines and the union representing 1,800 of its pilots agreed to sit down with federal mediators June 25 to hammer out a renewed [...]

Discontented airline employees weigh options Airline Workers at four major European carriers have either gone on strike or are considering doing so as the peak travel season approaches. As of [...]

However Lufthansa, which made an operating profit of c1 billion ($1.1 billion) last year and has been the most profitable European carrier for four years, has warned that uncertainties due [...]

Comair strike continues The Comair strike by Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) members approached the two-month mark as Comair parent Delta Air Lines announced two rounds of layoffs totalling 2,400 [...]

Reid promptly moved to take command of the situation at Comair, its Delta Connection subsidiary, that has been grounded since late March by a long and increasingly bitter pilots strike. [...]

Airlines have formed global partnerships; so have organized labor groups. The two are in a delicate dance for power. Unsurprisingly, given the money earned and hours worked, pilots are way [...]

Delta Air Lines' pilot union leaders approved a tentative contract offer that will make their members the highest-paid in the industry. The so-called 'United plus 1%' deal is before the [...]