Labor Relations
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Regionals Are So Desperate for Captains, Mesa Will Pay Anyone $20,000 to Find One
We all know that regional airlines have struggled to attract enough pilots to keep their operations running over the last couple years.…
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Big Gains for American's Mechanics and Fleet Service as a Tentative Agreement is Finally Reached
It has been six years since American and US Airways merged, and there is now finally a joint contract on the table…
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Scope: The Key to American’s Unsolvable Labor Problem
I’ve been getting deep into the weeds looking at American’s fight with its mechanics and fleet service workers recently. Many years after…
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Unions Slapped for Not Obeying Temporary Restraining Order Granted to American
The fight between American and the TWU/IAM unions representing mechanics and fleet service workers continues to get worse. Though American was able…
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What is Preventing American’s Mechanics and Rampers From Having a Joint Contract
I went through the short but tortured history of American’s negotiations with its mechanics and rampers yesterday, so today let’s get into…
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A Brief History: American Still Has No Joint Contract With Its Mechanics and Rampers After Five Years
The rhetoric has ramped up dramatically, and the lengthy contract negotiation between American and both its mechanics and fleet service workers (aka…
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United Has a Shot at The Regional Flexibility It Craves
At the International Aviation Forecast Summit last week, United President Scott Kirby was unsurprisingly in high demand. After his presentation, he took…
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3 Links I Love: Let’s Buy Alitalia, American Jacks Up Pay, United Mourns JFK
This week’s featured link: Lufthansa says not interested in taking over Alitalia – Financial Express The worst airline ever continues to live…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Grows an Old Hub, Bring Your Own Pilots, Long Beach Misinformation
Expanding service to most popular nonstop destinations from Cincinnati – Delta News Hub Are you a mid-market former hub airport desperate to…
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PSA and Another American Regional Boost Pay to Combat the Expected Pilot Shortage
It looks like the regional airline fight to hire enough pilots continues. Two of American’s wholly-owned regionals, Envoy and PSA, have announced…
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Southwest Buys Labor Peace After Years of Fighting, Backs Itself Into a Corner
Just before Labor Day weekend, Southwest’s pilots announced that they had come to an agreement with management on a new contract. Though…
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3 Links I Love: American Adds Profit Sharing, Baltia’s Domestic Plans, Alaska’s Electronic Bag Tag
This week’s featured link: AA Announces New Profit Sharing Plan – American Airlines American announced this week that it was finally giving…