Labor Relations
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The Long, Sordid Story That Led to American’s Flight Attendant President’s Resignation
It has been quite a tumultuous couple of weeks for American’s flight attendants. After mounting pressure, Laura Glading, the President of American’s…
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Republic May Have the Strangest Bankruptcy Filing Ever
Have you ever heard of a company filing for bankruptcy protection so that it can increase its costs? I’m going to guess…
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Republic Cuts Flights Due to a Pilot Shortage, But Is It Placing the Blame in the Right Place?
It used to be that Republic was one of the shining stars in the regional world. These days, however, that doesn’t say…
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Delta Pilots Resoundingly Reject a New Contract
In early June, things were looking all warm and cuddly between Delta and its pilots. Today, things are looking quite different. The…
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Delta’s Tentative Agreement with Pilots Could Mean Higher Wages, Lower Profit Sharing, and More Airplanes
It’s remarkable how quickly a labor agreement can be reached when both sides want something. Even though Delta’s pilot contract doesn’t become…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Lays Off Its Ground Handlers and Reservations Agents
Frontier has announced it will lay off the only remaining ground handlers employed by the airline, those in Denver, and outsource the…
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Why American’s Pilots are Getting Riled Up About the Affordable Care Act
I can’t say I ever expected to be writing a post about healthcare here on the blog, but sure enough, here we…
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Topic of the Week: Will Delta’s Flight Attendants Join a Union?
Seems like a “labor” kind of week after Monday’s post, but let’s talk about Delta this time. Delta is kind of an…
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It’s Time for American’s Pilots To Decide If They Want More Money or Not
We all know how American’s flight attendant contract negotiations turned out. A slim majority of flight attendants actually decided they preferred a…
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Profit Sharing: Why American Doesn’t Like It, Why It Should Have Done It Anyway, and Why It Can’t Do It Now
I really thought this was going to die down eventually, but it hasn’t. The topic of profit-sharing at the new American (or…
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American’s Flight Attendants Have Just Screwed Themselves
Airline labor contracts can get extremely complex, and when it comes down to a vote, there are usually good arguments for both…
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Fixing the Pilot Shortage Without Increasing Pay
The talk about pilot shortages seems to have run its course in traditional media. After all, there’s not much more to say…