Labor Relations
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Will the BA Flight Attendant Fight Finally be Settled?
There’s a glimmer of hope out there for British Airways fliers. It appears that the airline and its flight attendants are getting…
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Cranky on the Web (June 14-18)
ExpressJet’s New CEO Targets Costs to Fix the Airline. Duh – BNET ExpressJet’s new CEO is trying to make his mark by…
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Pilot Strike Could Be the End of Spirit As We Know Them
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Of course, if you had plane tickets on Spirit, it was far from it. The…
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American’s Apparent Labor Peace with Rampers Appears to be a Sham
It’s been nearly two months since I last wrote about American here. Maybe it’s that they haven’t had much news or maybe…
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British Airways Takes Another Strike After Posting Huge Losses
I can’t imagine that the juxtaposition is lost on anyone. The British Airways flight attendants are celebrating the next round of strikes…
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AirTran, BNET, Continental, Frontier, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, United, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (May 17 – 21)
Union-Vote Rule Change: Bad News for Non-Union Delta, JetBlue – BNET The National Mediation Board made some rule changes recently and it…
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Excellent British Airways Strike Communication, Air France Fails to Impress
Well, it happened. The British Airways cabin crews did indeed go on strike and that’s bad for BA, bad for the cabin…
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Entire European Continent Goes on Strike
Ah, spring. The days become longer, the temps get warmer, and, apparently, it’s a great time for airline strikes. Lufthansa pilots just…
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British Airways Cabin Crew Earn the Cranky Jackass Award For Upcoming Holiday Strike
UPDATE 12/17 @ 853a – The strike is off! If you’re booked on British Airways for the holidays, you might be kicking…
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American, Continental, ExpressJet, Government Regulation, Labor Relations, SFO – San Francisco, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (November 30 – December 4)
Reason Number 1,423 Why the Essential Air Service Program is a Huge Waste of Taxypayer Funds – BNET Little Visalia, California is…
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Cranky on the Web (November 24 – 28)
What are Scope Clauses and Why Are People Fighting Over Them? – BNET If you’ve heard people talking about scope clauses and…
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Cranky on the Web (Nov 2 – 6)
Cranky Concierge watches your back – Hartford Courant More on Cranky Concierge. It’s picking up steam. Delta Air Lines Rips Into International…