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American Airlines says it's ready for more negotiations as pilots fume
Dallas Business Journal by Matt Joyce, Staff Writer
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:52pm CDT
Matt Joyce
Staff Writer- Dallas Business Journal
American Airlines said Wednesday that it’s ready to recommence negotiations with the Allied Pilots Association, as the pilots union fumes over the airline’s implementation of new cost-cutting terms.
Last week, the judge in the American Airlines bankruptcy case approved the Fort Worth-based carrier’s motion to throw out its pilots’ contract and implement new terms that provide lower costs and more work flexibility. The airline pursued the motion after APA members rejected a tentative contract agreement.
“We remain committed to reaching a consensual deal with the APA and stand ready to begin negotiations as soon as APA is prepared to do so,” American spokesman Bruce Hicks said Wednesday.
APA President Keith Wilson, who assumed his position after the ratification vote failed, told union members in a letter Tuesday that he’s in Washington, D.C., this week to make the case that American is overreaching with its new terms for pilots.
“I will be posing a related question in my meetings with the various policymakers and stakeholders:‘Is this any way to run an airline?’” Wilson said.
Wilson said the the APA Board of Directors was meeting in Chicago this week to evaluate their alternatives. Last week, the board called for strike authorization balloting. Results are expected Oct. 3.
Meanwhile, American Airlines this week trimmed its flight schedule through October, partly to account for the number of pilots calling in sick. The APA said the shortage is not an organized effort on their part.
Hicks said Wednesday that the airline’s implementation plan was “thoughtfully and methodically developed, ensuring changes to pilots’ terms and conditions of employment are in line with the cost savings Judge Lane agreed the company needed in order to successfully restructure.”
American Airlines says it's ready for more negotiations as pilots fume
Dallas Business Journal by Matt Joyce, Staff Writer
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 4:52pm CDT
Matt Joyce
Staff Writer- Dallas Business Journal
American Airlines said Wednesday that it’s ready to recommence negotiations with the Allied Pilots Association, as the pilots union fumes over the airline’s implementation of new cost-cutting terms.
Last week, the judge in the American Airlines bankruptcy case approved the Fort Worth-based carrier’s motion to throw out its pilots’ contract and implement new terms that provide lower costs and more work flexibility. The airline pursued the motion after APA members rejected a tentative contract agreement.
“We remain committed to reaching a consensual deal with the APA and stand ready to begin negotiations as soon as APA is prepared to do so,” American spokesman Bruce Hicks said Wednesday.
APA President Keith Wilson, who assumed his position after the ratification vote failed, told union members in a letter Tuesday that he’s in Washington, D.C., this week to make the case that American is overreaching with its new terms for pilots.
“I will be posing a related question in my meetings with the various policymakers and stakeholders:‘Is this any way to run an airline?’” Wilson said.
Wilson said the the APA Board of Directors was meeting in Chicago this week to evaluate their alternatives. Last week, the board called for strike authorization balloting. Results are expected Oct. 3.
Meanwhile, American Airlines this week trimmed its flight schedule through October, partly to account for the number of pilots calling in sick. The APA said the shortage is not an organized effort on their part.
Hicks said Wednesday that the airline’s implementation plan was “thoughtfully and methodically developed, ensuring changes to pilots’ terms and conditions of employment are in line with the cost savings Judge Lane agreed the company needed in order to successfully restructure.”
