AA says no to any renegotiation of the TAs. Take it or leave it. Which will it be?
Last week, officials from the pilots union, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union met with American''s chairman and chief executive, Donald J. Carty, to ask that the concessions deals be limited to three years instead of six.
The company declined to comment on the meeting, but union officials say Carty flatly turned them down and indicated he''ll wait for the results of voting by union members.
If those deals are voted down, there is no renegotiation, there is no negotiating table to return to, said airline spokesman Bruce Hicks. We came precipitously close to bankruptcy (last week). We must have agreements from all three groups to continue to avoid bankruptcy.
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Last week, officials from the pilots union, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Transport Workers Union met with American''s chairman and chief executive, Donald J. Carty, to ask that the concessions deals be limited to three years instead of six.
The company declined to comment on the meeting, but union officials say Carty flatly turned them down and indicated he''ll wait for the results of voting by union members.
If those deals are voted down, there is no renegotiation, there is no negotiating table to return to, said airline spokesman Bruce Hicks. We came precipitously close to bankruptcy (last week). We must have agreements from all three groups to continue to avoid bankruptcy.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/030408/american_labor_2.html