May 17 - Attorneys for the Association of Professional Flight Attendants began making their case against American Airlines Wednesday afternoon in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
May 15 - Five of the seven bargaining units represented by the largest labor union at American Airlines have voted to accept the bankrupt airline's final offer for new contracts.
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Evolution of Profession
May 15 - This afternoon, United
announced that due to aircraft schedule changes and as United aircraft move
into the Continental hubs, and vice versa, Inflight will no longer be able to
manage this redeployment in the same manner as they have been doing for the
past year.
May 15 - American Airlines’ pilots support a merger with US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) to compete better against larger rivals while forcing the pilots to give up $130 million less in annual concessions, a union negotiator testified.
May 15 - The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) International President Veda Shook made the following statement on the 82nd anniversary of Ellen Church starting our profession as the first Flight Attendant hired on May 15, 1930.
May 14 - United Airlines today will welcome local business and community leaders to Gate 85 at SFO to celebrate the launch of the airline's new daily service between SFO and DCA.
May 12 - AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, bowed to pressure on Friday from its unsecured creditors, including its largest labor unions, and said it would explore merger options while it is still in bankruptcy.
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May 11 - A crowd of nearly 300 AMR pilots and Flight Attendants gathered Friday and marched their Union Membership to the front door of the Fort Worth corporate headquarters to deliver a petition with 19,000 signatures.
May 11 - United Airlines (UA) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are rolling out a collaboration allowing passengers to travel on either or both airlines as if they were one carrier for flights from Bangkok to the US.
May 10 - When American Airlines filed for bankruptcy last November, the thought was the company would try to shed workers and costs. This April, American revealed its plans: cutting 13,000 employees, eliminating its pension plans, and reducing health benefits.
May 10 - AFA is aware that United has made electronic deposits of your May 16th paychecks to bank accounts today, May 10, 2012 (update correction 15:47 CST).
May 9 - Today the United Master Executive Council (MEC) participated in the democratic process of electing our two Members of the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC).
May 9 - Pilot Dennis Fitch was just catching a ride home to Chicago when he hopped aboard United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989, but he helped save 183 other people after an engine explosion crippled the DC-10.
May 9 - Today, Veda Shook, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA), sent a letter to President Obama commending him for his support of marriage equality.
May 9 - With a potential merger between US Airways and American Airlines already in place, the airline industry is experiencing yet another shakeup.
May 9 - United Airlines, which is planning a major aircraft purchase soon, can cut maintenance costs and reduce schedule disruptions by buying planes mainly from a single manufacturer, the new chief financial officer of the airline's parent United Continental Holdings Inc (UAL) said on Tuesday.
May 9 - Southwest Airlines (SWA) and United Airlines (UA) squared off Tuesday in front of the Houston City Council over whether SWA should be allowed to launch international service from Houston Hobby (HOU) in 2015.
May 9 - American Airlines has simply decided to refuse to provide employees addresses so voting instructions for the union representation election be mailed by the NMB.