Union Coalition Statement
The following statement was issued today, October 10, 2002, by the Air Line Pilots Association, International; the Association of Flight Attendants; the Transport Workers Union and the Professional Airline Flight Control Association.
We broadly agree that a combination of labor savings, operating cost reductions and revenue improvements is necessary to stabilize United Airlines in support of the Company’s pending loan application before the Air Transportation Stabilization Board.
Each of our four labor organizations is prepared to participate fully in a labor savings framework that supports an ATSB loan guarantee or other financing for the Company and that protects the careers of United’s 84,000 employees.
We urge the IAM to continue to participate and to work alongside the rest United’s employees to preserve the Company without a bankruptcy. We believe the is the formula that will lead to the delivery of a shared, consensual solution to United’s current financial crisis over the next several days.
