Byline: Julie Johnsson
Oct. 10--United Airlines appears headed for more labor turbulence after unionized pilots on Tuesday elected new leaders who vow to get tough with management.
Chicago-based United follows in the footsteps of American Airlines, whose pilots this summer also installed an activist slate.
Although the United pilots' five-year agreement is not due for negotiations before 2010, many pilots want United's management to open talks earlier, a move that the carrier's other unions also advocate.
Steve Wallach, a San Francisco-based Boeing 747 captain, is the new chairman of the master executive council of the Air Line Pilots Association at United. ...