Article: Mrs. Manners Addresses Your Most Pressing Flying Etiquette Questions

Article: US Airways Wants Pilots to Fly More Hours per Month.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA);  January 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......will be to make them look as greedy as they can. But pilots also want to get what they can get. Next to wages, the...double the capacity and traveled twice as fast, and thus pilots wanted to be paid double to get their share of the increased productivity. Management refused and the pilots union staged ...

Article: Trapped in the cockpit; China's unhappy pilots.(An unusual display of defiance)
The Economist (US);  April 19, 2008 ;     452 words ......display of defiance DESPITE the aviation industry's woes, pilots remain in short supply around the world, so most are pampered. But not in China, where pilots are poorly paid and are often chained to their cockpits for life. For months relations between China's pilots and their employers have been in an ...

Article: USAir, Pilots Reach Tentative Accord; Contract Agreement Seen as Breakthrough for Troubled Airline
The Washington Post;  May 7, 1992 ;     651 words ...USAir Group Inc. and its pilots union reached a tentative agreement...breathing room, but then would make the pilots among the highest paid in the industry...which still must be ratified by the pilots, is a major breakthrough for the airline...both because it is expected to set the pattern for ...

Article: Sick pilots are part of problems, NWA says; Despite more canceled flights, Northwest said it expects to be back to normal "shortly.".(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......The cancellations extended a pattern at Northwest that has been...duty time and left planes and pilots out of position for flights...Northwest did not accuse its pilots of engaging in a coordinated...rate of absences or how many pilots have called in sick this month...

Article: Delta pilots set to look at deal.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA);  April 18, 2006 ;     658 words ......affect the Delta vote, some experts suggest. If Northwest pilots ratify their tentative agreement, it will put more pressure on Delta pilots to ratify their deal as well, said Michael J. Boyd, an airline consultant. Pilots pay close attention to what's going on with their peers...Chivalry aside, it's ...

Article: After three days, talks between NWA, pilots end without progress.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 2, 1998 ;     467 words ......and the Northwest Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) ended as...scheduled, but the board's pattern in overseeing Northwest labor...represents 5,800 active Northwest pilots, has been in negotiations with...divide the two sides. Northwest pilots aren't the only pilot group...World Airlines and its ...

Article: Airlines threaten to poach military pilots
The Scotsman;  October 19, 1998 ;     450 words ......redundancies. Although recruiting has now resumed - and the pilots' glamorous "top gun" image has ensured there is no shortage...3 million training, the RAF needs the majority of its pilots to stay on until they are 38, at which point those who...normally leave. If there is a substantial haemorrhaging of ...

Article: Alaska Airlines, Pilots Agree on Wages.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 9, 2001 ;     401 words ......Business News Aug. 9--Seattle's Alaska Airlines and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement that will raise pilots' wages by 24 percent over the next four years. The agreement, if ratified by the rank-and-file members of the Airline Pilots Association, will raise experienced captains' pay to ...

Article: French pilots to continue strike into World Cup.
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 8, 1998 ;     610 words ......seventh consecutive day yesterday as a fierce dispute with pilots over planned pay reductions appeared to hit stalemate...with at negotiations with people representing just 3,200 pilots, said Mr Francois Cabrera, an official at the large CFDT union. The main SNPL pilots' union called its members out on ...

Article: French pilots to continue strike into World Cup
The Independent - London;  June 8, 1998 ;     611 words ......seventh consecutive day yesterday as a fierce dispute with pilots over planned pay reductions appeared to hit stalemate...with at negotiations with people representing just 3,200 pilots," said Mr Francois Cabrera, an official at the large CFDT union. The main SNPL pilots' union called its members out on ...

Article: Delta Air Lines, pilots' pay cut deal expected to be ratified.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA);  December 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ......one wants to take a financial cut, said Darby, but most pilots would rather accept a pay cut than endanger their jobs...were imposed. Live to fight another day is what most pilots come to at this point, said Darby, a United pilot. Jon...judge impose a decision. The airline's motion to void the pilots' ...

Article: American Gives Allied Pilots Association Proposal That Provides Top-Of-Industry Pay in 30 Days.
PR Newswire;  July 24, 2001 ;     571 words ......PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines today presented the Allied Pilots Association (APA) with an opening proposal for a new...an alternative fast-track option that could provide pilots with immediate pay increases of 15 to 22 percent on Aug. 31, 2001. American's proposal puts American pilots at the top of ...

Article: Northwest, pilots' union set for lengthy holding pattern
Charleston Daily Mail;  September 1, 1998 ;     229 words ......suggest a quick end to the standoff. "Our pilots have the support of a strike fund that is...said Dean Smith, spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association. "We can go as long as it takes." The pilots have about $65 million on hand, while Northwest...

Article: American, pilots start contract talks Tuesday.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Air Lines Inc. have set the pattern with contracts approved recently...a company memo stating when pilots can wear uniforms outside work...just as leaders of the Allied Pilots Association were encouraging...two begin negotiations on the pilots' contract, which becomes amendable...