Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

RAH Pilots Vote to Retain Teamsters In a vote brought about by the acquisition and merger of MidWest Express, Lynx and Frontier into Republic Holdings, a representational ballot was held to determine what union would represent the merged pilot group. With 85% of eligible members voting, 1,692 pilots, representing 69% of the eligible voters cast […]

Secret Ballot Determines Nominees for General President & General Secretary/Treasurer This past week in Las Vegas, delegates to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters convention met and cast secret ballots to determine who would run in the upcoming elections for the offices of General President and General Secretary/Treasurer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In order to

NMB Rejects Request to Delay Vote Count at RAH Responding on Friday to a filing by RAH management regarding the vote count for union representation of the combined RAH/Midwest Express/Lynx and Frontier pilot units, the NMB notified management that their request to delay the vote count had been rejected by the Board. The pilot groups;

Frontier Pilots Offer Deep Concessions, Vote on Airline Survival Facing the reality that their airline continues to drag down earnings of the parent company, about 700 Frontier Airlines pilots voted this week on whether to ratify a tentative agreement that would give them an equity stake in the airline in exchange for reductions in pay

IBT Hosts FAA Rulemaking Committee Meeting on Pilot Records The Washington, DC headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was the location of this past week’s meeting of the FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committee for the development of a Pilot Records Database. The legislation for the database; which is intended to be a central repository of

UAL Mechanics Reject TA, Negotiating Committee Prepares to Return to Table Voting on a transition agreement that provided a substantial pay raise, a reduction of out sourcing as a result of stronger scope language, the reopening of many stations and never before agreed to recall and furlough protection that was designed to provide negotiators a

AAWW, ABX Representatives meet with DHL Counterparts Members of the AAWW TEC, compromised of the representatives of the soon to be merged Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo pilot groups and the ABX ExCo, traveled to Germany this week to attend the annual meeting of carriers whose pilots fly cargo worldwide for DHL. The meeting

Teamsters Score Major Victory as Shuster Amendment is Withdrawn from FAA Bill Recently, the strength and voices of Teamster Airline Division members was the driving force in having Congressman Don Young (AK) decide to not introduce an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill that would have gutted safety requirements for certain passenger and cargo airline

Director Meets with UAL Chief Steward about Simulator Technicians On April 14th, Airline Division Director David Bourne had an opportunity to meet with Jim Prout, UAL Chief Steward regarding the concerns of UAL Simulator Techs and the affects of the merger with Continental Airlines. Originally designated as part of the mechanics craft or class in

Week In Review News Items Legislative, Safety and Regulatory Randy Babbitt, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, said he is concerned that lawmakers will approve a funding bill for his agency that is "well below" the White House's proposal. "Funding at these levels would degrade the safe and efficient movement of air traffic today and