Thu, Oct 13, 2005
Key Breakthroughs In Quality Of Life Issues
NetJets Aviation
announced Wednesday it had reached a tentative agreement with
pilots to end nearly four years of protracted contract talks with
the fractional airline. The new contract is said to include
specific language guaranteeing the more than 2,000 pilots a better
quality of life, as well as pay increases as high as 60-percent of
current wages.
"With this agreement a better future for the pilots and families
can be assured," said Bill Olsen, President, Teamsters Local 1108
in Columbus, Ohio. "NetJets will no longer be a stepping stone to a
career in the aviation industry, but rather a company where pilots
remain for their career."
"This tentative agreement has the potential to set the standard
for pilots in the business jet industry," Olsen added, according to
a union news release.
As was reported in Aero-News, pilots
picketed last month outside Centennial Airport's TAC Air in protest
of the four-year negotiations. Among other points,
pilots were requesting higher wages to better match the salaries of
pilots with other organizations flying comparable aircraft. In some
cases, NetJets wages were 55 percent less than those
businesses.
NetJets Aviation President Bill Boisture said he was pleased
with the agreement. "Both sides negotiated long, hard and in good
faith, this is a fair agreement and we are confident that the
pilots will endorse it as enthusiastically as the union
leadership."
Union members
previously rejected the last tentative agreement reached in August
2004-- by a resounding 82 percent majority -- but union officials
feel the new contract has a much better chance of passing muster,
as they believe it better addresses their key issues.
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