Sat, Dec 30, 2006
Now Holiday Travelers Just Have To Deal With The Weather
Comair and its pilots,
represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) agreed to
extend negotiations for a new labor contract an additional 32 days.
The new deadline is February 2, 2007.
In a late-night meeting, union leadership voted unanimously to
approve the standstill agreement. Previously, the union had
threatened to strike if Comair ditched its pilot labor contract as
authorized by the bankruptcy court judge last week. The airline had
said it would do so today.
Comair is asking its pilots to give up some $15 million in
annual concessions, but pilots are upset over the airline's
agreement with its flight attendants. ALPA had agreed in January to
over $17 million in concessions as long as Comair's flight
attendants also gave up a certain amount. Comair's contract with
its flight attendants fell short of that agreed amount by over $1
million.
When that happened, ALPA demanded to renegotiate its deal with
Comair.
Comair says it needs concessions from its pilots to support a
plan to get out of bankruptcy on schedule. The bitter disagreement
found its way before the bankruptcy court judge who gave the
airline permission to impose wage and benefit cuts unilaterally if
an agreement wasn't possible.
In his decision, the judge noted that ALPA didn't dispute
Comair's claim that its pilots are the highest paid in the
industry.
So for now, at least, holiday travelers using Comair can rest
easy knowing the airline's pilots will be on the flight deck doing
their jobs.
Now if the weather would only cooperate...
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