Decision On Whether Carrier Can Toss Out Contracts Will Come
Monday
A bankruptcy court judge was expected to rule Thursday whether
struggling regional carrier Mesaba Airlines can toss aside labor
contracts with approximately 1,500 union employees, and impose the
pay and benefit cuts it says it needs to survive... but late
Thursday night, Judge Gregory Kishel decided to give both sides
until Monday to hammer out a deal.
DFW is set to get a beltway... the airport, that is, not the
city. Workers broke ground Tuesday on the $67 million project,
which calls for a perimeter taxiway system around DFW's busiest
runways.
Calls Statement They Were Following Flight Plan
'Irresponsible'
The finger pointing continues in Brazil. Brazilian defense
minister Waldir Pires says the US pilots involved in last week's
crash of a Gol Airlines 737 are irresponsible. The airliner went
down in the amazon jungle killing all 154 aboard.
It appears pilots at Ireland's Aer Lingus either really don't
want Ryanair to buy their airline... or they want to make sure the
rival low-cost carrier pays through the teeth for it.
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