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Details on American Eagle term sheets for pilots, flight attendants, some...

comments ()American Eagle has posted the term sheets it gave its unions Friday. Here’s the ones I found from that day (not the ones presented from March): AFA Final Term Sheet July 13, 2012 ALPA Final...

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American Eagle pilot leaders are meeting with US Airways

comments ()The Air Line Pilots Association leadership at American Eagle has told its members that the officers are meeting Tuesday with US Airways management to see how American Eagle might fit into US...

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Negotiators for American Eagle, flight attendants reach tentative deal

comments ()American Eagle and the Association of Flight Attendants said Friday that their negotiators have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract. “American Eagle is pleased we were able to...

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American Eagle flight attendants will vote Aug. 8-Sept. 5 on new contract

comments ()Under cost-cutting pressure from American Eagle management, Association of Flight Attendants leaders voted Thursday to send a tentative agreement to a vote by the 1,800 American Eagle flight...

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Flight attendants at American Eagle approve new contract

comments ()Flight attendants represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA have approved a new contract with American Eagle, with 87 percent voting in favor, the AFA said Friday. The union...

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Creditors committee: We don’t really have to have labor contracts to exit...

comments ()The Unsecured Creditors Committee has further expanded on its comments made Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane’s court that American Airlines needed a pilots’ contract to exit...

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Jack Butler talks consensual agreements, short fuses, equity stakes and other...

comments ()After Tuesday’s hearing in New York, I wanted to catch up with Jack Butler, the lead counsel for the unsecured creditors committee in the AMR/American Airlines/American Eagle bankruptcy...

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Airline strike votes, the latest thing?

comments ()It occurs to us that we’re seeing a number of airline unions announcing strike votes this year. The latest call for a strike vote came Tuesday from US Airways flight attendants and the...

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Dispatchers reach tentative agreement with American Eagle

comments ()An American Eagle spokesman said Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its dispatchers, the last unionized group remaining without a new contract with the regional carrier....

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AMR Corp.’s Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors supports American...

comments ()The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in AMR Corp. and American Airlines’ bankruptcy today gave its support for American Eagle’s labor contracts with three unions. The UCC’s approval...

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Court approves labor contracts between American Eagle, its unions

comments ()U.S. Bankruptcy Sean Lane bestowed his blessing Friday on the new labor contracts between American Eagle and its unions. His approval wraps up new collective bargaining agreements for all...

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APFA says it has approved a merger ‘memorandum of understanding’

comments ()The Association of Professional Flight Attendants issued this statement just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday: “APFA has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), clarifying several points...

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American Eagle union leader blasts American Airlines for sending flying to...

comments ()Robert Barrow, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA unit at American Eagle, blasted American Airlines and parent AMR for picking Republic Airlines to begin operating 76-seat...

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UPDATE: American Eagle unions want to delay American Airlines deal with...

UPDATED 5:30 P.M.: The three unions representing American Eagle’s employees asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to delay a deal in which competitor Republic Airlines would operate jets under the American...

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US Airways flight attendants ratify new contract on third try

US Airways flight attendants have finally adopted a single contract that covers both pre-merger America West Airlines and US Airways flight attendants, nearly 7½ years after the two carriers merged in...

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American Airlines takes six used jets out of proposed Republic Airways deal

On Jan. 24, American Airlines announced an agreement in which Republic Airways would fly 53 aircraft – 47 new and six used Embraer E-175 aircraft – under the American Eagle brand and on behalf of...

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AA, US Airways unions offer joint statement in favor of merger

  Five unions at American Airlines and US Airways filed a statement of support Tuesday the US Airways and American merger. They sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee and Sen. Amy Klobucher,...

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Flight attendant unions at new American Airlines reach deal on who’ll...

The two recently quarreling unions that represent flight attendants at the new American Airlines have an agreement that lays who will represent those employees as American merges with US Airways. The...

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Alaska Airlines flight attendants reject proposed contract

In our second union contract matter of the day, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said Friday that its members had rejected a proposed contract with Alaska Airlines. “Alaska Airlines flight...

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It’s that day again — Sept. 11

I was born in early 1952, more than 10 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor and in the middle of the Korean War. They were only events in history by the time I became aware of the past. My first big...

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Flight attendant union calls for increased Ebola screenings (on that end of...

The Association of Flight Attendants said Tuesday it would like “more extensive health screenings of passengers travelling from areas affected by the current Ebola outbreak.” As such, it said health...

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