News and notes from around the interweb:
- A month ago American Airlines pilots ousted the head of their union for initiating disciplinary charges against other board members merely for advocating a merger with ALPA; censored pro-merger discussion on the pilots’ message board; and reportedly threated to release names of voters in local council elections to influence their votes. ‘Merger backers pushed me’ he says.
“I had been running a very aggressive anti-ALPA movement at APA,” he said. “But I didn’t think they had the votes to remove me.”
The APA board has 20 members, two from each domicile. Recent elections have brought in more pro-ALPA leaders. “Every pro-ALPA domicile rep voted to remove me,” Sicher said. “But they needed help, because they didn’t have a majority. So they brought in six reps who didn’t like the way the last contract was closed out.”
…Sicher said he will continue to oppose ALPA. He said that ALPA dues are higher, 1.85% compared with 1%. Additionally, he said, ALPA’s approach differs from APA’s. “We’re independent,” he said. “We do what’s best for American pilots, without others involved.”
- Wall Street Journal review of Frank Lorenzo’s new book litigating his history in the airline industry with his side of the story acquiring Continental, Eastern and more; selling the Eastern Airlines Shuttle to Donald Trump; and eventually being ruled by DOT to be unfit to run an airline (in his version, this was a political decision specific to one airline).
- This would certainly change the baggage claim experience.
- How Qatar Airways Prepares 200,000 Meals From Scratch Every Day
- Delta CEO Ed Bastian one of four new members invited to join Augusta National Golf Club this year
- From air mergers to visas: How Trump’s win could impact travel policy
- Ryanair says don’t check black suitcases
- Philippines resort features world’s largest chicken-shaped building
- Go figure.
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