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APA LEADERSHIP LETTER TO AMR CHAIRMAN & CEO: As part of today’s session of the APA Board of Directors’ fall meeting, the Board voted 17-1 to send a letter to AMR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gerard Arpey concerning the state of negotiations. The 17 Board members who voted “yes” agreed to affix their names to the letter, along with the names of the APA President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer.
The letter reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Arpey,
As you know, our respective negotiating teams have invested a great deal of time and effort during the past several months in an effort to reach a new APA-AA collective bargaining agreement.
APA leadership shares your desire to conclude negotiations expeditiously and we remain focused on reaching an agreement that is good for our pilots and good for the airline. To that end, we have consistently expressed our desire to see the company succeed and have demonstrated our willingness to adopt contractual solutions that represent departures from longstanding tradition. Although management’s most recent proposal does not sufficiently address our pilots’ most critical negotiating priorities, we are nevertheless committed to reaching a mutually beneficial agreement through good-faith bargaining at the earliest opportunity.
We remain ready and willing to discuss creative solutions that address our respective parties’ concerns so that we may promptly conclude these talks.
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The APA Board of Directors will reconvene at 9 a.m. tomorrow. This week’s meeting is scheduled to continue through Thursday, Nov. 17.
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APA INFORMATION HOTLINE
This is APA Communications Director Gregg Overman with the APA Information Hotline for Tuesday, Nov. 15.APA LEADERSHIP LETTER TO AMR CHAIRMAN & CEO: As part of today’s session of the APA Board of Directors’ fall meeting, the Board voted 17-1 to send a letter to AMR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gerard Arpey concerning the state of negotiations. The 17 Board members who voted “yes” agreed to affix their names to the letter, along with the names of the APA President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer.
The letter reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Arpey,
As you know, our respective negotiating teams have invested a great deal of time and effort during the past several months in an effort to reach a new APA-AA collective bargaining agreement.
APA leadership shares your desire to conclude negotiations expeditiously and we remain focused on reaching an agreement that is good for our pilots and good for the airline. To that end, we have consistently expressed our desire to see the company succeed and have demonstrated our willingness to adopt contractual solutions that represent departures from longstanding tradition. Although management’s most recent proposal does not sufficiently address our pilots’ most critical negotiating priorities, we are nevertheless committed to reaching a mutually beneficial agreement through good-faith bargaining at the earliest opportunity.
We remain ready and willing to discuss creative solutions that address our respective parties’ concerns so that we may promptly conclude these talks.
That is the full text of the letter. Click here to view the formatted version.
The APA Board of Directors will reconvene at 9 a.m. tomorrow. This week’s meeting is scheduled to continue through Thursday, Nov. 17.
That’s it for today. Thanks for checking this hotline.
