lowecur
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This is probably the first step to sell the unit to the highest bidder. Piedmont MEC still won't go along with the merger. Makes you wonder if they would liquidate both. This hurdle needs to be addressed before a sale to MESA can be consumated. With the agreement between UAIR and MidAtlantic, you wonder if they will need to sell the Shuttle. My guess, is yes.
Allegheny Airlines' Pilots Union Backs Merger with Piedmont Airlines
By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.
Feb. 12--Union representatives for Allegheny Airlines pilots have voted to approve a merger of the regional airline with Piedmont Airlines in Salisbury, Md., as proposed by their financially troubled parent, US Airways.
"Some members of the Allegheny [Master Executive Council of the Airline Pilots Association International] who voted for it felt they did so with a gun placed to their head," council Chairman Rick O'Leary said Wednesday.
The pilots faced being treated as new employees at Piedmont, with the loss of their seniority, if they didn't vote for the merger, O'Leary noted.
On Jan. 14, US Airways proposed the consolidation, which would see Lower Swatara Twp.-based Allegheny merged into Piedmont. US Airways threatened to liquidate Allegheny's assets if the unions did not agree to the merger.
But in a joint memo to their employees dated Jan. 29, Allegheny President Keith D. Houk and Piedmont President John F. Leonard said that US Airways had decided to proceed with the merger, believing that those unions that had not yet agreed would have their concerns satisfied.
Piedmont pilots have "flat out rejected management's demands," according to Olav Holm, chairman of Piedmont's Master Executive Council of the pilots' union.
The Teamsters union, which represents Allegheny's mechanics, dispatchers, customer service workers and stock clerks, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents the same workers at Piedmont, have yet to vote on the merger.
The Association of Flight Attendants, which represents flight attendants at both Allegheny and Piedmont, has decided to support the merger.
Allegheny pilots voted two weeks ago to approve the merger, but the vote was determined to violate the union's bylaws, so the ratification vote on Tuesday was required.
US Airways has set March 31 as the target date for the consolidation. An Allegheny maintenance base and office operation serving US Airways subsidiaries is expected to remain at Harrisburg International Airport.
Allegheny Airlines' Pilots Union Backs Merger with Piedmont Airlines
By Ellen Lyon, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.
Feb. 12--Union representatives for Allegheny Airlines pilots have voted to approve a merger of the regional airline with Piedmont Airlines in Salisbury, Md., as proposed by their financially troubled parent, US Airways.
"Some members of the Allegheny [Master Executive Council of the Airline Pilots Association International] who voted for it felt they did so with a gun placed to their head," council Chairman Rick O'Leary said Wednesday.
The pilots faced being treated as new employees at Piedmont, with the loss of their seniority, if they didn't vote for the merger, O'Leary noted.
On Jan. 14, US Airways proposed the consolidation, which would see Lower Swatara Twp.-based Allegheny merged into Piedmont. US Airways threatened to liquidate Allegheny's assets if the unions did not agree to the merger.
But in a joint memo to their employees dated Jan. 29, Allegheny President Keith D. Houk and Piedmont President John F. Leonard said that US Airways had decided to proceed with the merger, believing that those unions that had not yet agreed would have their concerns satisfied.
Piedmont pilots have "flat out rejected management's demands," according to Olav Holm, chairman of Piedmont's Master Executive Council of the pilots' union.
The Teamsters union, which represents Allegheny's mechanics, dispatchers, customer service workers and stock clerks, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents the same workers at Piedmont, have yet to vote on the merger.
The Association of Flight Attendants, which represents flight attendants at both Allegheny and Piedmont, has decided to support the merger.
Allegheny pilots voted two weeks ago to approve the merger, but the vote was determined to violate the union's bylaws, so the ratification vote on Tuesday was required.
US Airways has set March 31 as the target date for the consolidation. An Allegheny maintenance base and office operation serving US Airways subsidiaries is expected to remain at Harrisburg International Airport.
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