Aloha Airlines cargo pilots threaten April 26 strike

[Poahi]

The union files a motion requesting that a judge not block the action

David Segal
[email protected]

The Air Line Pilots Association said in a motion filed today in federal Bankruptcy Court that Aloha Airlines’ cargo pilots may strike any or all of the company’s operations just after midnight on April 26 if no labor agreement is reached.
ALPA said the union has been rebuffed and ignored by Aloha management and that the company’s actions over the past week have unquestionably triggered a “major dispute” under the Railway Labor Act. Aloha’s pilots said the strike would begin at 12:01 a.m. that day.

Aloha flies 85 percent of the state’s air cargo as well as all of the U.S. Mail to Maui and the Big Island.

The pilots union claimed in the filing that it has the legal right to strike immediately and has asked the court not to block the job action because Aloha has “repudiated its collective bargaining agreement with ALPA.”

Among those issues cited by ALPA are the company’s failure to follow seniority flying rights as called for in the agreement, failing to follow job security and successorship provisions of the agreement that would require the purchaser of Aloha’s cargo unit to hire Aloha’s cargo pilots, and the failure to make retirement plan contributions and maintain benefits.

Only about 40 cargo pilots remain after the company shut down passenger operations on March 31.

Aloha spokesman Stu Glauberman said the company had no immediate comment.
Source:http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=6986


I'm guessing that nearly all of the 40 pilots about to strike would be out on the street if they were successful at a rebid.

 

[OB-CPO]

The union files a motion requesting that a judge not block the action

David Segal
[email protected]

The Air Line Pilots Association said in a motion filed today in federal Bankruptcy Court that Aloha Airlines’ cargo pilots may strike any or all of the company’s operations just after midnight on April 26 if no labor agreement is reached.
ALPA said the union has been rebuffed and ignored by Aloha management and that the company’s actions over the past week have unquestionably triggered a “major dispute” under the Railway Labor Act. Aloha’s pilots said the strike would begin at 12:01 a.m. that day.

Aloha flies 85 percent of the state’s air cargo as well as all of the U.S. Mail to Maui and the Big Island.

The pilots union claimed in the filing that it has the legal right to strike immediately and has asked the court not to block the job action because Aloha has “repudiated its collective bargaining agreement with ALPA.”

Among those issues cited by ALPA are the company’s failure to follow seniority flying rights as called for in the agreement, failing to follow job security and successorship provisions of the agreement that would require the purchaser of Aloha’s cargo unit to hire Aloha’s cargo pilots, and the failure to make retirement plan contributions and maintain benefits.

Only about 40 cargo pilots remain after the company shut down passenger operations on March 31.

Aloha spokesman Stu Glauberman said the company had no immediate comment.
Source:http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=6986


I'm guessing that nearly all of the 40 pilots about to strike would be out on the street if they were successful at a rebid.

about time

 

[Cardinal]

The kind of potentially selfless action the usapians couldn't possibly understand.

 

[IronCityBlue]

This little known struggle could be the most important in decades for the airline pilot profession. The right to strike when your contract is torn to pieces in BK needs to be established with a precident all pilots can sink their teeth into in the future. Last round the judges danced around the issue and even slapped temporary injunctions on labor, but never really came out with a difinitive ruling. If the Aloha cargo pilots are allowed to strike, it will be a massive victory in labor's corner for a long time to come. We owe those guys a huge debt of gratitude for trying this. Even more so if they are successful.

 

[Poahi]

I don't get why it would be so expensive to retrain the pilots. It's the same type rating isn't it? Wouldn't they just need some additional ground school, hazmat training, etc.....?

 

[ultrarunner]

My guess is that the hauling of the mail wouldn't miss a beat.

 

[Hamburger]

My guess is that the hauling of the mail wouldn't miss a beat.

If somebody else hauls that mail, it will at least be refreshing to see people actually using the word "scab" correctly.

 

[YMICFI]

Huh?

If somebody else hauls that mail, it will at least be refreshing to see people actually using the word "scab" correctly.

So are you saying that if a former Aloha pilot is able to secure a job with a cargo carrier that carries the mail is a scab?

I don't see it that way.

 

[Freight Dog]

Strike ain't happening until at least Monday night...

 

[Hamburger]

So are you saying that if a former Aloha pilot is able to secure a job with a cargo carrier that carries the mail is a scab?

I don't see it that way.

I'm saying if they strike, anyone doing the struck work would be scabbing.