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A group of former Trans World Airlines pilots Tuesday asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane to appoint a committee to represent their interests in the American Airlines bankruptcy.
The group, the American Independent Cockpit Alliance Inc., says the ex-TWA pilots cannot count on the Allied Pilots Association to represent their interests, even though they are now American Airlines pilots and the APA represents American's pilots.
The APA is one of nine members of the official committee of unsecured creditors.
Said the AICA in its petition:
"While technically represented by the Allied Pilots Association ("APA"), in fact the former TWA pilots face the nearly certain prospect that theywillnot be adequately,orfairly, represented in this proceeding, by the APA (or the Official Committee).
"This is because of a long and demonstrated history of hostility by the APA to its minority former TWA pilots that has been so pronounced ithas provoked federallegislationinthe form of the passage of the McCaskill-Bond Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 42112, and has resulted in several federal lawsuits over the years for violations of the duty of fair representation imposed by the Railway Labor Act, and on othergrounds.
"Over the years this hostility has resulted in massive erosion of jobs, seniority, pay and benefits for former TWA pilots at AA. Now, with the prospect of AA's bankruptcy, these same former TWA pilots are placed in jeopardy that the APA will jettison their interests entirely, resulting in mass-unemployment for this distinct group of stake-holders."
(We note that in a major case tried last year,the Air Line Pilots Association, the TWA pilots' union before American bought TWA in 2001, was found liable for failing on its duty of fair representation to the TWA pilots. However, the APA and American had been dismissed from that lawsuit.)
When the APA added the TWA pilots into its seniority list, the top 2,500 spots were given to the 2,500 most senior American pilots. About half the TWA pilots were folded into the seniority list after that at the rate of one TWA pilot for approximately every eight American pilots. The bottom half of the TWA seniority list was then stapled onto the bottom of the American seniority list.
The filing Tuesday noted that American may propose closing the St. Louis base where many ex-TWA pilots are based. If that happens, the TWA pilots should be rearranged in the APA seniority list according to the date they were hired at TWA, the petition says.
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/01/twa-pilots-want-their-own-comm.html
The group, the American Independent Cockpit Alliance Inc., says the ex-TWA pilots cannot count on the Allied Pilots Association to represent their interests, even though they are now American Airlines pilots and the APA represents American's pilots.
The APA is one of nine members of the official committee of unsecured creditors.
Said the AICA in its petition:
"While technically represented by the Allied Pilots Association ("APA"), in fact the former TWA pilots face the nearly certain prospect that theywillnot be adequately,orfairly, represented in this proceeding, by the APA (or the Official Committee).
"This is because of a long and demonstrated history of hostility by the APA to its minority former TWA pilots that has been so pronounced ithas provoked federallegislationinthe form of the passage of the McCaskill-Bond Amendment, 49 U.S.C. § 42112, and has resulted in several federal lawsuits over the years for violations of the duty of fair representation imposed by the Railway Labor Act, and on othergrounds.
"Over the years this hostility has resulted in massive erosion of jobs, seniority, pay and benefits for former TWA pilots at AA. Now, with the prospect of AA's bankruptcy, these same former TWA pilots are placed in jeopardy that the APA will jettison their interests entirely, resulting in mass-unemployment for this distinct group of stake-holders."
(We note that in a major case tried last year,the Air Line Pilots Association, the TWA pilots' union before American bought TWA in 2001, was found liable for failing on its duty of fair representation to the TWA pilots. However, the APA and American had been dismissed from that lawsuit.)
When the APA added the TWA pilots into its seniority list, the top 2,500 spots were given to the 2,500 most senior American pilots. About half the TWA pilots were folded into the seniority list after that at the rate of one TWA pilot for approximately every eight American pilots. The bottom half of the TWA seniority list was then stapled onto the bottom of the American seniority list.
The filing Tuesday noted that American may propose closing the St. Louis base where many ex-TWA pilots are based. If that happens, the TWA pilots should be rearranged in the APA seniority list according to the date they were hired at TWA, the petition says.
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/01/twa-pilots-want-their-own-comm.html
