Southwest Airlines Co., the biggest carrier in Austin, faces a decision today from the Federal Aviation Administration that could require the airline to ground almost 10 percent of its fleet.
Business Travel Coalition (BTC) today called on the U.S. Congress and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to immediately investigate working conditions, maintenance practices and perverse contract incentives at Amerijet International that place schools, neighborhoods, the environment and the flying public at significant risk each and every day.
The Teamster pilots and flight engineers of Fort Lauderdale-based Amerijet Air Cargo remain on strike in their demands for a first contract providing for fair wages and benefits and safe and sanitary working conditions.
The following statement was released today by Capt. David Bourne, director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division, on behalf of striking Amerijet pilots, Local 769 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Despite a five year attempt to secure a contract, the pilots and flight engineers of Amerijet International (Amerijet) have now gone on strike, according to the Airline Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division, which represents 26 commercial cargo and passenger air carriers nationwide, called on Congress to redouble its commitment to move forward with language in proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation that would harmonize and strengthen oversight of domestic and foreign repair stations that perform services for U.S. airlines.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating Southwest Airlines Co.'s use of unauthorized parts and repairs on its older Boeing 737 planes just months after the carrier paid the agency $7.5 million to settle maintenance violations.
Discount airlines, also known as low-cost carriers (LCCs), have changed the way we fly and altered our expectations for air travel.
A six-hour ground wait for some air travelers has two New York legislators calling for a law protecting fliers from having to wait out delays in the cramped quarters of an airplane.
A year after Continental Airlines Inc. stripped its service from Houston and Cleveland to Dulles International Airport to save on fuel costs, the airline is rebooting the routes.
