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Posted on February 8th, 2013 by admin
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Robert Barrow, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA unit at American Eagle, blasted American Airlines and parent AMR for picking Republic Airlines to begin operating 76-seat commuter jets this summer, rather than using American Eagle: “AMR management’s outsourcing of regional flying is despicable. This is not only a betrayal of American Eagle employees who have […]
Posted on January 27th, 2013 by admin
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Dan Garton, president and chief executive of AMR Eagle, told the troops Thursday that the carrier wasn’t able to bid for the flying that American Airlines is sending to Republic Airlines. AMR Eagle was “not in a position to meet a key requirement of securing and financing large regional jets in the timeframe requested,” Garton […]
Posted on January 26th, 2013 by admin
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane had been scheduled to begin a hearing at 11 a.m. EDT Oct. 23 on American Eagle’s request to throw out three labor contracts with the Transport Workers Union. As expected, those hearings are now on hold, pending a vote by the three TWU-represented groups: dispatchers, ground school instructors and mechanics […]
Posted on October 11th, 2012 by admin
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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane had been scheduled to begin a hearing at 11 a.m. EDT Oct. 23 on American Eagle’s request to throw out three labor contracts with the Transport Workers Union. As expected, those hearings are now on hold, pending a vote by the three TWU-represented groups: dispatchers, ground school instructors and mechanics […]
Posted on October 11th, 2012 by admin
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UPDATE, 1:45 p.m.: Confirmed, 75 percent of American Eagle pilots voted to approve a tentative agreement between the airline and the Air Line Pilots Association. “We are pleased with our pilots’ ratification of the tentative agreement reached with ALPA, marking another important step forward in our restructuring,” American Eagle spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said. “The ratified […]
Posted on October 9th, 2012 by admin
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American Eagle management asked a bankruptcy judge Friday to let it void its contracts with three bargaining units represented by the Transport Workers Union – mechanics and related employees, dispatchers and ground school instructors. Airline spokesman Bruce Hicks said negotiations “have not yet been successful” and “we must continue to move this process forward” with […]
Posted on September 9th, 2012 by admin
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After talking to American Eagle’s people in Baton Rouge, an airline spokesman revised the company’s account of what happened Wednesday when an unarmed man rushed into a regional jet’s cockpit and locked himself in. – The guy was ticketed for the Baton Rouge-Dallas/Fort Worth flight that was supposed to leave at noon, rather than having arrived […]
Posted on August 27th, 2012 by admin
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American Eagle mechanics and related employees rejected a new deal with the airline by a two-thirds vote. Fleet service clerks approved their deal by a two-thirds vote.
Posted on August 26th, 2012 by admin
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