A representative of the Air Line Pilots Association, United Airlines, the National Mediation Board, and the NAA discuss the issues raised and factors considered in… Read More »Piloting Through the Merger II. Panel Discussion
A panel discussion of the grievance procedures used to address the unique dispute resolution problems of the ALPA and AFA unions. At United Airlines, an… Read More »Airlines: The Industry’s Future: It’s Up in the Air
Panelists representing the management of US Airways, the pilots union, the CWA (representing employees at the ticket counters, gates and in reservations), and flight attendants… Read More »Labor relations and arbitration post – 9/11:The US Airways experience
An examination of the impact of interest arbitration on the negotiation process between pilots and airlines. The effects of the proposed Airline Labor Dispute Resolution… Read More »Interest arbitration in the airline industry:friend or foe of collective bargaining?
A description of formalized procedures for interest arbitration that have been adopted in the airline industry, the purposes served by the procedures, and the role… Read More »Interest arbitration in the airline industry:One arbitrator’s perspective
A description of tripartite airline system boards of adjustment, and changes in their functioning that resulted from Railway Labor Act mandates and collective-bargaining agreements. Case… Read More »Arbitration without neutrals: Joint committees and boards. 4. Bipartite airline system boards
A description of the nature and operation of four and five-member boards in the airline industry and the circumstances in which use of bipartite boards… Read More »Arbitration without neutrals: Joint committees and boards. 5. Bipartite airline system boards of adjustment
A discussion of the experience of the Airline Pilots Association and U.S. carriers in addressing the problems of alcohol and substance abuse, and issues in… Read More »The arbitration of employee drug abuse cases:2. Some special issues peculiar to airline carrier pilots
Alcohol is an “addictive drug” with a particular American concern, following the experiment with Prohibition. In industry, concern with alcoholism was centered on a “job… Read More »The problems of alcoholism in industry