Heavy Weather At American Airlines
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Business Week
Heavy Weather at American
Jan.27 1997
pg 32
There is a big shake up at American Airlines. The pilots want more
money but management has already spent it. Another strike you say. Yip, looks
like it. The chief executive of American Airlines was stunned when on January
8, by an o ....
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.... of other airlines are pushing for higher
pay also, but undeniably American is in the worst position right now.
It looks to me like the pilots were not very happy with the decision to
purchase new aircraft from Boeing back in November when it was first voted on.
It seems as though instead of purchasing new aircraft the pilots wanted a pay
increase. What the pilots want is a pay increase of 11% over the next four
years. What the have been offered is a 5% increase. The argument that th ....
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