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April 4, 2024 12:04 am ET -
Large Majority Of Encore Pilots Vote To Strike
There are dark clouds on the horizon for WestJet Encore, the fully-owned regional subsidiary of the WestJet Group, the second-largest airline group in Canada. The group’s management and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) representing Encore’s 322 pilots have been…
April 2, 2024 5:45 am ET -
ALPA, Industry Say Pilot Supply Is Stable
A new release from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) notes that the U.S. pilot supply is stable with more than 11,000 pilots certified in the past 12 months. ALPA highlighted recently released FAA pilot-production data, indicating that the U.S.…
March 27, 2024 1:23 pm ET -
FedEx Pilots Pick Third Union Chairman Since Last Summer
The board of the FedEx pilots’ union has elected its third chairman in eight months as the group tries to overcome internal divisions that have hampered efforts to achieve an updated labor contract. The FedEx Master Executive Council voted for…
March 26, 2023 9:44 pm ET -
Bill Raising Pilot Retirement Age to 67 Reintroduced in U.S.
A bill seeking to address flight cancellations, delays and service disruptions attributed to pilot shortages was reintroduced onto the United States Senate and House floors this week. The Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act ‘raises the mandatory retirement age for commercial…
November 1, 2022 10:00 pm ET -
Delta Air Lines’ Pilots Ready to Strike For Better Pay
As airlines in North America are shrugging off the horrible months of the pandemic and balance sheets start looking rosier again, all the issues that had been put aside to survive the most devastating crisis commercial aviation has ever encountered…