US Airways pilots want the airline's president, David Siegel, thrown out on his ear. The union also wants the company's CFO bounced. Read it as a sign that negotiations over US Airways' renewed demands for wage concessions aren't what you'd describe as "smooth" or "friendly." US Airways workers already kicked in $1.2 billion in concessions to help bring the carrier out of bankruptcy. But now, the airline is trying to compete with Southwest, which just started service to US Airways' most profitable hub in Philadelphia (PA). When Southwest made that announcement back in May, Siegel (below, right) warned employees that more cuts were needed so the airline could remain competitive.

For the third time this year, America West and its pilots have reached a tentative contract agreement -- one the ALPA says will be voted on by the end of the year. The first two were turned down by union pilots in a dispute that's been ongoing for more than three-and-a-half years. But this time, ALPA leaders say it's different.

UAL, parent company to United Airlines, says it now has the $2 billion it needs to exit bankruptcy. The airline reported Wednesday that it had secured the financing from JP Morgan and Citigroup. But there are conditions. Both financial groups want $1.6 billion in loan guarantees from the federal government's Air Transportation Stabilization Board.

Okay, the Boeing 7E7 is officially on the market. But who's buying? Nobody. Yet. Here's how some major airlines are reacting to Boeing's announcement Tuesday that it will go ahead with plans to build the super-economic Dreamliner: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: "Of course we will be looking at it but at this moment we have no intention to order."

ARINC has been chosen by Europe’s aviation authority to introduce the next generation of digital air traffic control communications in Europe—CPDLC, or controller-pilot data link communications. EUROCONTROL has named ARINC to be the datalink service provider for its busy Maastricht Upper Air Center (UAC), as part of its LINK 2000+ program. ARINC says it will deploy a network of 12 VHF Digital Link (VDL) Mode 2 ground stations this year to support CPDLC communications above flight level 245 in the skies over Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and northern Germany —- some of Europe’s busiest airspace. When the system goes operational in October, the Maastricht air traffic controllers will be the first in Europe to have the benefit of CPDLC—an easier,

Exactly 100 years after the first successful airplane flight, Continental Airlines donated its award-winning, historic, 63-year-old DC-3 aircraft to the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston (TX). "The DC-3 was a major stepping-stone in the development of today’s amazing commercial aviation system,” said Continental Chairman and CEO Gordon Bethune.  “We are proud to help preserve a bit of aviation history on the occasion of the Centennial of Flight.  And giving away our antique aircraft at this time helps to drive home the point that we really do have one of the youngest fleets in the business."