Industry Strongly Opposes A Proposal To Increase Airport Taxes Nearly 90 Percent
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the U.S. airlines, has released a letter from leading passenger airline CEOs urging House and Senate leadership to oppose an increase in the current Passenger Facility Charge (PFC), or the airport tax.
Fifteen-Minute Standard Proposed At High-Level Safety Conference
Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommended the adoption of a new 15-minute aircraft tracking Standard earlier today, during discussions amongst the over 850 participants to the UN aviation body’s 2015 High Level Safety Conference.
Notice Marks Historic Beginning Of First Labor Negotiations At The Airline
The pilots of JetBlue Airways, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), have sent official notice to company management requesting to open contract negotiations under the federal Railway Labor Act. The notice marks the first labor negotiations in the history of JetBlue from any segment of its workforce. Currently, JetBlue pilots are the only unionized workforce at the airline.
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