Filing Highlights What Union Calls DOT’s Failure To Adequately Review The Application
In a joint filing submitted to the U.S. DOT, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) asserted that the DOT was wrong to tentatively grant Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) foreign air carrier permit application, citing the U.S. government’s failure to examine whether approving it would be consistent with the public interest and with the terms of the U.S.–EU Air Transport Agreement (ATA).
Union Contract Does Not Include Provision For Operation Of 737 MAX
SWAPA, the union representing the pilots of Southwest Airlines has filed papers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to obtain status quo protection due to unlawful tactics of Southwest Airlines. The carrier is ramping up negotiations pressure by threatening to force its pilots to fly aircraft not listed in the collective bargaining agreement.
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