Unions Still Bitter After Workers' Pay Cut, Pensions
Dropped
A federal bankruptcy judge says US Airways can fill the pockets
of its executives to keep them from leaving ahead of the company's
merger with America West.
An All-Nippon Airways DeHavilland DHC-8-Q400 made an emergency
landing in Osaka Friday, after the cockpit and cabin filled with
black smoke. No one was hurt, but it was yet another incident to
scare Japanese passengers, who've watched with dismay other
instances of mechanical or operational failures at both ANA and
JAL.
It was certainly something new in 1966 when Malcom Stamper was
approached by then-Boeing CEO Bill Allen.
"How would you like to build an airplane — in fact, the
biggest airplane in the world?" Allen asked, according to "Legend
and Legacy," a history of Boeing written by Robert Serling.
1,100 Unemployed As A Result; Union Battles Continue
It's a done deal -- but certainly not everyone is happy about
it. While some 7,000 commercial aviation manufacturing workers in
Kansas and Oklahoma made the transition Thursday from Boeing to
Onex as the two companies completed the sale of three plants,
another 1,100 -- mostly union machinists -- have been told to take
a hike.
In the horse race for the lead in world commercial aircraft
sales, Airbus has retained the front-runner position, announcing a
deal for 100 aircraft at the Paris Air Show Thursday.
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