Tue, Oct 21, 2003
Pilots, Freight Line Approve 10-Year Labor Contract
Kitty Hawk Aircargo and Kitty Hawk
Pilots Association (KPA), representing the pilots and flight
engineers employed by Kitty Hawk Aircargo, have jointly announced
the ratification of a landmark 10-year collective bargaining labor
agreement.
The collective bargaining agreement and unique 10-year strategic
partnership between Kitty Hawk Aircargo and its pilots was ratified
on October 17. The agreement becomes effective immediately, with
individual portions of the Agreement to be implemented during the
next 30-60 days. The airlines' professional pilots and flight
engineers overwhelmingly ratified the agreement with more than 81
percent approval of the ballots cast.
"Our pilot group brought a long-range view to the negotiating
table," said Capt. Tom Gothard, chairman of the KPA Master
Executive Council. "Our members understand that their personal
success as pilots goes hand-in-hand with the success of the company
for which they work, and we've achieved those goals with this new
contract."
"This innovative collective bargaining partnership provides the
long-term stability which is so vitally important to the future of
everyone who is a member of the Kitty Hawk team, but especially its
pilots," said Robert W. Zoller, Kitty Hawk Aircargo's president and
CEO. "Both sides worked collectively, long and hard, to craft this
new and historic relationship which recognizes the importance of
creating a solid foundation that will allow us to build a
successful future enterprise. We're delighted with the outcome and
very proud of the professional pilots and flight engineers who are
part of a great Kitty Hawk team."
Contract innovations should help all parties.
In addition to its unusually long 10-year duration, the new
relationship includes some unique features - including a "no
strike/no lockout" clause; limits on the timing and number of
changes during the term of the agreement; as well as a special
mechanism for ultimately resolving such limited proposed changes.
That mechanism may be characterized as final offer or
"baseball-style" binding arbitration, which provides for an
outside, independent arbitrator to quickly settle any items that
cannot be agreed upon by both sides after 60 days of
negotiations.
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Kitty Hawk is proud of its customer service, and achieves 99.6
percent on-time delivery to its customers with its mission-critical
overnight service and second-day guaranteed delivery options.
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