Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Being furloughed twice in such a short period of time, especially when it's so easily avoidable, would be a tremendous hardship for these pilots and their families."

Source: Captain Lloyd Hill, president of the Allied Pilots Association. APA sued American Airlines Friday for the right to tell its members not to work voluntary overtime, as the carrier looks to asking crews to fly more hours to maintain schedules, even as the airline moves to furlough 200 pilots. APA says some of the pilots slated to be cut, as American works to slash its workforce by 7,000 jobs, are pilots who came off furloughs within the past several months.

FMI: www.aa.com, www.alliedpilots.org