Airlines Workers Issues
Cathay Pacific pilots call "sick-in" over pay cuts
By David Harvey, June 9, 1999
Pilots employed by the Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airlines voted overwhelmingly last week to take strike action if the company attempts to implement a plan to slash wages in exchange for stock opt...
Judge levies $45.5 million fine against American Airlines pilots' union
By Jerry White, April 17, 1999
In one of the largest fines ever levied against an American trade union, US District Judge Elton "Joe" Kendall Thursday ordered the Allied Pilots Association (APA) to pay $45.5 million in damages to A...
Judge delays imposing heavy fines against American Airlines pilots
By Jerry White, February 18, 1999
The federal judge who ruled last weekend that the Allied Pilots Association was in contempt of court and subject to millions of dollars in fines for the job action by American Airlines pilots decided ...
Judge imposes fines, calls American Airlines pilots extortionists
By Jerry White, February 16, 1999
In the wake of a contempt-of-court order and massive fine levied on Saturday by US District Judge Elton "Joe" Kendall, most of the American Airlines pilots involved in a nine-day sick-out have returne...
American Airlines seeks contempt of court ruling against pilots
By Jerry White, February 13, 1999
A federal judge will rule Saturday morning on whether to hold the Allied Pilots Association in contempt of court for defying his order that American Airlines pilots return to work and end their "sick-...
American Airlines pilots continue "sick-out"
By David Walsh, February 12, 1999
Pilots at American Airlines in the US apparently defied a federal court order Thursday and remained off the job in large numbers. Nearly 1,100 American flights had to be canceled, more than the 900 sc...
Federal judge orders American Airlines pilots to end sick-out
By Shannon Jones, February 11, 1999
A US District Court Judge in Dallas, Texas has issued a temporary restraining order against American Airlines pilots who began a job action February 6 that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,0...
