TEMPE, Ariz., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC)
and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) have reached a final transition
agreement moving pre-merger America West Airline's flight crew training
instructors to the contract covering their counterparts at pre-merger US
Airways.
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The agreement, covering 88 employees, was signed yesterday. Details
will be communicated by union representatives to their members in the
coming days. The agreement sets forth processes and timelines for
transitioning pre-merger America West flight crew training instructors to
the pre-merger US Airways agreement.
"We're quite pleased to reach a final agreement with our group of
exceptional flight crew training instructors. This is the second agreement
we have reached with a represented work group in as many weeks and we move
closer to our goal of operating a single airline with unified contracts,"
said Al Hemenway, vice president of labor relations.
In April, a unified contract was reached with TWU-represented flight
simulator engineers. Last year, the company reached unified agreements with
the Airline Customer Service Employee Association, an alliance between the
Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters (IBT), the two unions that represent the airline's 7,700
passenger service employees and reservations agents. A unified contract
also was forged with the TWU for dispatchers.
Hemenway said talks continue on unified agreements for pilots, flight
attendants, mechanics and fleet service employees.
US Airways is the fifth largest domestic airline employing nearly
36,000 aviation professionals worldwide. US Airways, US Airways Shuttle and
US Airways Express operate approximately 3,800 flights per day and serve
more than 230 communities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and
Latin America. The new US Airways -- the product of a merger between
America West and US Airways in September 2005 -- is a member of the Star
Alliance network, which offers our customers 16,000 daily flights to 855
destinations in 155 countries worldwide. This press release and additional
information on US Airways can be found at http://www.usairways.com. (LCCG)
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