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May 3, 2012--More than 150 pilots from United and Continental took a "Walk On Wacker" today to mark the two-year anniversary of the announced merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines, and the fact that the pilots still don't have a Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement. After the Walk to Wacker, the pilots conducted Informational Picketing outside UAL headquarters on Wacker Drive.
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April 30, 2012--Today, United MEC Chairman Captain Jay Heppner directed ALPA President Captain Lee Moak to formally submit the necessary paperwork to the National Mediation Board for our release from mediation. "We have every expectation that our formal request will be honored and, through the steps delineated under the RLA, that we will be ultimately released from mediation into a “30 day cooling off period,' " said Captain Heppner in a message to United pilots. "During this upcoming period, we are obligated to honor the status quo between ALPA and UAL management. There can be and will be no disruption by us of the company’s operations. At the end of this cooling off period, barring the successful negotiation of a Tentative Agreement with United Airlines, ALPA pilots will be free to exercise self-help."
Click Here to read Captain Heppner's April 30, 2012 message to United pilots.
April 16, 2012--It is time for a reality check about what are increasingly becoming unfriendly skies for United Airlines pilots as it relates to our contract negotiations. Based on the facts discussed below, as it relates to the management of United’s strategy to slow walk the negotiations so they can continue to outsource and offshore pilot jobs, we now have no recourse but to take steps to formally execute a release from our Section 6 negotiations under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) on April 30 if United management does not commit to completing these negotiations by June 1. We have waited two years and made no progress – if executing a release is what is necessary to make sure U.S. commercial airlines jobs go to U.S. pilots and the safety of U.S. airline passengers is put first, we are ready. . . It is now clear that United's management strategy is really just to fly in a holding pattern when it comes to these negotiations, seeking to fly in circles so that the longer we work without a contract, the more aggressive United can be about offshoring and outsourcing our jobs -- and not working to honor the commitment pilots made to the company dating back to 9/11.
Click Here to read Captain Heppner's April 16, 2012 Message to United Pilots
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