American Airlines and TWU Reach Industry-Leading Agreement for Flight Instructors
October 11 2016 - 6:52PM
American Airlines and its 300 flight crew training instructors and
simulator instructors represented by the Transport Workers Union
(TWU) have reached an agreement for a new joint collective
bargaining agreement.
“We have the best instructors in the business and we’re pleased
to have reached an agreement that recognizes their importance and
contributions to our airline,” said Kimball Stone, vice president –
Flight. “It’s an honor to work alongside this talented group of men
and women. We appreciate the creativity both negotiating teams
brought to the collective bargaining process, and thank them for
their hard work and diligence.”
American’s 300 flight instructors are stationed at the company’s
training centers in Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte and Phoenix. TWU
Local 548 led bargaining on behalf of the instructors. The union
will share details of the tentative agreement and ratification
details directly to the membership in the coming weeks.
About American Airlines GroupAmerican Airlines
and American Eagle offer an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day
to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American has
hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. American is a
founding member of the oneworld alliance, whose
members and members-elect serve nearly 1,000 destinations with
14,250 daily flights to 150 countries. Shares of American Airlines
Group Inc. trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol AAL. In 2015,
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