Word: alpa
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...movie house, waiting for Tropic Thunder to begin, but first you have to sit through the commercials and previews of coming attractions. There's a spot for--wait a minute--Booty Sweat, an energy drink from the rapper Alpa Chino. Then a trailer for Scorcher VI, a Rambovian sequel in which the Stallone figure closely resembles a bulked-up Ben Stiller. A teaser for The Fatties: Fart 2 seems awfully Eddie Murphy, with one comic playing multiple members of a morbidly obese family, yet the actor under all that latex could well be Jack Black. Finally, a preview...
...prevent the Texas Air chairman from taking over TWA, ALPA Executive Council Chairman Harry Hoglander quietly approached Icahn with a highly unusual deal. The union said that if Icahn bought the airline, TWA's 3,500 pilots would accept a 26% pay cut in exchange for a block of the airline's stock. Icahn accepted the pilots' proposition and then concluded a similar arrangement with TWA's International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The two unions represent about 17,000 of TWA's 27,000 workers, and the total value of the wage concessions offered amounted to about...
...support the rule, in part, critics charge, in order to get their most highly-paid employees off their books early. The FAA stands by arguments made during the 1959 rulemaking process that people lose critical cognitive and motor skills as they age. The powerful Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has also argued to keep the rule in order, some say, to keep its younger members happy. The FAA and Congress have been unwilling to question the status...
...pilots asked the Supreme Court to review their challenge of the Age 60 regulation in which they ask for waivers to the rule. On Capitol Hill, influential Congressman John Mica, a Florida Republican who heads the House aviation subcommittee, says he will hold hearings on the topic. Even the ALPA is considering reviewing its stance...
...Aware that the threat hasn't passed, pilots are pushing for the right to carry guns in the cockpit. On May 2, a House subcommittee will hold hearings on the question. ALPA and a grassroots organization called the Airline Pilots' Security Alliance have designed a program to screen and train pilots to use weapons aboard aircraft. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has come out against arming pilots; other opponents cite such concerns as pilot distraction, accidental discharge and theft. But the pilots say that if the government can't keep their aircraft safe and secure, they'll have...