Word: apa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nancy R. Nangeroni, an MIT graduate and Cambridge resident who is "not content to be simply [male or female]", says there is no harm in "allowing people to self-determine gender", despite the American Psychiatric Association (APA) classification of transsexualism as a "sexual deviation...
...Airlines' corporate coffin in a strike in 1989. The majority of American's pilots served in the military, and many seem to relish the notion of a dogfight with their famously pugnacious boss. "A lot of these guys have been in combat," says strike chairman Matthew Field of the APA. "If he wants combat, we'll give him combat...
...corporate instrument who is used to this sort of stuff. He has frequently antagonized the pilots over the years and once even mocked a pilot-commissioned study of the company, saying, "If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port." But he may also have misread apa's intent. Crandall thought he had a deal last fall, but a hard-line union contingent, working through the Internet, mobilized membership to reject a contract offer blessed by the union's executive committee...
...American pilots believe the so-called regional jets will really be used to fly longer routes that would normally be flown by American Airlines pilots and that the Eagle pilots, who are represented by another union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), will continue their encroachment on APA's turf. "The term regional jet is a misnomer," says Captain Rich Rubin, 47, who pilots a wide-body 767 on long-haul routes out of Miami. "It is a long-range, high-performance jet that flies at Mach .81 at 40,000 ft., like a 767. It will deprive...
American doesn't quite see that as a problem and contends it can't afford to let APA members fly the regional jets. Says American Airlines spokesman Chris Chiames: "We would be at such a disadvantage, we could not compete. The trend in the industry is to move to the regional jet, but this jet is not flown by the majors." The small jets are now flown by the likes of Comair, Delta's commuter affiliate, and Northwest Airlink, both of which have pay scales like American Eagle...