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...summer in Hong Kong, and that means steam-bath humidity, threatening typhoons?and labor problems at Cathay Pacific, the territory's only major airline. This year the labor row has turned into a dogfight between the company and its 1,600 pilots, and neither side has yet scored a kill. Travelers around Asia have already been inconvenienced by the labor dispute, and both sides?but mainly management?have been increasing the acrimony as steadily as the Hong Kong temperature has been rising...
...squabble began two weeks ago when Cathay's pilots rejected a new three-year contract offering them raises of up to 10.5%. Cathay had lost the last couple of rounds: two years ago it backed down from a plan to cut employee salaries in the middle of the Asian economic crisis. And last year, pilots refused to work longer hours amid unexpectedly buoyant business. This summer the company decided to go all out to win. After talks broke down the pilots announced a disruptive ploy called "work to rule," which meant they would do all the safety checks...
...primarily responsible for their own health. After all, cramped conditions can lead to stress, and even disruptive and unruly behavior, but no one is blaming the airlines for air rage. "DVT has been around for a long time. It's linked to immobility, not flying," states Patrick Garrett of Cathay Pacific. Says Japan Airline's (JAL) Yoshie Otaka: "Basically it's a matter of primary self care...
...afterward. In February, a 10-year-old girl was struck down with DVT after a 13-hour flight from London to Hong Kong, during which she slept in an economy-class seat without moving. Since the beginning of the year, separate DVT suits have been filed against Cathay Pacific, Delta Airlines, Air France and Greece's Olympic Airlines. Australian Anthony Sharp's case against Cathay claims the 45-year-old developed a pulmonary embolism after an international flight in 1999. Filed in March, it too has the potential to set an industry precedent. More and more doctors are also speaking...
...radiation dose they receive on the ground. Some airlines take pregnant female flight attendants off airborne duties to avoid exposing the fetus to cosmic rays. Passengers who make a transpolar journey, like the new direct Hong Kong-New York routes operated by Continental Airlines, United Airlines and, from September, Cathay Pacific, receive on average the equivalent to three chest X rays. (The rays concentrate around the North Pole's magnetic attraction.) Five round-trips on these flight paths would put the traveler in excess of the recommended annual limit for exposure to radiation, experts say. Already, since the flights commenced...