FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) ? American Airlines has sent a letter to the Allied Pilots Association, threatening legal action if the company is forced to continue cancellations due to an increase in pilot sick calls and maintenance requests.
The airline would not disclose the entire letter sent to the pilots union, but released a statement about it, which reads: ?We do not want to pursue a legal remedy, but we will be left with little alternative if APA does not take action to stop those pilots who are intentionally harming the operation. American?s operations have continued to suffer for more than a week now, and we must take the appropriate steps to ensure our customers and our airline are protected.?
It goes on to say, ?The recent conduct by some of our pilots is inflicting economic damage on the company, frustrating and alienating our customers, and driving unnecessary work and significant stress for other employees. Our goal remains for all of us to put this recent behavior behind us and turn to the critical task of operating a more efficient, competitive airline in the interests of all economic stakeholders, including our pilots, and begin the joint task of finding common ground for a new pilot agreement.?
American has blamed the pilots for intentionally causing a slow down in operations, while the pilots union denies any organized effort to impact operations.
Last week, American apologized to its customers and announced it would be proactively cancelling up to two percent of its flights through October.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the Allied Pilots Board of Directors met to reaffirm their decision to enter new contract talks with American. They spent about five hours behind closed doors to strategize for those sessions. They?ll meet again all day Thursday and Friday.
A source in the Allied Pilots Association tells CBS 11 that American Airline?s new letter to the union threatening legal action will hurt efforts to re-engage in contract negotiations.
It was Monday of this week when American told the union it wanted to re-engage in those talks.
The pilots union is in the process of asking its members to vote to go on strike.? That ends next Wednesday, Octover 3rd.
While the pilots can?t legally strike, it would certainly continue to draw another line in the sand.
Finally, today the airline confirmed that nearly 16-hundred maintenance employees will accept its ?early out? offer.
Because that number is so high, American says it will substantially reduce the number of forced losses. The airline isn?t sure what the final number of losses will be, but said most of the moves will start in December.
Source: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/09/26/american-threatens-legal-action-against-pilots/
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