Continental Pilots Win Arbitration

ALPA Pilots Win Arbitration

ALPA Pilots Win Arbitration

According to information posted on the Air Line Pilots Association web site (ALPA), the pilots for Continental Airlines recently won an arbitration decision regarding the outsourcing of flights into their hubs. The pilot’s contract states that any jet aircraft with a capacity greater than 59 seats must be flown by Continental pilots and may not be outsourced to regional carriers. As part of the merger between Continental and United, Continental made the decision to violate this agreement by allowing Republic Airlines fly 70 seat jets under the continental code.

On December 30th, arbitrator Richard Bloch sided with the pilots and notified ALPA of his decision. “Placing the CO designator code on the UAX jet aircraft with a certification of fifty-one or greater seats to and from CLE, EWR, and IAH is a violation of Section 1 of the Continental/ALPA collective bargaining agreement. The company is ordered to cease and desist advertising and placing the CO code on such flights,” block said according to ALPA.

Continental had flights scheduled for the month of January using the outsourced aircraft. So far there has been no indication from the company as to whether they plan to proceed with the flights in violation of the arbitrator’s decision.

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