E-WASHINGTON, DC - Abaqhubi be-American Eagle Airlines, Inc., emelwe yi-Air Line Pilots Association, International, (ALPA), baye bafikelela kwisivumelwano kunye nolawulo lwe-Eagle yaseMelika ukugcina imisebenzi yomqhubi kunye nokunciphisa i-furloughs.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, uGerard Arpey, usihlalo weAmerican Airlines kunye ne-CEO, ubhengeze ukuncitshiswa kwamandla kuyo yonke inkqubo ye-AMR, kubandakanya ukuya kuthi ga kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-65 eziza kupakishwa e-American Eagle Airlines, Inc., icandelo eliphantsi kwe-AMR.
UKapteni uHerb Mark, usihlalo we-American Eagle pilot pilot 'Master Executive Council (MEC), ukhokele iqela lamagosa ombutho athethathethana nolawulo lwe-American Eagle kwizisombululo ezininzi ezinceda ekunciphiseni inani lokuqhutywa kweepilot. Oku kubandakanya amagqabi okuzithandela okungabikho kunye nokubhabha okwethutyana.
"Umsebenzi ophambili we-American Eagle ALPA MEC ibisoloko ikukukhusela abaqhubi bethu ngazo zonke iindleko," utshilo uCapt. "Ezona zibhengezo ze-AMR zamva nje zibethelele imfuneko yobulungu babaqhubi beenqwelomoya kumanyano olomeleleyo."
Umba ongundoqo kwiingxoxo yayikukukhupha i-American Airlines 'yokubhabha kwingingqi kwi-St. Louis hub ukuya kwiTrans States Airlines (TSA) kunye ne-Chautauqua Airlines. Oku kukhutshwa komsebenzi kwaba ngumba obuthathaka kunye nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya boKhozi lwaseMelika kwaye imanyano ifake izikhalazo ngokuchasene nenkampani malunga nokudluliselwa kwenqwelomoya.
Emva kwesibhengezo senyanga ephelileyo sokuncitshiswa komthamo kwintlanganiso yabaninizabelo be-AMR, imanyano yokulinga ikwazile ukusebenzisana nabaphathi ukubuyela ngempumelelo kwi-American Eagle “ukuthengwa komthamo” obhabhayo ngoku okwenziwa yiTrans States Airlines.
“Siyibeke yacaca into yokuba i-AMR ayinakuvumela ukubhabha kwe-Eagle ukuba ikhutshwe ngelixa abasebenzi bayo besesichengeni sokuphulukana nemisebenzi,” utshilo uCapt. Dave Ryter, usekela sihlalo we-MEC yoKhozi lwaseMelika.
Ngenxa yemizamo yolawulo lwe-ALPA kunye ne-American Eagle, inqwelomoya ezilishumi ze-Embraer 145 eziqeshiweyo ngoku e-TSA ziya kubuyiselwa kwi-American Eagle Airlines. Inkqubo yokhutshelo iya kuqalisa ekuqaleni kuka-2009, kwaye iqhubeke ngesantya esimalunga neenqwelomoya ezimbini ngenyanga.
"Nangona umsebenzi wethu oyintloko kukukhusela imisebenzi kunye nokuphila kwabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya esibameleyo, siyaqonda ukuba oku kuya kuba nempembelelo ebalulekileyo kubaqhubi bethu be-ALPA kwi-Trans States Airlines," kusho uKapteni Ryter. “UMphathiswa wethu uza kuqhubeka esebenzisana nomphathiswa weTrans States Airlines ukuze ancedise ngayo nayiphi na indlela. Izigqibo zabaphathi zokubonelela abasebenzi bangaphandle zihlala zikhokelela ekubeni abasebenzi bonzakele.”
“Nangona ukubuyiswa kweenqwelo-moya ezilishumi ze-Embraer 145 kubonisa ukongiwa kwemisebenzi yokulingwa koKhozi eli-100, usemninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe,” utshilo uKap. “Ukusebenza kunye neqela lakho labasebenzi kunokuvelisa iziphumo ezingaphezulu kunokusebenza ngokuchasene nabo. Sibongoza abaphathi boKhozi lwaseMelika ukuba baqhubeke nalo mkhwa. "
"Ishishini lijongene nemingeni enzima, kwaye kuya kuba yinto ebalulekileyo kubaphathi ukuba baphinde bathembeke, bathembeke kwaye bazinikele kubasebenzi balo," uCapt. Mark wongezelela. "Nakweli xesha lobunzima, abaphathi boKhozi banethuba lokutyala imali kubaqhubi babo kunye nokutyala imali kwikamva lale nqwelomoya."
Yasekwa ngo-1931, i-ALPA ngowona mbutho mkhulu wehlabathi wokulingwa omele ngaphezu kwama-55,000 abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya kwiinqwelo-moya ezingama-40 e-US naseKhanada. Ngabaqhubi beenqwelo-moya abangaphezu kwama-2,800, uKhozi lwaseMelika luyinkampani ephantsi kwe-AMR kwaye ibonelela ngesondlo kwi-American Airlines, kunye nenkonzo yokukhomba kwindawo ekuMntla Melika nakwiCaribbean.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- With more than 2,800 pilots, American Eagle is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMR and provides feed to American Airlines, as well as point-to-point service in North America and the Caribbean.
- “While our primary mission is to defend the jobs and livelihoods of the pilots we represent, we understand that this will have a significant impact on our fellow ALPA pilots at Trans States Airlines,”.
- “Even in this time of crisis, Eagle management has an opportunity to invest in its pilots and invest in the future of this airline.
