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By Jim Douglas |
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September 15, 2010 - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Airline Division announced on Tuesday that negotiations with Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW), the holding company of Atlas Air Inc. and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, have ended without a collective bargaining agreement.
The Teamsters and
AAWW have been in negotiations to merge the existing Atlas Air Inc. and
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide contracts for nearly two years.
Atlas Air is an
American cargo airline based in Purchase, |
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Its crew are based
in
“Instead of
reaching an agreement with its pilots, AAWW management has decided to
let an arbitrator determine the core provisions in the pilots’
contract,” said Capt. David Bourne, Teamsters’ Airline Division
Director. “Consequently, an arbitrator will impose contract terms
affecting the rules for airline acquisitions, mergers, asset
disposition, marketing agreements, joint ventures, foreign operations,
subcontracting, salary, health insurance, retirement, profit sharing and
contract duration.”
Approximately 800
Teamsters-represented pilots employed by Atlas Air Inc. and Polar Air
Cargo Worldwide operate the world’s largest fleet of modern Boeing 747
all-cargo aircraft serving customers in Europe, the Middle East and “Pilot morale is at an all time low at Atlas and Polar,” Bourne said. “The company is one of the most profitable airlines in the world, in part, because of lucrative government contracts, but management is putting its past success at risk by refusing to enter into a fair contract with their hardworking pilots who are unified in their demands.” |
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