AirTran Airways Pilots Agree to Amendment to Recently Ratified Four-Year Contract.Business, News & Travel Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Joe Leonard Applauds Action by National Pilots Association to Help Airlines Deal With Air Travel Slowdown AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. ) announced today that the National Pilots Association (NPA (1) (Numbering Plan Area) The Bellcore/Telcordia telephone area code system in use in the U.S., Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and islands in the Caribbean. See NPA code. (2) (Network Professional Association, San Diego, CA, www.npanet. ), which represents the approximately 650 flight crew members at the airline, have agreed to temporary changes to its recently ratified four-year collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. that will save approximately 22 percent in pilot-related costs and position AirTran Airways to deal with the slowdown in air travel in the aftermath of last week's tragedies in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Washington. NPA pilots voted by a 10 to 1 margin to make changes in its contract with AirTran Airways that include short-term salary reductions and changes in minimum flying guarantees, with the provision that the company guarantees that no AirTran Airways pilot will be furloughed. "AirTran Airways' pilots, as they have so many times in the past, have shown remarkable maturity and insight, not to mention selflessness, by taking this pre-emptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. action to help our company face this significant challenge and to maintain its economic viability," said Joseph Leonard, AirTran Airways Chairman and CEO. "These and many other actions, including what we hope will be a swift government response to assure the continued viability of the U.S. airline industry, give hope to AirTran Airways Employee-Crew Members and their families, to our shareholders, and to the tens of thousands of loyal customers who are continuing to fly with us." Captain Bob Wittenberg, President of the NPA, said, "Our pilots believe these measures were absolutely the right thing to do, for our members and for the AirTran Airways family. The contract changes to which we agreed will help support the company's efforts to persevere in the short-term while maintaining the Caring Customer Service that all AirTran Airways Crew Members seek to provide." For more information and reservations, visit AirTran Airways' Web site at http://www.airtran.com (America Online keyword: AirTran), call your travel agent or call AirTran Airways at 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726) or 770/994-8258 (in Atlanta). |
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