Allied Pilots Association stands by safety concerns; Pilots' union expresses surprise at AMR Eagle management's decision to halt operations at O'Hare and JFK.ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1994--The Allied Pilots Association (APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture ) stands by its assertion that the company's decision to transfer crews to Chicago and 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 from Miami with inadequate preparation in mid-winter posed a safety problem. ``APA asked the company to provide these pilots with a proper briefing on winter-weather operations,'' said APA President James G. Sovich. ``These pilots are highly trained and very competent, but the majority of them have had no recent experience flying in winter weather, and virtually none of them are properly trained or proficient in winter ice conditions. ``Compounding the problem, these pilots are also unfamiliar with operations at O'Hare. As the world's busiest airport World's busiest airport is a claim that is fiercely fought over by the owners of the world's largest airports. The definition of "busiest" is debated as well, with claims being staked on the basis of aircraft operations, cargo traffic or total passengers. , O'Hare is a very complex operation,'' he said. According to Sovich, the only preparation AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Eagle management gave the pilots was a 400-page insert in their flight manuals and some written information on how to navigate around O'Hare the night before operations began on Thursday, December 16. When APA became aware of this situation, the Association sponsored briefings that included representatives of the Simmons Airlines Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA ALPA abbr. Air Line Pilots Association ) and the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers (NATCA NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA National Association of TAFE Councils & Associates ). When APA cited these shortcomings in a meeting with AMR Eagle management late Thursday, the company agreed to meet with union representatives at 9 AM today to devise a safety briefing that would meet the pilots' needs. The company subsequently opted to suspend all Eagle operations at Chicago's O'Hare and some Eagle operations at John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Airport in New York, effective today. ``This was by no means the only recent incident where AMR Eagle management has responded to safety concerns -- both those expressed by individual pilots and those expressed by a union -- by taking action against the pilots or the union,'' said Sovich. ``When several pilots for Simmons Airlines refused to fly ATRs into icing conditions before the FAA issued its Airworthiness Directive, the company dismissed their concerns and threatened them with disciplinary action. The pilots' actions have been fully vindicated by the FAA. ``Federal Aviation Regulations The Federal Aviation Regulations, or FARs, are rules prescribed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) governing all aviation activities in the United States. The FARs are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). state unequivocally that the Captain has the final authority over the operation of the aircraft. It is up to the Captain to determine whether conditions are safe to fly, and it's a violation of the FARs to second-guess the Captain's judgement. ``In this instance, it was the company's responsibility to ensure that the pilots who had been displaced from southern operations to Chicago and New York were properly briefed. The company initially agreed to do so in our meeting last night, then later chose to shut down all Eagle operations in the two cities,'' he said. ``The company's decision to suspend operations was neither demanded by the union nor necessary to address the pilots' safety concerns,'' he said. Headquartered in Arlington, the Allied Pilots Association serves as the collective bargaining collective bargaining, in labor relations, procedure whereby an employer or employers agree to discuss the conditions of work by bargaining with representatives of the employees, usually a labor union. agent for the 11,000 pilots of American Airlines and two American Eagle carriers, Flagship Airlines and Executive Airlines. CONTACT: Allied Pilots Association, Arlington
Gregg Overman, 214/988-3188 ext. 280
David Bates, 214/988-3188 ext. 269
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