FLTops.com and Allied Pilots Association Announce Agreement to Help Furloughed AA Pilots.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2003 FLTops.com and the Allied Pilots Association today announced an agreement that will provide furloughed American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the pilots with career and job-hunting information at a reduced cost. "The pilots at American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of are faced with some difficult decisions, and FLTops.com will provide them the information they need to make better choices," said Louis Louis, titular duke of Burgundy Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. Smith, president of Atlanta-based CyberCompass Corp., which owns FLTops.com. "Having correct, up-to-date information is a critical component of success in this industry at any time, but especially given the current pilot employment climate." Under the agreement, American Airlines pilots currently on furlough fur·lough n. 1. a. A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces. b. A usually temporary layoff from work. c. and future furloughees will have full-site access to FLTops.com, an electronic-only information service for career pilots. Furloughed pilots will pay only the initial fee, $12.95, and the union will cover the cost for pilots for the next 11 months, a value of $54.45. The agreement protects furloughed pilots from possible membership price increases for a period of one year, while receiving the equivalent of an 80 percent discount if they remain members for a full year. After one year, memberships will cost a low monthly rate, currently $4.95 per month. Unlike some career information publishing companies, FLTops.com memberships renew monthly, so pilots have additional flexibility in their membership following the first year. Also, there are no confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. tiers of memberships, so pilots know as long as they are members they are entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to everything on the FLTops.com Web site. Since FLTops.com provides all of its information electronically, there is no watching the mailbox A simulated mailbox in the computer that holds e-mail messages. Mailboxes are stored on disk as a file of messages, a database of messages or as an individual file for each message. The standard mailboxes are usually In, Out, Trash and Junk (Spam). for the latest hiring information. FLTops TODAY, the news section of FLTops.com, is updated daily, and will alert members of major information updates. American Airlines has more than 1,200 pilots on furlough, with hundreds of additional furloughs expected in the coming months. A FLTops.com membership will keep pilots in the information loop during the furlough and after their recall. "We are pleased to partner with FLTops.com to provide our furloughed pilots with useful career and job-hunting information," said Captain Jim West, chairman of APA's Membership/Furlough Committee. "It is our hope that this service will make life a little easier for our furloughees as they decide what direction to go next." |
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