Cargojet expects higher pilot utilization and customer rates to help cover the cost of an expensive new contract for cockpit crews.
FedEx pilots have finally approved a collective bargaining agreement after years of labor unrest.
FedEx and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract, but it took five long years to get there.
FedEx has adjusted its air network and flying schedule to overcome the loss of grounded MD-11 freighter aircraft, but the changes have overwhelmed staff dedicated to supporting pilots laying over in destination cities.
With fresh memories of the fatal crash of a freighter aircraft last month, UPS pilots and the company have resumed collective bargaining with the help of the National Mediation Board.
FedEx has removed MD-11 freighter flights from its December schedule. The carrier could be without the freighters for a long time as aviation authorities investigate the cause of the recent UPS MD-11 crash.
The UPS pilots’ union is helping members and families of the victims cope with last week’s tragic plane crash.
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Air Canada and its pilots resolved their contract dispute at the last minute on Saturday, preventing a strike.
Air Canada and Canadian businesses are imploring the Canadian government to take action as the airline’s standoff with pilots over a new contract nears a tipping point.
Atlas Air has invested in a pilot academy designed to better cultivate the available talent pool for flying its large freighters.
FedEx will fly fewer aircraft and go to fewer U.S. cities starting this fall after the U.S. Postal Service gave its primary air cargo contract to a competitor.
Pilots for Western Global Airlines say they need help from the National Mediation Board to move along negotiations on a labor agreement.
The end of Aloha Air Cargo’s service from the West Coast to Hawaii will result in unpaid leaves of absence for 18 pilots.
Amerijet, trying to pull out of a downward spiral, is floating possible furloughs to address a pilot surplus.
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The pilots union at ABX Air, a large contract carrier for DHL, is taking a novel approach toward labor relations by promoting the company at industry trade shows.
Express delivery giant UPS is recruiting pilots again after beating out FedEx for the Postal Service’s air transport contract.
The FedEx pilots union is telling members that the company’s slow response to its demands is triggering tougher tactics. FedEx says there is so much turmoil in the union that it doesn’t know what demands to take seriously.
Bad blood between factions in the FedEx pilots’ union is making it difficult to present a unified position in collective bargaining with the company. Some hard-liners are turning against leadership and pushing for a strike to get better terms.
