Hawaiian pilots OK new contract

[HAL]

This morning the union is reporting that the TA was approved by a 189 to 69 vote. Management has said that if the TA passed, they should be out of Ch. 11 by the end of May.

HAL

 

[On Your Six]

This morning the union is reporting that the TA was approved by a 189 to 69 vote. Management has said that if the TA passed, they should be out of Ch. 11 by the end of May.

HAL

How will this impact the furloughees?

 

[Whale Rider]

Congratulations Guys!!! After a long struggle, you guys are only weeks away from getting out of CH.11. Hopefully the recalls can begin, followed by long awaited expansion plans.

Good Luck and Mahalo!!!

 

[Freight Dog]

This morning the union is reporting that the TA was approved by a 189 to 69 vote. Management has said that if the TA passed, they should be out of Ch. 11 by the end of May.

HAL

Got any details, HAL?

 

[General Lee]

HAL,


Will you go back to Hawaiian? I see that you are a busdriver for Cactus now.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[mdanno808]

73% voted in favor of the TA. Hopefully the bankruptcy will be over in a matter of weeks, but Gottbaum has proven that he likes to drag things out. As far as expansion is concerned, all of us furloughed guys sure hope so. It is my understanding that we were recently outbid on two 767's, so it appears that HAL is interested in new aircraft. The question is will they be able to find them. Stay tuned.

 

[Erndogg]

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Posted on: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:57 AM HST Hawaiian Air pilots ratify contract

The labor pact clears the way for the airline to leave bankruptcy

David Segal
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Hawaiian Airlines’ pilots, the carrier’s last remaining union without a contract, ratified a new three-year agreement today that clears the runway for the company to emerge from bankruptcy at the end of this month.



Air Line Pilots Association union members overwhelmingly approved the deal, 189-69, after rejecting a tentative agreement last month by 24 votes.

The latest vote followed a four-day hearing in Bank–ruptcy Court in which the company had sought approval to impose a contract on the pilots.

Afterward, the judge urged the two sides to reach a compromise before he ruled.

The company and ALPA, which represents nearly 400 Hawaiian pilots, announced a tentative agreement on April 28 that led to the just-concluded week of voting.

Under the agreement, which is retroactive to July 1, 2004, pilots will get wage increases of 1 percent a year.

The pension plan for pilots under 50 will be converted from a defined-benefit plan to a defined-contribution plan, similar to a 401(k), in three years. The company then would contribute 17 percent annually of the total pilots’ payroll to each of the under-50pilots’ defined-contribution plans. Pilots 50 and older will remain covered by the defined-benefit plan.

The provisions of the pension plan can be changed through future negotiations after the company exits bankruptcy.

“We’re very pleased that it passed,” said Kirk McBride, Master Executive Council chairman of Hawaiian’s ALPA unit. “We have a lot of work to do ahead of us and we’re going to press forward. We still have special negotiations coming up to talk about retirement. We still have open issues, and we see that as a lot of work.”

Among those issues are an arbitration process to resolve 201 grievances against the company involving 71 separate issues, McBride said.

McBride said he wasn’t surprised by the 73 percent approval margin or that 92 percent of the eligible pilots voted.

“We worked very hard to make sure that the membership had all the information they needed to be able to vote, and I think that got the results that we did,” McBride said.

He said there are 283 active pilots — most of whom were eligible to vote — and 98 furloughed pilots who were not eligible to vote.

Hawaiian Airlines trustee Joshua Gotbaum said he was pleased to have completed labor negotiations with all the unions.

“Hawaiian’s success comes in large part from the caring, competence and enthusiasm of its employees,” he said. “Everyone is pleased that all our unions have now negotiated new contracts so Hawaiian can exit Chapter 11 and show how one of the nation’s best airlines can become even better.”

Hawaiian Airlines’ unions representing flight attendants, clerical workers, mechanics, dispatchers and network engineers previously ratified contracts.

 

[mdanno808]

So what now? Has Gottbaum or Dunkerley spoken about what the future will hold? I know the target is emerging around the 1st, but any definite word on when Gottbaum will be leaving? Who's throwing the party?

 

[Boeingman]

201 standing grievances with 283 active pilots? No flames intended, but is there an understanding or agreement for better compliance in the future?

 

[Dan Roman]

201 standing grievances with 283 active pilots? No flames intended, but is there an understanding or agreement for better compliance in the future?

Yes there is, but keep in mine that those grievances were filed by a handful of pilots. We have some serial filer's! A lot get thrown out because they are ridiculous.