FAA to Raise Retirement Age for Pilots
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It was an intense and emotional fight that involved national and international politics, labor disputes, economic struggles and medical research -- all over whether airline pilots can continue to fly five years past the mandatory retirement age of 60.
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To keep up with air-traffic growth and avoid massive delays, the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said it plans to hire 12,500 controllers during the next 10 years.
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CHICAGO _ The leaders of United Airlines pilots union have agreed to accept a 15 percent pay cut and not oppose the elimination of their pension plan, setting a precedent both
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The US pension insurance agency on Thursday asked a federal judge to let it assume responsibility for an underfunded pension plan for pilots at bankrupt United Airlines, arguing that it could help bolster the health of pensions for former and current
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Has anyone in the labor movement lost more altitude than the unionized pilots at the nation's biggest airlines? Until recently, they had it all: great pay, great benefits, and a great lifestyle, thanks to work rules that required senior pilots to fly only about 40 hours per month. But like the heroes in a Greek tragedy, the pilots have tumbled ...
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US Airways Group has asked its pilots to fly more hours without a pay raise in a last-minute effort to settle a key labor dispute and head off a second bankruptcy filing.
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The U.S. government said on Tuesday  it planned to hire more than 12,000 air controllers over 10  years to address a wave of upcoming retirements, but the  controllers union said the strategy is unrealistic.
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The government has unveiled a blueprint for the biggest overhaul of the nation&#039;s pension system in more than half a century, with a proposal to raise the retirement age to 68 by 2044.
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Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union on  Tuesday ordered its negotiators to strike a deal with the  carrier to address the possible retirement of a large number of  pilots, which could lead to grounded flights and push Delta  toward bankruptcy.
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Shares of US Airways Group Inc. rose more than 9% Thursday morning after the airline&#39;s pilots union said it may agree on a plan to cut wages and benefits.
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The Air Line Pilots Associations (ALPA) and Delta Air Lines Inc. have a tentative agreement to stave off early retirements by Delta pilots.
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Beginning today U.S. pilots will have more reliable information about the threat of icing&#151;an airborne condition that has caused hundreds of plane-crash fatalities.
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The U.S. pension agency on Thursday  said it was moving to take over United Airlines' pilot pension  plans, which are underfunded by $2.9 billion.
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Federal Aviation Administration officials unveiled a plan Tuesday to replace three-quarters of the air traffic controller workforce by hiring 12,500 controllers during the next decade.
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Pilots at US Airways on Thursday  ratified a concession package that includes pay cuts of 18  percent, a decrease in company contributions to their  retirement plan and increased productivity.
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Far more veteran air traffic controllers than the government expected have retired since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day 2006, new data shows.
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The government&#39;s pension agency moved to assume responsibility Thursday for United Airlines pilots&#39; pensions, acknowledging as unfortunate but inevitable the carrier&#39;s elimination of defined-benefit plans for its employees.