Horizon pilots file suit against management, claim RLA violation
Pilots for Horizon Air—the regional subsidiary of Alaska Airlines—filed a lawsuit Jan 27 claiming Horizon executives “broke faith with the negotiation process and began making unilateral changes to compensation,” violating the terms of the Railway Labour Act (RLA). The suit also claims violation of the terms of the labour agreement between Horizon’s 675 pilots and Horizon management. The RLA is a 1926 federal law that governs labour relations in the airline industry. According to the IBT, the pay rate for Horizon pilots is “second to last … among 16 regional airlines similar in size,” and the airline is “unable to hire and retain enough pilots to fly the company’s fleet of airplanes.” IBT said the airline canceled 720 flights in Dec 2016 as a result of pilot shortages. <br/>
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Horizon pilots file suit against management, claim RLA violation
Pilots for Horizon Air—the regional subsidiary of Alaska Airlines—filed a lawsuit Jan 27 claiming Horizon executives “broke faith with the negotiation process and began making unilateral changes to compensation,” violating the terms of the Railway Labour Act (RLA). The suit also claims violation of the terms of the labour agreement between Horizon’s 675 pilots and Horizon management. The RLA is a 1926 federal law that governs labour relations in the airline industry. According to the IBT, the pay rate for Horizon pilots is “second to last … among 16 regional airlines similar in size,” and the airline is “unable to hire and retain enough pilots to fly the company’s fleet of airplanes.” IBT said the airline canceled 720 flights in Dec 2016 as a result of pilot shortages. <br/>
