US pilot union ALPA protests Wizz Air’s application to fly to USA
US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is protesting Wizz Air’s application to fly to the USA, claiming the Hungarian carrier has used ”a toxic culture of reprisal” to intimidate crew and that it ignores issues such as fatigue and illness that could compromise safety. In a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) on 8 February, ALPA requested the DOT defer action on Budapest-based Wizz Air’s application for an air carrier permit for charter and cargo operations until it has consulted with European aviation authorities. “Wizz Air is an anti-union, foreign air carrier that lacks a strong safety culture that now wants to fly to America,” says ALPA president Joe De Pete on 11 February. “We’re calling on DOT to work to ensure labour protections are in place, consistent with the Biden Administration’s strong support for workers’ rights... The US has the safest air transportation system in the world and ALPA intends to keep it that way,” he adds. In the letter to the DOT, ALPA highlights the carrier’s “zero-tolerance policy for unions, assaulting them through public warnings, retaliatory terminations for attempting to organize, and refusals to comply with court orders to reinstate unlawfully terminated employees”.<br/>
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US pilot union ALPA protests Wizz Air’s application to fly to USA
US pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is protesting Wizz Air’s application to fly to the USA, claiming the Hungarian carrier has used ”a toxic culture of reprisal” to intimidate crew and that it ignores issues such as fatigue and illness that could compromise safety. In a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) on 8 February, ALPA requested the DOT defer action on Budapest-based Wizz Air’s application for an air carrier permit for charter and cargo operations until it has consulted with European aviation authorities. “Wizz Air is an anti-union, foreign air carrier that lacks a strong safety culture that now wants to fly to America,” says ALPA president Joe De Pete on 11 February. “We’re calling on DOT to work to ensure labour protections are in place, consistent with the Biden Administration’s strong support for workers’ rights... The US has the safest air transportation system in the world and ALPA intends to keep it that way,” he adds. In the letter to the DOT, ALPA highlights the carrier’s “zero-tolerance policy for unions, assaulting them through public warnings, retaliatory terminations for attempting to organize, and refusals to comply with court orders to reinstate unlawfully terminated employees”.<br/>
