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Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5027 posts, RR: 17
Posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 950 times:

I know it sounds like a dumb question, but are there any airlines in the USA that are made up of only non-union workers? Do you think that it could ever happen - like perhaps if a new airline formed and hired all its workers? Is there a successful model anywhere of a non-union airline?

just curious...

bruce

Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens

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Baw2198 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 637 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 945 times:

HI!!!

Mesa, ATA, FLG?, WDY, Air midwest, F9?

There's probably more, but I can't think of any more at the moment.

"And remember, Keep your stick on the ice"--->Red Green

Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5027 posts, RR: 17
Reply 2, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 932 times:

That many???? FLG: I thought Pinnacle had unions, as i remember reading something recently about their pilot (?) group. I did not think that non-union employee airlines were common.

Is F9 Frontier non-union? Thats surprising because they are quite successful, and in some jobs their pay is higher than union counterparts. But those others are pretty much Regionals so if you go that route you could end up spending your whole career working RJ's or smaller.

bruce

Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens

PiedmontGirl From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1124 posts, RR: 14
Reply 3, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 928 times:

JetBlue is non union. I don't know how long they'll stay that way. It's only about three years old. If it keeps going like it is, it can probably avoid being unionized.

Southwest and airTran are both unionized.

Legacy Carrier Delta only has one union on its property, the pilots represented by ALPA. Delta is bleeding to death, but it only has one union.

Jcxp15 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 996 posts, RR: 5
Reply 4, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 927 times:

Isn't Delta non-union as well? If not them, I'm pretty sure on of the majors isn't union...

Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5027 posts, RR: 17
Reply 5, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 902 times:

Being as big as Delta is, I'm surprised their flight attendants, mechanics, operations people aren't organized. I thought that organized labor was pretty much the standard for most airlines.

bruce

Bruce Leibowitz - Jackson, MS (KJAN) - Canon 50D/100-400L IS lens

TokyoNarita From Palau, joined Aug 2003, 570 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 895 times:

Delta's dispatchers are unionized as well. It's not only the pilots.

TokyoNarita.

PiedmontGirl From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1124 posts, RR: 14
Reply 7, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 890 times:

Bruce:

Being as big as Delta is, I'm surprised their flight attendants, mechanics, operations people aren't organized. I thought that organized labor was pretty much the standard for most airlines.

For decades Delta had a wonderful corporate culture that kept unions off the property. Delta was absolutely legendary for it's excellent treatment of its employees -- all of them. It showed, too.

Now Delta has simply become notorious. That shows, too.

AIR757200 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 1579 posts, RR: 8
Reply 8, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 895 times:

AA Res/Support Staff/Airport Agents are non-union.

[Edited 2003-12-31 06:19:00]

PiedmontGirl From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1124 posts, RR: 14
Reply 9, posted (9 years 5 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 873 times:

TokyoNarita:

Delta's dispatchers are unionized as well. It's not only the pilots.

Thanks for the info. The only ones I knew about were the pilots. Smile

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