Legal Petition: Keep All Knives Off Planes, United's HR Special Leaves Will Impact Seniority, Company Publishes Boarding Priority Chart, Spring Regular MEC Meeting Concluded, Joint Membership Engagement Training
May 6 - Lawyers for nine organizations representing 400,000 aviation professionals, passengers and law enforcement officers today filed a legal petition with Transportation Security Administrator John Pistole and copied to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seeking to rescind plans to allow knives in the aircraft cabins for the first time since 9/11.
OSAP Resolution from the MEC Meeting, MEC Regular Spring Meeting Update, Uniform Updates
Apr 27 - After a week of air-traffic slowdowns, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Saturday that it had suspended its employee furloughs and was returning to normal staffing levels, while President Obama sparred with Congressional Republicans over who was to blame for the delays.