US Airways' New Pilot Leader Calls Himself a 'Peacemaker' Ted Reed 03/27/12 - 08:34 AM EDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TheStreet) -- The new president of the US Airways (LCC) pilots union said...

LETTER FROM ERIC JORDAN (FORMER USAPA PHL DOMICILE REPRESENTATIVE) Fellow Pilots, Many of you have contacted me to find out why I resigned as the USAPA Philadelphia Vice Chairman.  Here is the truth. 
 
I ran for a seat on the BPR because I truly believed I could make a difference and facilitate what I thought was our shared goal of an industry standard contact based...

Angry President Strikes Again! ...and these actions could cause a D.O.L-mandated election rerun. On Tuesday February 7th,  USAPA EVP, Gary Hummel was summoned to Mike’s office, ostensibly to discuss a technical problem that developed with the conference call system in the USAPA offices. This glitch occurred...

A Conversation with Captain Steve Chase, President of the Southwest Pilot’s Association. I spoke with Steve Chase today at 1:35 PM, Wednesday January 25th, 2011. I had heard that there was a letter to from Steve Chase to Mike Cleary regarding comments made by Mike Cleary about SWAPA’s relationship with Lee Seham. I wanted to see if he would speak with me about this issue. We spoke at some length...

  US Airways, pilots settle work slowdown lawsuit
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Jan 9 (Reuters) - US Airways Group Inc and a union representing 5,200 pilots have agreed to end litigation spawned by what the carrier called an illegal work slowdown. Both sides have asked U.S. District Judge Robert Conrad...

December 30, 2011 Airline Pilots: Is Anybody Interested in Being One?  Email this blog |Print this blog By Captain X       Captain X is a training Captain for a well-known regional airline and occasional correspondent to AVweb and our aviation publications. We're publishing his compelling observations as a guest blog. --Paul Bertorelli   We can't quite put our fingers...

The 3% issue   What is it? A raise due the pilots, 3% each May 1st, after amendable date of the current contract.   Where does it come from? From the July 2002 restructuring agreement:   Contract Extension: • The amendable date of the 1998 US Airways pilot collective bargaining agreement (Agreement) will be extended to December 31, 2008. The parties will commence bargaining...

(adressing the article "Frustration") This was a great point made while discussing the new east fantasy that MDA will save the day. 
They are correct that MDA was on the same certificate as mainline. The company had planned to use the DC...