Laura Glading

Knives on Planes Test TSA Mission 12 Years After Sept. 11

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s decision to allow pocket knives on airliners was meant to signal a philosophical shift: focus less on screening everyone for everything, and more on terrorist threats.

American’s Pilot Leaders Approve Member Vote on New Deal

American Airlines pilot union leaders decided to let its 8,000 members vote on a tentative contract that may help the carrier exit bankruptcy.

AMR Attendants Deride Vote on Uniform Photos as ‘Beauty Contest’

American Airlines flight attendants demanded an end to what they said is a company “beauty contest” that harks back to the era of an all-women workforce facing weigh-ins and wearing girdles.

American Airlines Flight Attendants Authorize Leaders to Call For Strike

American Airlines flight attendants authorized their union leaders today to call a strike against the second-largest U.S. carrier if they are freed from further negotiations.

OSHA to Get Oversight of Flight-Attendant Work Conditions

U.S. aviation and labor agencies today proposed expanding workplace protections to flight attendants, something airline unions have sought for 37 years.

Arpey Is Said to Have Mapped AMR Exit After Years of Anti-Bankruptcy Stand

Gerard Arpey’s eight-year effort to keep AMR Corp. out of bankruptcy ended with his retirement as a board decision to seek court protection threatened to erode his credibility, people familiar with the matter said.

AMR Said to Have Begun Bankruptcy Contingency Plans in August

American Airlines executives began considering a bankruptcy filing in August and were joined by parent AMR Corp.’s board in October as the carrier prepared a 2012 business plan, people familiar with the matter said.

AMR Risks Cash Drain as Discord Slows Union Concession Talks

American Airlines’ push for $1.25 billion in labor savings is bogging down, possibly imperiling its turnaround bid, as the union strife that preceded parent AMR Corp.’s bankruptcy spills into a new round of talks.

AMR Pilot Leader Who Backed US Airways Merger Quits After Vote

The American Airlines pilot union leader who was one of the first and most visible proponents of a merger with US Airways Group Inc. resigned, a day after pilots rejected the AMR Corp. unit’s final cost-cutting contract offer.

American Struggles With Costs, Unions as Mergers Boost Rivals

American Airlines , which stood by as its biggest U.S. rivals completed two mergers, is struggling to return to profit as it confronts the highest costs among its peers, worst margins and the threat of a strike.

"They're going to look out there and possibly see a knife to a passenger, a child, a flight attendant, it could be their wife, and they're going to be told to open the door or else."

- Laura Glading on Mar 14, 2013

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