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Preferential bidding system (PBS) is a computer program for crew scheduling, a method of solving airlines workforce schedules consisting of specific flights and certain qualified crew members while allowing those crew members to request periodic work schedules using weighted preferences.
(The Transition Agreement signed by the three parties specified that ALPA Merger Policy would be used to combine the seniority lists and US Airways management agreed to accept the list as long as certain cost requirements were met. Doug Parker officially accepted the seniority list from ALPA First Vice-President Paul Rice during December 2007.
Work rules for the personnel, including Shift hours and seniority. In crew scheduling the rules and constraints are typically a combination of: government regulations concerning flight time, duty time and required rest, designed to promote aviation safety and limit pilot fatigue, crew bid requests, vacations, labor agreements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they would extend temporary cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested New York City-area airports and Washington National Airport ...
United Airlines will pause pilot hiring this spring because of aircraft deliveries from Boeing, the latest effect of the plane maker’s problems with one of its biggest customers.. New hire ...
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, [1] representing more than 77,000 pilots [1] from 43 US and Canadian airlines. ALPA was founded on 27 July 1931 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress .
American Airlines will update its AAdvantage loyalty program, making it easier to start earning perks but harder to reach the first tier of status.
An ATP allows a pilot to act as the captain or first officer of an airline flight and requires 1,500 hours of total flight time as well as other requirements (i.e. 25 hours of night, 23 years old), see 14CFR61.159. An ATP-r certificate allows a pilot to act as a first officer in a two-pilot crew if they do not meet certain requirements.