Union suing Pan Am

[danielsexton]

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Union suing Pan Am

September 4, 2004

CONCORD, N.H. -- The union representing Pan Am airline pilots and flight crews is suing the carrier's parent company, charging it has violated federal labor laws by firing union officers, ignoring the grievance process and trying to shift Pan Am operations to a nonunion company.

Pan Am is based at the Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth.

The Airline Pilots Association International filed the federal suit Thursday against Guilford Transportation Industries. It charges Guilford is trying to get rid of the union and shift Pan Am's business to another Guilford company, Boston-Maine Airways.

Guilford has not commented.

Guilford bought Pan Am after the airline went bankrupt in 1998. Once a large international carrier, Pan Am now offers flights from Portsmouth to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., San Juan and Aguadillo, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Boston-Maine Airways, a non-union company, offers flights between Portsmouth and Trenton, N.J., Bedford, Mass., and Groton, Conn.

For several years, the union charges, Guilford has laid off Pan Am employees and shut down routes or flights, while expanding Boston-Maine operations to take over routes previously flown by Pan Am.

The union also charges Guilford has fired or demoted employees who take any active role in the union, creating "an environment of fear and intimidation that is so pervasive that Pan Am flight crewmembers are now unwilling to take on any ALPA leadership positions."

The suit also charges Pan Am has failed or refused to process grievances, leaving 32 open cases from 2003 and 12 more pending this year.

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[Doug Taylor]

I think the writer doesn't know that this particular Pan Am isn't the same Pan Am that went out of business in the early 1990's, but the buyer bought the name.

[MikeD]

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I think the writer doesn't know that this particular Pan Am isn't the same Pan Am that went out of business in the early 1990's, but the buyer bought the name.

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I thought at first with the thread title that the CFIs at Deer Valley were suing to get unionized, or something like that. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Doug Taylor]

Me too!

[Mr_Creepy]

It actually is the same corporation, but it has gone through several ownership changes.

[aloft]

In related news, pilots have voted to authorize a strike at troubled carrier Braniff (news - web sites), the latest volley in the labor battle since talks between union leaders and management broke down 3 months ago. No word on when such a strike might take place.

[Doug Taylor]

Southpark's production company has pilots now? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[flyover]

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It actually is the same corporation, but it has gone through several ownership changes.

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Are you sure? I thought I remembered that the rights to the PanAm name and logo were bought out of the bankruptcy proceedings. Paid about a million if I remember.

[Mr_Creepy]

That is correct - but in doing so they bought the corporation. All the "corporation" consists of is a corporate records book, the FEIN and the registered name.

I've been selling and buying corporations lately and I am learning a lot.

In most cases it is easier to buy the stock and keep the name rather than close the one corp, open another and transfer the name.

For one thing you need a new FEIN and your Unemployment Insurance rates go back up to maximum.

I am trying to verify the PanAm sale - I got this info second hand. I am looking for a gov website that lists the old FEIN so I can see if it is the same as the current.