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Pilots react to US Airways results

Travel Trailers After US Airways management announced a $5 million profit for the first quarter with expectations to continue profitability looking forward, the pilots of America West and US Airways are demanding that management recognize the pilots and other front-line employees who have made sacrifices to ensure the viability of the newly merged airline.

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Travel Agency The America West and US Airways pilots, who are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), together entered into negotiations with management for a single collective bargaining agreement in November 2005.

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Last Minute Travel Such an agreement is a significant step toward enabling US Airways to achieve millions of dollars in synergies created by the merger of the two airlines.

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Travel Agent "For years, the America West and US Airways pilots have sacrificed for our respective airlines to succeed in a competitive marketplace," said Captain JR Baker, chairman of the America West Master Executive Council (MEC). "As our fortunes begin to turn for the better, and the synergies of this merger are realized, we will not be wasting time in negotiations on management's unrealistic efforts to impose concessionary work rules while management enriches themselves at the expense of the very employees who are on the front lines every day working to make the new US Airways a success."

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Travel Agents "We're pleased with US Airways' earnings report because the pilots played a major part in the company being able to move forward. However, just as US Airways' stockholders and executives are reaping the rewards of the new US Airways, the pilots of this airline fully expect to receive commensurate returns," said Captain Jack Stephan, chairman of the US Airways MEC. "We invested billions of dollars in US Airways to provide it with the resources that it needed to survive and prosper. As we negotiate to achieve a fair single contract, we expect management to recognize and reward our pilots for their important role in US Airways' turnaround."

Discount Airfares Demonstrating their resolve for a single agreement that recognizes their sacrifices, America West and US Airways pilots will formally attend a Town Hall meeting today at corporate headquarters in Tempe, Ariz.

Travel Deals Additionally, the pilots will formally attend the first shareholders meeting of the new US Airways in Charlotte, N.C., on May 17 as a sign of their unity and resolve towards supporting joint negotiations.

Air Fares Before the merger was completed, the pilots negotiated and implemented a Transition Agreement to provide key building blocks for the negotiation of a single collective bargaining agreement, an orderly seniority integration process, and integration of the two separate airline operations.

Travel Insurance Until these three requirements are met, the new US Airways cannot fully capitalize upon the synergies it promised investors.

Travel State Gov If joint negotiations do not proceed constructively toward a single agreement, the America West pilot group may enter into separate negotiations with US Airways in June 2006, under the Railway Labor Act.

Travel Trailer Such negotiations would result in a traditional collective bargaining process between US Airways management and the America West pilot group.

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