Two airline captains working at the time for Trans World Airline brought suit against their former employer and the union, The Air Line Pilots Association, charging age discrimination for adopting a set of rules for pilots applying for the position of flight engineer and a denying these rules to pilots over 60. In 1977, TWA and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) through a collective-bargaining agreement had agreed upon that every employee in a cockpit position was required to retire when he reached the age of 60. This provision for mandatory retirement was lawful under the ADEA, as part of a "bona fide seniority system”, United Airlines v. McMann,(Supreme.justia.com, 2013) However in 1978, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act was amended to prohibit the mandatory retirement of a protected individual because of a person’s age. TWU being concerned that the company's retirement policy, at least as it applied to flight engineers, violated the amended ADEA. Flight engineer position was not a BFOQ, which stands for bono fide occupational qualification, and therefore mandatory retirement at age 60 was
Running Head: Classic Airlines Classic Airlines Marketing 571 Classic Airlines Introduction Classic Airlines is a 25 year old airline company whose recent decline of 19% in their Classic Rewards members due to lack of consumer confidence has senior leadership uneasy. Classic Airlines is proud to be the fifth largest airline in the world with 32,000 employees. Due to rising costs in fuel and labor it has limited the airlines competitiveness in its rewards program. Classic Airlines leadership needs to make a 15% across the board cut while enhancing revenue from its rewards program (University of Phoenix, 2012). Marketing Strategy Relationship marketing is the current marketing strategy Classic Airlines is using.
Jim Beam 6/4/12 Government Final Period 9 How a Bill Becomes a Law A bill starts out as an idea for a new law. The idea is to change or do away with an existing law. There are hundreds of bills enter the legislative process in West Virginia each time the Legislature meets. Two of the groups that elected citizens are 34 senators and 100 delegates that study, discuss and vote on bills, and in doing so act for the people of West Virginia. Bills that enter the legislative process either through the House of Delegates or the Senate.
The summer of 1971 found the once formidable company on the brink of disaster. Despite the nearly a $1 billion in sunk costs, Lockheed was in need of $250 million more to bring the plane to market, but its bankers would not commit without federal loan guarantees. Spokespersons for Lockheed claimed before Congress that the Tri-Star program was economically sound and that their problem was mere liquidity crisis. However, opposition to the guarantee focused on estimated break-even sales – the number of jets that would need to be sold for total revenue to cover all accumulated costs. This case illustrates the importance of NPV analysis in capital budgeting.
Two reports have noted that there was a loose screw in the tail of the airplane and that turbulence from the airplane racing close by added to the collision. Federal regulators that are involved in the investigations have discovered some documents pointing to potential deficiencies in the safety inspection procedures. One National Transportation Safety Board document shows inspectors made notes estimated a month before the race that the screws were too short in one of the trim tabs that helped control the airplane that crashed. The crew supposedly and reportedly fixed the problem and the plane was cleared to race. However, the National Transportation Safety Board said there was "no written procedure or sign off to ensure" that the problem was fixed.
From the late 1980s to early 90s, it was forced to sell all of its routes due to financial distress to United Airlines and Delta Airlines. By January 1991, PAN AM had filed for Bankruptcy and was completely dissolved by December 1991. Trans World Airlines, also known as TWA, was an American airline that started in 1925 until it was bought out (or merged if you will) by American Airlines in 2001. TWA was also a major competitor of International airline PAN AM on intercontinental routes beginning in 1946 until it was deregulated in 1978. For most of its history, TWA’s major hub was at the Lambert St. Louis Int’l airport, but also included hubs at John F. Kennedy Int’l airport and Paris-Charles De Gaulle airport.
The Air Commerce Act which was amended in 1934 dealt with the area of pilot fatigue by instituting flight hour limit regulations. This regulation limited the pilot to flying 1000 hours a year; 100 hours per month; 30 hours in a seven day period; eight hours in a 24 hour period; and 24 hours of rest for every seven day period. Essentially, these are the same rules that are in place today. This was the first time that pilot fatigue was addressed in the form of regulations for preventive measure purposes. But more importantly is that the accident rate experienced a 50% decrease as
After seeing its profits fall 36% last year, Embraer was forced to lay off 20% of its workforce. Embraer’s chief executive has expressed his belief that Executive Jets along with defense contracts are the key to making it through the tough economic times. He projects these two aspects will account for half of the companies revenue. It is clear then that Executive Jets are a good barometer for the overall success of the company. The smaller, more efficient aircraft is the trademark of Embraer’s success.
Noah Wind 10/07/2010 MGM's Creditors Voting on Debt Plan The movie studio MGM has been around for a long time so to hear that they are declaring bankruptcy was a shocker to me. This move will allow them to clear all their debt, but it is going to be taken over by a rival movie studio. Step number one is going to be presenting its restructuring plan to debt holders. This will let people know where they stand with the company and let them know that they are going out of business and will be bought out by Spy Glass Entertainment. Creditors for MGM have to approve the deal by October 22nd, and they hope to gather enough voters so that when they do go bankrupt the other company can start it right back up.
Allegheny subcontracted its less profitable routes to smaller, more efficient carriers, each of those, in turn, fed into Allegheny’s route system that was expanding rapidly through a series of acquisitions. By mid 1970s, the company had become a major regional airline based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Allegheny suffered, however, from a serious perception problem from its passengers. Because it faced no competition, it had little incentive to improve. This all changed with the US Airline Deregulation in late 70’s.