Unions Place Full-Page Ads To Urge AMR Board To Support Merger With US Airways

The Transport Workers Union of America joined with the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and the Airline Pilots Association on an open letter to the AMR Board of Directors in support of a merger with US Airways.

The letter was featured in full-page advertisements in the Friday, May 4 editions of The Wall Street Journal, along with The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

In part, the ad reads: "The “standalone” business plan that AMR management has presented as part of our airline’s Chapter 11 restructuring has been greeted with almost universal skepticism by industry analysts. For this reason, we urge you to consider an alternative path—one that those same analysts and nearly 55,000 American Airlines employees have enthusiastically endorsed.

The ad can be seen on the TWU website at  here.

TWU International President James C. Little said, “In our union we have tried to explore every option that would save jobs at American Airlines and keep the airline competitive. We think the AMR Board of Directors should do the same. US Airways has offered a very attractive proposal and the Board of Directors should consider it now.”