Union president blasts American Airlines CEO, threatens picketing

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Union president blasts American Airlines CEO, threatens picketing

Source: Associated Press

By DAVID KOENIG

The president of the pilots' union at American Airlines ripped the company's chief executive in a letter that ended with a threat to "see you in court, in the newspapers, and on the picket line."

Lloyd Hill repeated union complaints about executive stock bonuses and accused management of cutting sick pay for pilots.

The letter was sent to Chief Executive Gerard Arpey last month. It was first reported Wednesday by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

American and the Allied Pilots Association are in the early stages of talks on a new contract to replace wage and benefit cuts approved in 2003, when American was nearly bankrupt.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8S6561G0.html

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