LaHood to Meet With Cargo Airlines on U.S. Pilot Rule - Bloomberg
The Independent Pilots Association, which represents UPS’s 2,600 pilots, filed suit Dec. 22 in an attempt to overturn the cargo exemption.
Request Rejected
The union, in a Jan. 19 letter it released by e-mail today, asked the Atlanta-based company to agree to operate under the new rules. The company turned down the request, union President Robert Travis said in a letter to LaHood today.
“I applaud your initiative in seeking voluntary compliance from the all-cargo industry,” Travis said. “We agree that legitimate reasons do not exist for these carriers to operate outside of the new science-based pilot duty and rest rules.”
The Independent Pilots Association, which represents UPS’s 2,600 pilots, filed suit Dec. 22 in an attempt to overturn the cargo exemption.
Request Rejected
The union, in a Jan. 19 letter it released by e-mail today, asked the Atlanta-based company to agree to operate under the new rules. The company turned down the request, union President Robert Travis said in a letter to LaHood today.
“I applaud your initiative in seeking voluntary compliance from the all-cargo industry,” Travis said. “We agree that legitimate reasons do not exist for these carriers to operate outside of the new science-based pilot duty and rest rules.”
