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		<title>Review of &#8220;Up in the Air&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) has published a review of Up in the Air: How Airlines Can Improve Performance by Engaging their Employees, the book authored by several members of the Airline Industry Council.
 Below is an extract from The Log, British Air Line Pilot&#8217;s Association, April/May, 2009

&#8220;Our pick of the best aviation-inspired books [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New: Airline Industry Textbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Airline Industry
click here for the book&#8217;s page on Amazon
Airline Industry Council members Andrew von Nordenflycht, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Tom Kochan and Greg Bamber are contributors to a soon-to-be-released textbook on the airline industry, published by Wiley.
The Global Airline Industry provides a comprehensive introduction to the airline industry as part of the overall air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WSJ on American labor negotiations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Demands Cloud AMR Outlook
By MIKE ESTERL
FORT WORTH, Texas &#8212; American Airlines is mired in increasingly contentious labor negotiations with its pilots, flight attendants and maintenance crews &#8212; six years after union concessions allowed the carrier to avoid bankruptcy protection. &#8230;
read full article here
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		<title>Airline CEO pay is below average</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(by Andrew von Nordenflycht, Airline Industry Council)
The issue of executive compensation is looming large in the current and impending labor negotiations across airlines, especially of course at American. So I was curious about the relative state of airline executive pay.
Below is a quick analysis of average CEO compensation at airlines vs. across the industry as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwest Airlines signs tentative contract with flight attendants</title>
		<link>http://airline-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/26/southwest-airlines-signs-tentative-contract-with-flight-attendants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thu, Mar. 26, 2009 Fort Worth Star Telegram
By TREBOR BANSTETTER
tbanstetter@star-telegram.comSouthwest Airlines has signed a tentative contract with its flight attendants that will boost pay and benefits, the third major union deal the airline has reached in recent months.
Officials with the Dallas-based airline and the Transport Workers Union signed off on the deal Thursday. Details of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Management bonuses anger unions at American Airlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fort Worth Star Telegram
Posted on Sun, Mar. 22, 2009
By TREBOR BANSTETTER
&#8220;&#8230; Labor officials are criticizing executives with American Airlines parent AMR Corp., comparing a slate of upcoming executive bonuses to payouts distributed by the bailed-out insurance giant American International Group.
&#8230;The comparison to the poster child for corporate gluttony may be a difficult one. Despite its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APA board censures two top officers</title>
		<link>http://airline-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/21/apa-board-censures-two-top-officers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Airlines pilots union board censures top two officers
By Trebor Banstetter tbanstetter@star-telegram.com
The board of the American Airlines pilots union has censured the organization&#8217;s top two officers, in a rare public display of infighting at the high-profile labor group.
to read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/workandmoney/story/1270044.html
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		<title>&#8220;Up in the Air&#8221; (book) released in January</title>
		<link>http://airline-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/19/up-in-the-air-book-released-in-january/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The ILR Press of Cornell University just published
Up In The Air: How Airlines Can Improve Performance by Engaging their Employees by Greg Bamber, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Tom Kochan and Andrew von Nordenflycht.
This book stems from research sponsored by the Airline Industry Council and supported by our FMCS grant. The book provides a comprehensive history and survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<link>http://airline-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/19/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew von Nordenflycht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Airline Industry Council blog site
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		<title>LERA AIC Receives FMCS Grant</title>
		<link>http://airline-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/18/aic-grant-pr/</link>
		<comments>http://airline-ic.lerablog.org/2009/03/18/aic-grant-pr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Releases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE:
LERA Airline Industry Council Receives FMCS Grant
One-year Project Underway to Study Low Cost Carriers
For Release: March 4, 2005

View .pdf file of this press release
The LERA Airline Industry Council has announced it is the recipient of a $125,000 grant from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The grant will fund a project to investigate case [...]]]></description>
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