This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@xxxxxxxxx /-------------------- advertisement -----------------------\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015 \----------------------------------------------------------/ US Airways Pilots' Stand on Management May 24, 2003 By REUTERS Representatives for US Airways Group's unionized pilots passed a vote of no confidence in the airline's senior management, a union spokesman said yesterday, warning that relations between pilots and the airline could turn heated. Accusing US Airways of trying to navigate around its employee contracts, a committee of 12 pilot representatives unanimously voted Wednesday to express no confidence in US Airways' executives, the spokesman said. The union objected to the airline's handling of pension problems, and it also thinks some jets the company has ordered recently are larger than those the pilots have approved. The no-confidence vote means the relationship between the Air Line Pilots Association and US Airways will become one of a more legal, combative nature, a union spokesman, Roy Freundlich, said yesterday. "There will be a significant elevation of legal activity," he said. A US Airways spokesman, David Castelveter, said the airline was disappointed its pilots found the vote useful. "This management team has taken an airline that was left for dead and implemented a restructuring plan that has preserved more than 30,000 jobs and given it a chance for success," Mr. Castelveter said. US Airways' pilots agreed to about $650 million per year in wage cuts and other concessions to help the airline rise out of bankruptcy proceedings at the end of March. Other labor groups pitched in for a total of about $1 billion in annual cuts. The pilots contend the airline's recent order for at least 170 regional jets violates an agreement to restrict the tonnage of certain aircraft. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/24/business/24AIR.html?ex=1054779383&ei=1&en=16b89550b281e6d0 --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://www.nytimes.com/ads/nytcirc/index.html HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@xxxxxxxxxxx or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@xxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company