Airline, labor officials to testify about TWA seniority WASHINGTON (AP) =97 Airline and labor union officials will testify at a=20 Senate hearing next week about the seniority system that left former Trans= =20 World Airlines Inc. employees among the first to be laid off during recent= =20 cutbacks at American Airlines, which purchased bankrupt TWA in 2001. Sen.=20 Kit Bond, R-Mo., called the hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor= =20 and Pension Committee, on which he serves. "We need to hear from the=20 individuals involved why all the promises turned into pink-slips for so=20 many," Bond said in a statement issued Thursday. "While Congress cannot=20 undo the damage, we can learn how to prevent this from ever happening to=20 other workers elsewhere." The committee issued a list of scheduled=20 witnesses that includes former American Airlines CEO Don Carty and former=20 TWA president and CEO Bill Compton. A former pilot, flight attendants and=20 union officials also are listed as witnesses. The hearing is set for 2 p.m.= =20 ET on June 12. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.natalielaughlin.com/ TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************