The pilots at the United Airlines subsidiary of merged United Continental Holdings Inc. on Monday sued the airline parent, asking the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York to postpone the company's implementation of its latest phase of revised operating procedures associated with the merger.
Saying they are concerned "that the current level and timeline of training" associated with the new United's bid for a single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration falls short, pilots from the United unit said they are asking the court to put off Friday's deadline for the pilots to complete the second phase of merger training and begin new procedures. The pilots are seeking injunctive relief from the training requirements, the union said in a press release.
In the highly unusual move, the Air Line Pilots Association chapter representing the United aviators said the company is "implementing unrealistic deadlines", according to Capt. Wendy Morse, chairman of the ALPA branch that represents United's 6,000 pilots.
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