Boeing training pilots ask to decertify union
By Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times
Boeing training pilots in the Seattle area, who will play a key role in preparing airline crews when the 737 Max returns to service, are expected to cut ties with the white-collar union representing them.
After Boeing gave a 25% pay raise exclusively to its nonunion pilots late last year, a majority of the unionized training pilots — a group of 29 pilots represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) — filed a petition Friday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to decertify, or kick out, the union.
A person with knowledge of the matter said Boeing’s pilot-training leadership “sees this as a big win, the end of union pilots at Boeing.”
When the Max returns to service, some airlines will require their pilots to go through full-flight-simulator training to become familiar with the updated systems before they fly passengers on the jet. Boeing is preparing for the possibility that such training may even be widely mandated by regulators, either by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) here in the United States or by various foreign authorities.
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