Originally Posted by
UPSpilott
So our subcontractor has a broken airplane and they decided to subcontract that flying to someone else? NICE!!
Thought US companies (us) don't have rights to fly those legs that's why Star (danish) was brought in to do the job? So how is it that now they got ABX (USA) to do it?
Lies, Lies and more Lies...
Well, they corrected it. ..sort of.
"According to UPS, Star is losing one of its B-767 aircraft and plans to replace it with a dry leased (aircraft only) B-767 from ATSG, the US parent holding company of ABX Air. Due to a delay in transitioning the leased aircraft onto Star’s European operating certificate, Star decided to seek temporary authority from the Danish government to wet lease (plane and aircrew) a B-767 airframe from ATSG."
"Temporary authority was granted by the Danish Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for ABX Air to fly the Shannon route from January 12-March 31. Sometime in March, Star plans to transition the flying from ABX pilots to its own (European Union) crews.
UPS should have communicated these events to us beforehand,” said IPA President Bob Travis. According to Travis, had UPS provided timely notice, the Association would have requested UPS to seek regulatory authority, through Star, to operate with IPA crews. Whether or not UPS would have been granted such authority is unknown."
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"1) UPS entering into a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the Association designed to prevent similar instances in the future, and
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UPS displacing IPA crewmembers for an equivalent amount of time as the ABX crews are operating the route. Details will be worked through and announced once the LOA is finalized.
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While we would have preferred to have had the opportunity to fly the route ourselves for the January-March time period, the Company’s agreement to displace IPA crews is appropriate and appreciated,” said Travis."