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ALPA Attack on SkyWest Airlines Fails


June 28, 2007: 04:52 PM EST


ST. GEORGE, Utah, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a ruling Wednesday, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California refused ALPA's request to ban SkyWest Airlines from funding SkyWest Airlines Pilot Association (SAPA). Further, the court denied ALPA all access to company e-mail, mail boxes and training classes. SkyWest Airlines, a subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. , unremittingly supports an open communication policy between leadership and employees, and has done so for 35 years.

In its legal filings, ALPA stated that its campaign to win pilot support at SkyWest was failing due in part to the existence of SAPA, and attempted to gain access to extensive SkyWest resources to further its cause. ALPA sought to eliminate its rival by urging the court to eliminate SAPA, SkyWest pilots' current representative body, which has been representing SkyWest pilots since 1995. ALPA's request for a preliminary injunction was rejected by the court on Wednesday, with the exception of allowing supporters to post on general bulletin boards -- which was not previously denied by SkyWest -- and the ability to wear lanyards that bear the ALPA logo as part of the flight uniform.

SkyWest's culture is founded upon open and honest communication between employees and management, and the airline strongly believes that the long-term interests of all SkyWest employees are best served by maintaining the company's current open-door relationship.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/...28062007-1.htm
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