good to know.

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Delta Air Lines Inc. is asking the city of Eagan to break up a 125-acre site occupied by the former Northwest Airlines headquarters, to facilitate a sale of the building to an undisclosed buyer.

The proposed subdivision will allow Delta to sell the building and the vacant land separately, said Jeff Minea, a broker at Cushman & Wakefield in Eden Prairie who is helping market the property.

Minea confirmed the office building is under contract; however, he wouldn’t say who the buyer is or give details about the timing, use or price.

The vacant building, at 2700 Lone Oak Parkway, is about 266,000 square feet. It’s been marketed for sale as part of a 72.2-acre portion of the total site, for $33 million.

Read more: Delta Air Lines has buyer for old Northwest Airlines HQ - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
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The union for flight attendants at Delta Air Lines Inc. unit Northwest Airlines is suing Delta, saying the new managers are breaking their contract, the Associated Press reports Thursday.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses Delta of violating rules about scheduling and other matters. For instance, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA says its members are supposed to get more than two days off after a long international flight. It says Delta is giving them only 11 hours.

Atlanta-based Delta said the lawsuit has no merit.

 

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)-Pilots at Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL) and UAL Corp.'s (UAUA) United Airlines want to end outsourcing of flying to regional partners following their planned merger, a move likely to shake up the industry's already turbulent labor relations.

The companies' pilots aim to finalize a new joint contract by the end of the year, and this week proposed bringing all flying in-house over a period of years following a merger that would create the world's largest airline by revenue.

U.S. network airlines have outsourced large parts of their domestic networks to an array of regional airlines over the past 20 years in a bid to cut costs, though the amount is capped by "scope" clauses in their pilots' collective bargaining agreements.

Jay Pierce, head of Continental's pilots' union, expects the proposal to receive a cool reception from management, but said mainline company pilots can fly regional jets just as cheaply following years of contract concessions.

"We put it on the table [on Wednesday]," said Pierce in an interview at the union's Houston office. "It's a proposition we believe will not be readily acceptable [to management]."

Continental Airlines has one of the industry's most restrictive scope clauses. Only mainline pilots can fly jets with more than 50 seats, and the airline contracts ExpressJet Holdings Inc. (XJT) to fly more than 200 smaller Embraer aircraft on its behalf.

United has more flexible work practices that enable it to fly more than 150 70-seat regional jets. Rising fuel costs have made 50-seat jets less economic, while the emergence of new aircraft in the 70 to 130-seat range have made airlines look to loosen the restrictions of existing scope clauses.

The proposal from the Continental and United pilots includes an initial cap on outsourcing, then a move away from the practice over what Pierce described as "multiple years".

Continental declined comment.

Management throughout the industry has become stuck in a mindset where they feel they have to subcontract more flying, said Pierce.

U.S. network airlines have already carved out almost all of their regional flying units. AMR Corp. (AMR) is working on plans that could lead to a sale or spin-off of its American Eagle business, and Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) recently sold two of its three remaining regional operations.

Pierce said he is confident a new pilots' deal can be hammered out with Continental and United by year-end, in line with the airlines' merger schedule, though a decision will be taken Oct. 12 whether enough progress has been made to continue the current fast pace of negotiations.

The airlines and the pilots have learned lessons from previous mergers, especially the combination of America West to form an enlarged US Airways Group Inc. (LCC), where labor issues remain unresolved after five years. Pilots at Delta and Northwest Airlines forged a joint deal before the two carriers merged in 2008.

"Being third is good," said Pierce. He said one of the thorniest issues - merging the airlines' pilot seniority lists - won't be tackled until a new contract is agreed.

Other areas include furloughs. United has more than 1,400 pilots on furlough while Continental has 147, all of whom Pierce expects to be called back by year-end. The transition deal calls for furloughed United pilots to be called back to whichever airline requires them before any fresh hiring.

 

Note bold....When you were my instrument CFI, we most certainly did not see the airport the whole time......BUT, we did get to celebrate your B-day at Outback in Columbus (with RD or CB?, can't remember)

And that's why have to show my CA's a picture of FTB to explain why I fly the way I do!!!

 

HA! TOO FUNNY.

The sign should read, "can you tell me how to predict fog in eastern Alabama?" What was it about that airport?!? I couldn't see anything that night- thanks a lot to JCab. for keeping us in a holding pattern while it got worse and worse.

Truth is and I learned this some time later, best to approach from the west there on a 20m VOR approach over campus than to take the LOC in from the south.

 

Ha! Those fools are going to ruin the company. They should call up Moak so they will understand why it is good for other companies to fly all the 76 seat jets. If they aren't careful they will have 2000 more mainline pilots flying RJ's at the new United......idiots.

Now on a serious note, this proposal is a long shot, but at least these guys have the guts to throw it on the table instead of just continuing to allow more RJ flying without a fight.

 

Absolutely, I could not be happier to read this! Hopefully they stick to their guns and let mgmt sweat it a little. Glenn wants his merger bonus and wants to get this thing done. Maybe, just maybe they can get that cat back in the bag.

 

Thanks to hoser, ACL, Uncle Sam, rvr350, FTB and anyone else who chimed in with the scoop on the ATL housing market. Y'all (I'm practicing ) should start charging a comission.

FTB,

I actually thought for a few minutes about AUO, but realized that I would be damning my marriage by moving back there. Something about too many good looking women and cheap beer, but I've sequestered that part of my brain as I enjoy being happily married.

I remember doing the CSG ILS shuffle a few foggy nights as well down there. I heard they were getting funding for a glideslope but not sure if it ever happened. Never had a student do the stadium NDB approach, but I did have one try to vmc roll me in the Duchess right over the super old terminal/main building. Glad I survived, but I hope to never do any light multi instructing ever again. I got sidetracked there. What was I saying about women and cheap beer?

 

Justice Dept signs off on United-Continental deal
Justice Department says no more antitrust concerns about United-Continental deal




Joshua Freed and David Koenig, AP Airlines Writers, On Friday August 27, 2010, 5:59 pm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- United and Continental airlines are a big step closer to their proposed combination, with the Justice Department saying it has no more antitrust concerns about the deal.

On Friday, the two airlines said they would lease takeoff and landing slots in Newark to Southwest Airlines. The Justice Department says that clears up its main competitive concern.

Shareholders at the two airlines are set to vote on the deal on Sept. 17.


Glad to know that was its main competitive concern. Oyve'!

 

HA HA! Boy, they're (DOJ/DOT/et.al) not very good disguising themselves are they? Crony capitalism, the wave of the future for those bureaucrats making near double the average private salary + benefits.

 

That's pretty good FTB, but this is getting embarrassing:






Carl