Postal
"Management must work with labour"
(9 March, 2009): The pilot of a plane that ditched in the Hudson River in New York with no loss of life has called on US airlines to invest more in recruiting and training pilots and has stressed airline employers must bargain with unions in good faith in order to keep the skies safe.
Captain Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger told a Congress sub committee pilots' pay and conditions had been slashed in recent years.
He said “in order to ensure economic security and an uncompromising approach to passenger safety, management must work with labour (unions) to bargain in good faith”.
Captain Sullenberger was hailed as a hero after January’s landing in which all 155 on board survived.
The committee was sitting to examine what lessons could be learned from the incident.