IPA Press Releases

UPS PILOTS RATIFY NEW CONTRACT


Release Date: 8/31/2016 11:30:50 AM

LOUISVILLE, KY August 31, 2016 – UPS pilots, represented by the Independent Pilots Association, today ratified a new five-year labor agreement.
click for more...

UPS, PILOTS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON NEW LABOR CONTRACT

Following Ratification Process, Would Go into Effect Sep 1, 2016
Release Date: 6/30/2016 12:35:00 PM

LOUISVILLE, KY June 30, 2016 – The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and UPS Airlines
click for more...

UPS Pilots to Honor German Picket Lines at Cologne Bonn Airport


Release Date: 4/26/2016 3:00:00 PM

Louisville – Approximately 80 members of the Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) working in Cologne, Germany will honor the picket lines of ver.di at the Cologne Bonn airport. The strike is scheduled to last 24 hours beginning at midnight local Germany time tonight. click for more...

Independent Pilots Association (UPS Pilots) Sees Negotiation "Crunch Time," Opens Strike Center


Release Date: 4/19/2016 8:00:00 AM

Louisville – Tuesday, April 19, 2016: With negotiations for a new pilot contract nearing a critical juncture, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), representing the pilots who fly for United Parcel Service (UPS), is opening a Strike Operations Center (SOC) at its Louisville headquarters. The Strike Center will serve as the pilots' nerve
center in the event of a UPS pilot strike. click for more...

Independent Pilots Association (UPS Pilots) Joins Other Pilot Groups in Response to Misleading Letter from Cargo Airline Chief Pilots


Release Date: 4/13/2016 5:25:18 PM

Louisville, April 13, 2016 – The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) joins with the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA); Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA); Allied Pilots Association (APA); Airline Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT); Teamsters Local 1224; ALPA FedEx Master Executive Council and Teamsters Local 357 in debunking the misleading letter from the cargo airline industry signed by their management chief pilots. The IPA, along with the pilot unions listed above, fully supports Senator Boxer's amendment #3489 to the FAA Reauthorization Bill to end the cargo carve-out and restore one-level of safety to commercial aviation.
.



Chief Pilots Letter
click for more...

UPS Pilots Make Oral Argument Before the D.C. Circuit Challenging Cargo Exclusion from Rest Rule


Release Date: 3/7/2016 10:33:52 AM

WASHINGTON, March 7, 2016 &ndash The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral argument today for the Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) in its lawsuit challenging the FAA's decision to exclude all-cargo operators from the new Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest Requirements. click for more...

IPA (UPS Pilots) v. FAA Oral Argument Next Monday; Challenging Cargo Exclusion from Rest Rule


Release Date: 3/4/2016 9:47:04 AM

LOUISVILLE, March 4, 2016 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has scheduled oral argument for Monday, March 7, 2016 in the Independent Pilots Association's lawsuit challenging the FAA's decision to exclude all-cargo operators from the new Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest Requirements. click for more...