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Teamsters and Flexjet/Flight Options Clash Over Pilot Seniority

The management of Flexjet and FlightOptions indicated that a pilot seniority list drawn up by the Teamsters union may be illegal.

Flexjet — Management of fractional ownership providers Flexjet and Flight Options are engaged in a battle with the union that represents its single-carrier pilot group, IBT 1108, over the integrated pilot list that was developed by the union.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

March 9, 2016

The management of fractional ownership providers Flexjet and Flight Options this week accused the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) union of penalizing some pilots in drawing up the integrated seniority list to be applied as the companies combine their workforces under parent company OneSky. On February 24, Teamsters Local 1108 president Efrem Vojta sent the integrated seniority list to Michael Silvestro, CEO of Flight Options and Flexjet, and asked the company to immediately engage in negotiations for a joint collective bargaining agreement (CBA) under Section 6 of the U.S. Railway Labor Act. Late last year, the merged pilot group narrowly voted in favor of union representation.

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