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Arbitrator sides with Continental Airlines pilots on regional jets | cleveland.com

Continental Express with United Express

The new United Airlines can’t identify its 70-seat regional jets as Continental Airlines flights, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator agreed with Continental’s pilots, who argued that their labor contract requires them — not regional pilots — to fly planes of that size. The new airline… Read more

Outsourcing of flights to regional partners is a central issue in United-Continental merger | cleveland.com

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Continental and United airlines have assigned a large share of their domestic flying to regional partners. Under their proposed merger, they want to keep outsourcing that work.But pilots at Continental and United say the subcontracted flying is costing them jobs. United has more… Read more