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The DOT has proposed far-reaching changes to the regulations that define what constitutes a U.S. airline. The proposed rule was
withdrawn in 2006, after facing widespread opposition from various industry stakeholders. As a result of the failure of the United States
to liberalize its foreign ownership regulations, the European Union and United States did not implement a new liberalized transatlantic air
service agreement.
Employees and Labor Relations
Our businesses are labor intensive. In 2006, wages, salaries and benefits represented approximately 19% of US Airways Group's
operating expenses, 20% of AWA's operating expenses and 18% of US Airways' operating expenses. As of December 31, 2006, we
employed approximately 37,000 active full-time equivalent employees. As of December 31, 2006, AWA employed approximately 12,400
active full-time equivalent employees including approximately 1,700 pilots, 2,500 flight attendants, 2,600 passenger service personnel,
2,000 fleet service personnel, 700 maintenance personnel and 2,900 personnel in administrative and various other job categories. As of
December 31, 2006, US Airways employed approximately 19,400 active full-time equivalent employees including approximately 2,600
pilots, 4,600 flight attendants, 2,800 passenger service personnel, 3,700 fleet service personnel, 2,600 maintenance personnel and 3,100
personnel in administrative and various other job categories. As of December 31, 2006, US Airways Group's remaining subsidiaries
employed approximately 5,200 active full-time equivalent employees including approximately 900 pilots, 600 flight attendants, 2,200
customer service personnel, 400 maintenance personnel and 1,100 personnel in administrative and various other job categories.
A large majority of the employees of the major airlines in the United States are represented by labor unions. As of December 31,
2006, approximately 81% of our active employees were represented by various labor unions.
Since the merger, we have been in the process of integrating the labor agreements of our two principal airline subsidiaries. The
status of AWA's and US Airways' labor agreements with their major domestic employee groups is as follows:
Contract
Union
Class or Craft Employees(1) Amendable
AWA:
Air Line Pilots Association ("ALPA") Pilots 1,700 12/30/2006(2)
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA ("AFA") Flight Attendants 2,500 05/04/2004(3)
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers ("IAM") Mechanic and Related 700 10/07/2003(4)
IAM Fleet Service 2,000 06/12/2005(5)
Transport Workers Union ("TWU") Dispatch 40 04/01/2008(6)
Airline Customer Service Employee Association — IBT and CWA (the
"Association") Passenger Service 2,600 12/31/2011(7)
IAM Stock Clerks 60 04/04/2008(4)
US Airways:
ALPA Pilots 2,600 12/31/2009(2)
AFA Flight Attendants 4,600 12/31/2011(3)
IAM Mechanic and Related 2,600 12/31/2009
IAM Fleet Service 3,700 12/31/2009
IAM Maintenance Training Specialists 10 12/31/2009
The Association Passenger Service 2,800 12/31/2011
TWU Dispatch 100 12/31/2009
TWU Flight Simulator Engineers 30 12/31/2011
TWU Flight Crew Training Instructors 50 12/31/2011
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