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other airlines. A spokesman said
pilot of other lines will cross
picket lines of UAL strikers. The
union said it had pilot members
in the service of Al air companies.
UAL reported is was using this
plan for it's grounded customers:
Other airlines provided seats for
as many passengers as they could.
Train reservations were made for
others.
Voted Strike March 30.
The union and the company
have been in dispute over pay
rates and working conditions for
nearly two years. The pilots voted
in favor of a walkout on March
80 in support of their demands
The strike call was issued by
David L. Behncke, president of the
ALPA. who said: "The UAL
pilots have taken the only step
that remained available for them
to take under the Railway Labor
Act to conclude a satisfactory EN-
ployment agreement"
The issues involved concern
principally pay schedules, pilot
equipment productivity and the
amount of time pilots must be on
standby while not actually en-
gagged in flying.
Pay Scales Vary.
Pay scales vary with types OF
equipment flown and length OF
service.
The pilots. late last week. set ur
token" picket lines in several key
centers but the company's opera
tions were not affected. The pur-
pose, union spokesman said, was
to notify the public the union was
in serious negotiations" with the
company. The token picketing
he said, was not to halt airplane
operations.
Company Position Hit.
Mr.. Behncke, in a statement
said that company negotiations in
effect. brought about actual
strike action on UAL by indicating
contrary to the views of the pilot
negotiators that efforts to reach a
settlement on the disputed Sec
tions Of the agreement were at an
impasse.
This left the UAL pilots only
two alternatives. One was to
stand up for their rights, or the
other, to surrender and leave un-
resolved vital problems facing the
airline plotting profession. which
they refused to do"
w. A. Patterson, president OF
United, issued statement saying
the company would not "concede
to pilots demands for mileage
limitation which, in effect, would
lower the maximum Of IS flying
hours per month" He added
This issue is the basis of cur
rent demands of American air.
lines pilots recently reviewed by
an emergency board appointed by
President Truman and ruled
against by that board"
Agreed to Increases.
Mr.. Patterson said that during
the negotiations, now broken off
United had agreed to substantial
increases in pay for pilots and
co-pilots who he declared already
are the highest paid in the air
transport industry"
An eight-year captain flying IS
hours month, half by day and
half by night, gets $1,237.88 a
month on DC-6's, accounting for
most of United's operations. A
flyer of equal seniority receives
81 1925 month on Mainliner
Stratocruisers, $1,116.03 on DC-4's
and $944.75 on DC-3's. Mr.. Pat
terson said average pay of CO.
pilots is $481.90 a month.
The line president said the
company furnishes hotel rooms
and ground transportation to
pilots on flight duty and proposes
to give them $4.85 a day for meals.
"Our pilots are the highest paid
in the domestic airline industry
and enjoy excellent working con-
ditions, averaging IL days off at
home each month";" Mr.. Patterson