CHARLOTTE, N.C. – January 15, 2010 – The US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), representing the pilots of US Airways, today called on both candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts to denounce the decision by US Airways to close its Boston crew base on May 2, 2010.
As USAPA has stated, it believes closing this base will have a detrimental impact on passengers, employees, New England taxpayers and the state’s economy due to the loss of hundreds of jobs and associated tax revenue.
“Closing the Boston crew base will have a profoundly negative effect on thousands of pilots, flight attendants, mechanics and ramp workers who live in the Boston area,” said USAPA President Mike Cleary. “Unless this decision is reversed, hundreds of jobs will be lost in the Boston area, causing substantial harm to an economy already burdened in a downturn. US Airways’ planned Boston base closure doesn’t serve the passengers, the taxpayers, the New England economy, the employees or the company. We believe it is critical that both Senate candidates show, in the final weekend of the campaign, that they intend to fight for the people of Boston by immediately denouncing the Boston base closure and pledging to fight it if elected.”
More information on how to contact US Airways and other Boston and Massachusetts lawmakers can be found at www.SaveBostonBase.com
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA) represents more than 5,000 US Airways pilots in seven domiciles across the United States. Visit the USAPA Web site at www.USAirlinePilots.org.
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