Pilots dispute court ruling and demand a rehearing

Pilots flying for Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have demanded a rehearing after the US Court of Appeals ordered them to stop an “intentional and illegal work slowdown”. The lawsuit was filed in September 2017 by the airlines alleging the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224 were responsible […]

Amazon Air freighter crashes near Houston

An Amazon Air Boeing 767 Freighter being operated by Atlas Air has crashed near Anahuac, Texas with three people not surviving the crash on 23 February. Atlas Air Flight 3591 was flying from Miami to Houston when it crashed into Trinity Bay, approximately 30 miles southeast of Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport shortly before 12.45pm. […]

Pilots file lawsuits against Atlas Air

Atlas Air pilots have filed two lawsuits against their employer after an instructor was fired and to stop illegal subcontracting of flights. On Friday 1 February, Teamsters Local 1224 on behalf of and in conjunction with Atlas Air captain Kristofer Lang, who served as a Crew Training Instructor (CTI) filed after Captain Lang was unlawfully […]

Atlas Air gains injunction against IBT but union warns problems remain

Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo’s request for an injunction against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) to stop its “illegal work slowdown” has been granted, but the union warn this will not solve problems. The subsidiaries of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings requested the injunction accusing the IBT of engaging an in “unlawful, concerted work […]