Pilots playing the safety card to goose negotiations - Part 2

For the second time, pilots seem to be questioning their airline safety as a negotiating ploy now that United pilots have filed suit in US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to issue a stay against the completion, set for Friday, to complete training on new procedures.

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) move on United comes after the US Airways Pilots Association (USAPA) questioned US Airways safety prompting a suit by US Airways against its pilots. United accused the pilots of a bald attempt to influence negotiations on an integrated pilot contract covering both the United and Continental pilot groups. It cited FAA approval of its training procedures. Even so, United's Master Executive Council Chair Captain Wendy Morse, denied the two were related.