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UPS Pilots File Court of Appeals Challenge to FAA Final Flight & Duty Time Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWASHINGTON, DC, December 22, 2011 – Today the Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) filed a Petition for Review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in order to challenge FAA's exclusion of cargo operations…

UPS pilots reaction to new FAA flight & duty time rules

LOUISVILLE, December 21, 2011 – The following statement is from CaptainRobert Travis, President of the Independent Pilots Association (UPSpilots): "Giving air cargo carriers the choice to opt-in to new pilot rest rules makes as much…

UPS TO RETROFIT AIR FLEET WITH FULL FACEMASKS FOR PILOTS

Company and Pilots Work Together on Solution; Flight Safety Enhancement Research Continues LOUISVILLE, June 30, 2011 – UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it would retrofit the cockpits of its air fleet with quick-donning, full-face oxygen…

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