Attendants Strike
     MEXICO CITY - 4:11 a.m. ET June 1, 1998 The government took over
 operations of Mexico's largest airline today after 1,033 unionized
 flight attendants walked off the job.
 Members of the Unionized Association of Flight Attendants went on
 strike at midnight, saying Aeromexico was unwilling to negotiate
 better working conditions and benefits.
 The government, saying national security was at state, seized
 Aviacion de Mexico, which runs Mexico's largest airline, and
 appointed an acting general administrator for the duration of
 the strike.
 "This action was necessary to guarantee that people have transpor-
 tation, and also because many areas of our economy depend on air
 transportation and we would have huge economic losses'' if the
 flights were all grounded, a secretariat official said on condition
 of anonymity.
 Under Mexico's constitution, the government can temporarily seize
 companies considered vital to the nation's economy or security so
 that they can continue to operate during emergencies.
 Thousands of passengers were left in limbo, as the secretariat offi-
 cial conceded that most of Aeromexico's 300 daily flights wouldn't
 leave the ground.
 The government planned to fly as many planes as possible with
 Aeromexico's 300 nonunionized flight attendants, and said 12
 airlines that have agreements with Aeromexico would reschedule
 some of the passengers.
 If the strike drags on, he said, the government will train new
 flight attendants.
 The union said Aeromexico wasn't negotiating in good faith.
 "The company doesn't want to continue negotiating," said Lizette
 Clavel, press secretary for the union. "We're treated as third-class
 workers."
 Aeromexico accused the flight attendants of making unreasonable
 demands, calling them "out of the range of other airlines" and
 saying meeting them would cripple the airline.
 "This would prevent us from having the capital we need to buy planes
 and to expand," said General Director Alfonso Pasquel Barcenas. "We
 can't put into risk our viability as a profitable company."
 The difference over salaries was small: Flight attendants said they
 want a 19 percent raise while Aeromexico said it was offering 18
 percent. The real conflict was over benefits and working conditions.
 Aeromexico wants to increase each shift by two hours and reduce by
 two hours the time between shifts, which currently range from eight
 to 14 hours.
 The flight attendants want a pension plan, which they don't currently
 have, better health benefits and guarantees that flight crews will be
 complete. The union says many Aeromexico flights take off with fewer
 than the normal number of flight attendants.
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 Transsexual pilot wins sex bias job case - Electronic Telegraph, UK
 By John Steele
 A PILOT has won an industrial tribunal case that an airline sexually
 discriminated against her over her applications for a job because
 she was a transsexual.
 Kristina Sheffield, 52, who was once a husband and father called Ian,
 brought the case against Air Foyle, which held the operating licence
 for the Luton-based Easyjet when she submitted an application for a
 pilot's post in 1996. Miss Sheffield, from Ealing, north London, was
 told of the tribunal decision at the weekend. A financial settlement
 will be settled later.
 Air Foyle had denied that, after making two job applications in 1996,
 she was not called for an interview because of her transsexuality. It
 said flaws in her character and personality lay behind the decision.
 Capt Michael Veal, a pilot who worked with Miss Sheffield at another
 airline 10 years ago, told the tribunal that she "tended to be very
 forceful and . . . flaunted her femininity which made people feel
 uncomfortable".
 But, in its ruling, the tribunal said Miss Sheffield, who once served
 with the RAF and worked as a mercenary in the Rhodesian air force,
 had the experience and qualifications necessary for the job.
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\/To: VICKI SEARS                                         (Read 8 times)
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