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AFA-CWA President Pat Friend and
Susan Grant, National Consumer League,
will release the findings of a scientific public survey -
- commissioned by the
two organizations -- that finds overwhelming support for keeping the ban in
place -- and reveals strong fears about the effect of cell phones on airplane
safety.attendants receives
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WASHINGTON, Americans stand overwhelmingly against
an airplane cabin full of passengers yakking
on their cell phones, according
to a new poll to be released by the Association of Flight Attendants
-CWA and
the National Consumer League on Thursday, April 7, 10:30 a.unruly disruptive
Six Carriers Select Enhanced Crew
Management Solution on Linux Platform; By Implementing the AirCrews Pairing Optimizer the Carriers
Can Reduce Crew-Related C
CWA Headquarters, 501 3rd St.
Despite an overwhelming
majority of negative comments from flight crew
professionals and passengers, there is a strong push
from some airline and
business interests to end the current ban on in-flight phone use and the FCC
,
whose public comment period on the subject ends April 11, may agree to do so.frazzled worse
"Since we've implemented
the Pairing Optimizer, we've seen
tremendous improvement in our ability to manage our crew resources
,"
said George Webster, Director of Systems Operations Control for
Frontier Airlines."
To date
, airlines around the globe have implemented the Pairing
Optimizer on the UNIX platform.worse airwise
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"Our goal
is to give airlines easy-to-access and implement
technology that provides a quick return on investment
," said Steve
Clampett, president of Airline Products and Services for Sabre Airline
Solutions
.
Sabre Holdings Corp.rages passengers
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The Pairing Optimizer enables airlines to generate optimal legal
pairings that achieve desired business goals, which helps reduce the
number of crew-related flight
cancellations and delays as well as
decrease crew-related costs by up to 10 percent. These investments
have resulted in
benefits for users of this sophisticated, cost-saving tool to help
address issues
in the current environment -- specifically better
optimization solutions with increased cost efficiencies
, faster run
times and a more user-friendly product experience. All rights reserved.W. They also
will recount incidents when passengers have ignored the
current ban, prompting concerns from pilots
about interference with airplane
systems.rage faa
Mesa, Air Jamaica and Frontier are already utilizing
the Pairing
Optimizer on the Linux platform, and ASA, Spirit and Skyservice will
implement the
system this month.flier icao
(NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel
commerce, retailing travel products and
providing distribution and
technology solutions for the travel industry. * Americans Overwhelmingly
Opposed to Cell Phone Usage on Airplanes,
New Poll Says
* Airlines and Business Push to End In-Flight Phone Ban,
Public Comment
Period Ends April 11
* Passenger Safety a Real Concern for Flight Crews,
Safety vs.
AFA-CWA is the largest union for flight attendants, representing
46,000
flight attendants worldwide.passengers solemn
"Airlines, such as these six carriers, can leverage the
investments
we make, including the versatility of the Pairing
Optimizer, to stay competitive in this dynamic
marketplace. More than 100 airlines worldwide rely
on Sabre Airline Solutions for passenger management
solutions, with
eight new carriers choosing SabreSonic, the first new generation
reservations
system offered in the market, in 2004 and four carrier
renewals. at the CWA
Headquarters, 501
3rd St., Washington, D.faa cancellations
Offering both the UNIX and Linux platforms provides
the ability for airlines
without an extensive information technology
infrastructure or support staff to deploy the system
on standard
personal computers, giving analysts the ability to conduct better
what-if analysis
as well as vastly improve crew planning operations.
Working flight attendants will discuss already
increasing air rage
incidents and how in-flight cell phone use will make a bad situation far
worse
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By operating on the Linux platform,
the Pairing Optimizer enables all types of airlines, regardless
of
size or business model, to utilize its industry-leading algorithms to
reduce crew costs. 1st
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Through a variety of
"what-if" scenarios, the system enables the airlines to determine the
financial ramifications of changes in labor contracts or proposed
federal aviation rules before
they are implemented."
Sabre Airline Solutions continuously invests in new technology and
optimization
techniques that make the Pairing Optimizer one of the
leading optimizers in the industry.rage filed
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SOUTHLAKE, Texas----Air Jamaica,
Frontier Airlines, Mesa Air Group, Spirit
Airlines, Skyservice
Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines have joined the growing list
of
carriers that have chosen to deploy the Sabre AirCrews Pairing
Optimizer on the Linux operating system
, a freeware operating system
that can run on a desktop, to reduce crew-related costs.
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Sabre Airline Solutions
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systems, and consulting
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cancellations receives
"Using the system, we are able to optimize
our crew
schedule while complying with all federal regulations and labor
rules.frazzled worse
To help meet the
growing market need,
Sabre Airline Solutions is now also making the Pairing Optimizer
available
on the Linux platform. In addition, more than 100 clients worldwide have turned to
the Sabre Airline
Solutions consulting group for strategic, commercial
and operational consulting.m. N.worse congestion
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