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    Many workers in the airline industry have unfortunately been sidelined by the COVID-19 Pandemic, but the members of Teamsters Local 2750 have never been busier – as cargo pilots for Atlas Air Worldwide, they are some of the most essential workers in the global supply chain. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., the company agreed to supply them with personal protective equipment (PPE). The pilots, however, had another idea.

    “Since mid-January we have been advocating and pushing the company to supply all flight crewmembers and ground personnel with PPE and other safety items,” said Local 2750 Trustee Bob Kirchner. “We received N95 masks from the company, but together we decided to donate them to nurses, doctors, and other frontline responders working in the hospitals throughout New York City. We all have a critical role to play when it comes to saving lives, and we know that if those of us at Local 2750 were in desperate need of something and they could help, they would do it in a heartbeat.”

    The crewmembers have been resupplied with masks made of cloth and other material. The mask donation isn’t the only thing Local 2750 pilots have been doing to help save lives during the pandemic – they have been tapped by FEMA to expedite coronavirus relief supplies to areas of urgent need. To that end, the pilots delivered a cache of desperately-needed supplies to JFK Airport on March 29 – over 12 million pieces of PPE, including 130,000 N-95 masks. True to form as professionals who perform well under pressure, the shipment arrived three days ahead of schedule. It’s not just the hard-hit tri-state area that Local 2750 members are servicing – On April 2, Atlas Air operated a charter that carried 65 tons of PPE for medical teams in the San Francisco Bay Area.
    https://teamster.org/news/2020/04/te...id-19-response

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    Re: Teamster Pilots Donate and Deliver Supplies to Frontlines of COVID-19 Response

    Atlas Air has stepped up and rewarded their pilots with a pay increase after a strong first quarter.

    Atlas Air gives pilots pay increase on heels of Q1 growth
    Contract cargo airline and aircraft lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings beat analyst expectations with adjusted net income of $29.9 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, and total revenue of $644 million in the first quarter due to strong demand for its charter service and higher airfreight rates due to transport scarcity caused by the coronavirus.
    Atlas’ stock (NASDAQ: AAWW) was up 5.37% to $37.42 prior to noon Thursday and is up more than a third since the start of the year.
    The parent company also announced a 10% interim pay increase for 2,200 pilots at two of its operating companies, Atlas Air and Southern Air, effective May 1. Atlas is still in the midst of contentious negotiations with the pilots’ union for a new master contract, but said it wanted to reward the pilots for their hard work during the pressure of the pandemic. Atlas wants to merge the Southern Air pilots into a single labor agreement after acquiring the company in 2016.
    https://www.freightwaves.com/news/at...s-of-q1-growth

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