Important studies, reports and data providing background on the state of the airline industry and the labor negotiations process.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Business Travel Coalition and Airline Forecasts Study
Oil-Fueled Catastrophe in the Airline Industry Would Cripple U.S. Economy and Eliminate American Jobs (PDF)

Business Travel Coalition and Airline Forecasts Study
Oil Prices and the Looming U.S. Aviation Industry Catastrophe: A Hole in the Transport Grid (PDF)

Air Transport Association Fuel Presentation
Coping with Sky-High Jet Fuel Prices (PDF)

MIT’s Global Airline Industry Program White Paper
Framing the Discussion on Regulatory Liberalization: A Stakeholder Analysis of Open Skies, Ownership and Control (PDF)

International Air Transport Association Financial Forecast 2008
The outlook for the global airline industry in 2008 (PDF)

The Boyd Group
2008 Airline Industry Overview

NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS

Railway Labor Act (RLA)
Collective Bargaining Process under the Railway Labor Act (PDF)