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Active UAL Pilot needs information from you “Old Timers”
I am Captain Luke Mercaldo, United Airlines, ORD. Recently a fellow 777 Captain showed me the hand-
gun that United Airlines issued to his father in 1940. These pistols are known to be marked "Property of
United Airlines" or "Property of U.A.L." I plan to write a magazine article about the handgun, the pilot, and
why airlines armed pilots.
I need information and material concerning the issuance of pistols by United Airlines to its pilots. I am in-
terested in any documentation and personal stories. Additionally, I would be interested in purchasing any
related items, including the pistols.
Captain Luke Mercaldo, United Airlines, ORD
capmercaldo@gmail.com
630-886-9816
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May, 2015 RUPANEWS
United Airlines CEO Smisek Received a Hefty Pay Raise in 2014
Well, at least the United Continental board was apparently happy with Jeff Smisek
and the airline's trajectory in 2014. The CEO of United Airlines got a 39 percent
increase in compensation last year, to more than $11.3 million, according to an
Associated Press analysis. Jeffery Smisek also benefited from an increase in the
value of pension benefits granted before 2014, but that change is not included in the
AP's calculation for last year. The bulk of Smisek's compensation was in stock
options that the company valued at $7.7 million. He also received the same
$975,000 salary as before, plus more than $2.3 million in incentives, and $302,277
in other compensation, about half of which was matching contributions to retirement plans. Parent company
United Continental Holdings Inc. disclosed the payments in a regulatory filing. Including the change in value
of previously granted pension benefits, United reported Smisek's compensation at nearly $12.8 million.
United doubled its net income in 2014, to $1.13 billion. Its stock price gained 77 percent - about the same as
Delta but less than Southwest and American.
U.S. airlines have achieved record profits as mergers reduced competition, making it easier to limit the
number of flights and push fares modestly higher. In late 2014, they also benefited from a steep drop in the
price of jet fuel.
Chicago-based United is the second-largest airline company behind American. Smisek, 60, is also chairman
and president. He was named CEO at Continental shortly before that airline merged with United in 2010.
The Associated Press calculates executive compensation by including salary, bonuses, perks, above-market
interest on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and stock options awarded during the
year. It does not include changes in the present value of pension benefits, so the AP total can differ from the
total reported by companies to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dear Flight Attendants,
AFA-CWA supports the Harvard School of Public Health flight attendant health survey. Participation is to-
tally voluntary and all personal information will be kept strictly confidential, per University rules. Airlines
will not have any access to any data that could link back to your responses. The research team will report on
the overall health findings in a big population of flight attendants, compared to the health findings in a
matched population of nurses. In this way, they objectively identify work-related flight attendant health is-
sues, which are important for us to know about.
Have you retired or changed jobs? Have you participated in other flight attendant studies? Have you started
the survey, but haven’t had time to complete it? Do you only have time to take it on your phone or tablet?
Would you prefer to receive a paper copy by mail? You’re eligible to participate! The only requirement for
participation is that you worked as a flight attendant, whether currently or in the past.
Take 15 to 20 minutes of your time to inform the world about flight attendant health for YEARS to come.
Join Harvard University School of Public Health by following this link to the Survey: www.fahealth.org/
harvard-study. Also, please let your friends know that ALL flight attendants are welcome to participate.
Spread the word about the survey, and if you don’t want to complete the survey online, but would be willing
to do so with paper and pen, then contact Dr. Eileen McNeely, Principal Investigator, Flight Attendant
Health Study - emcneely@hsph.harvard.edu - to request a paper copy.
Thank you for helping these researchers better define flight attendant health issues – for the good of all of
us.
Judith Anderson
Industrial Hygienist
Air Safety, Health, & Security Dept.
AFA-CWA, AFL-CIO
Phone: 206-932-6237
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