My career is invested in the aerospace industry, so it was very sobering to me when the Federal Aviation Administration ordered that 787 airplanes be grounded.
Friends ask me to explain the situation— what lessons can we draw from the 787? Invariably, we start with "outsourcing."
Flight attendants who work for Spirit Airlines filed a lawsuit against the airline for reneging on a contractual commitment to provide equal benefits for all employees by forcing employees who want health care coverage for their domestic partners into a lower-quality health care plan than the plan covering other employees. The flight attendants, members of the Flight Attendants-CWA ( AFA-CWA ), said that management is using procedural loopholes to avoid providing equal benefits.
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