Asci 254

ASCI 202

MODULE 6

Which of the following is NOT true of events when the Boeing 737 was introduced into the fleet in the 1960s?

| * The FAA certified it for a two pilot crew. |

| * ALPA members refused to fly the 737 with two pilot crews. |

| * Binding arbitration ruled that safety concerns did not warrant three pilot crews. |

| * A Presidential Task Force found that safety concerns did not warrant three pilot crews. |

Financial hardships for some incumbent airlines has caused which of the following new developments in labor negotiations?

| * an increase in strike activity |

| * an increase in the appointment of Presidential Emergency Boards |

| * concession bargaining and two-tiered wage agreements |

| * quid pro quo agreements |

The Mutual Aid Pact

| * was a self-insured strike fund contributed to by airlines, but does not currently exist. |

| * is a cooperative agreement between airlines that began with deregulation. |

| * was a labor union device to pay workers when they were on strike. |

| * was a cooperative agreement between management and labor. |

What is meant by the "contestability" of airline markets?

| * That consumers (the airline market) will choose the best or cheapest service because of the availability of increased choice and number of air carriers, thus allowing new entrant carriers to be able to compete freely with incumbents. |

| * That no carrier would be able to maintain a hold on any market except according to principles of competition and free enterprise. |

| * That no advantages accrued to incumbent airlines in a deregulated market that would prevent new entrant carriers from competing successfully with them. |

| * All of the above |

In 1977, just before deregulation, the rank and file of the largest 19 airlines in the U.S. were represented by unions, EXCEPT

| * American Airlines...