Continental and United Pilots Rally in New York City's Financial District to Highlight Slow Pace of Contract Negotiations and Lack of Merger Progress

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- United and Continental pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l. (ALPA) will conduct informational picketing today in New York's financial district to highlight management's poor performance in advance of the one-year anniversary of the corporate merger close date. There has been little progress with negotiations on the pilots' joint collective bargaining agreement, one of the keys to completely unlocking the synergies from the transaction, thus allowing the investment community, employees and passengers to truly benefit from the merger. More than 700 Continental and United pilots are expected to participate in the event, joined additionally by pilots from other ALPA carriers and independent pilot unions.