On Friday March 4, 2011, 6:06 pm EST
HOUSTON (AP) -- Pilots at Continental Airlines re-elected three top officials of their union, and said there would be a new election after Continental is absorbed into United Airlines.
The Air Line Pilots Association said Friday that Jay Pierce was re-elected to a 2-year term as chairman of the Continental unit, and Doug Marotta and Randy Hodge were re-elected as vice chairman and secretary-treasurer.
Parent company United Continental Holdings Inc. plans to combine the two carriers, including reaching a labor contract covering both groups of pilots and combining pilot seniority lists. After that, the union would hold new elections. The United pilots are also represented by ALPA.
