Y 4. G74/7: D 63/5 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY CIS RECORD ONLY: JOINT HEARING BEFORE CERTAIN SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DON FUQUA, Florida JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma STEPHEN L. NEAL, North Carolina ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia JOHN M. SPRATT, JR., South Carolina GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin ALBERT G. BUSTAMANTE, Texas MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California FRANK HORTON, New York THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio ALFRED A. (AL) MCCANDLESS, California HOWARD C. NIELSON, Utah JOHN E. GROTBERG, Illinois CONTENTS Allen Robert F., senior vice president, employee relations, Trans World Airlines, Inc., as read by Barry C. Feingold, director of industrial Broadwater, William E., representing Tuskegee Airmen, Inc..... Coffelt, Richard E., director of corporate personnel, United Airlines Collins, Hon. Cardiss, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, and chairwoman, Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee: Opening statement Cooper, Joseph N., Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro- grams, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, accompanied by Leonard Biermann, Acting Deputy Director. Frank, Hon. Barney, a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, and chairman, Employment and Housing Subcommit- Hadden, Eddie, Black Pilots Association..... Lewis, Edward D., Trans World Airline employee Rasheed, Fred, director, economic development, NAACP, accompanied by Edward D. Lewis, vice president, Kansas City Chapter, NAACP. Troy, James H., Director, Office of Program Operations, Equal Employ- Weithoner, Charles E., Associate Administrator for Human Resource Management, Federal Aviation Administration, accompanied by Leon Broadwater, William E., representing Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.: Prepared Coffelt, Richard E., director of corporate personnel, United Airlines: Submissions to Representative Nielson's additional questions. Cooper, Joseph N., Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro- grams, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Allen Robert F., senior vice president, employee relations, Trans World 52-60 153-159 34-48 113-128 List of contractors selected for the 1985 Exemplary Voluntary Efforts 229-230 Prepared statement. 177-185 Feingold, Barry C., director of industrial relations, Trans World Airlines, Inc: Submissions to Representative Nielson's additional questions......... 93-112 Frank, Hon. Barney, a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, and chairman, Employment and Housing Subcommit- tee: Submissions to additional questions from Deputy Under Secretary Meisinger, Employment Standards, Department of Labor.. Hadden, Eddie, Black Pilots Association: Prepared statement.. Lewis, Edward D., Trans World Airline employee: Prepared statement Lightfoot, Hon. Jim, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa: Page 9-11 28-31 187-218 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Prepared statement.... Submissions to Representative Nielson's additional questions. Troy, James H., Director, Office of Program Operations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Prepared statement. Wallace, Delores E., vice president, personnel resources, American Airlines: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES Washington, DC. The subcommittees met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Cardiss Collins (chairwoman of the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee) presiding. Members present from the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee: Representatives Cardiss Collins, Major R. Owens, Alfred A. (Al) McCandless, and Thomas D. (Tom) DeLay. Members present from the Employment and Housing Subcommittee: Representatives Barney Frank (chairman), Major R. Owens, Howard C. Nielson, and Jim Lightfoot. Staff present from the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee: Warner Session, professional staff member; and Cecelia Morton, clerk. Staff present from the Employment and Housing Subcommittee: Stuart E. Weisberg, staff director and counsel; Roland Williams, professional staff member; June Saxton, clerk; and Ken Salaets, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRWOMAN COLLINS Mrs. COLLINS. Good morning. This joint hearing of the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee and the Employment and Housing Subcommittee has been called to examine allegations of racial discrimination in the airline industry. I am disturbed by what appears to be very slow and grudging progress for blacks at all employment levels in the industry, particularly in the cockpit and the executive offices. Airline industry figures show that blacks represent 8 to 10 percent of the work force. Yet, blacks are disproportionately concentrated in low wage, semiskilled, and unskilled jobs. At the professional level, blacks represent less than 2 percent of the total. For black pilots, the situation is even more dismal. Black pilots represent less than 1 percent of the estimated 46,000 commercial airline pilots, despite the fact that there were nearly 8,000 new pilots hired by commercial carriers in 1985. (1) |