Teamsters to Leaflet at United Airlines Terminals During Busy Travel Day

Campaign Warns That UAL Outsources Maintenance to China

Teamsters, airline mechanics and a costumed Santa Claus will leaflet each of eight major airports on Thursday, Dec. 20, one of the year's busiest travel days.

They will tell air travelers that United Airlines outsources all heavy maintenance of its Boeing 747s and 777s to South Korea and China. In the Beijing repair facility, only five of 2,179 mechanics are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration. United now wants to sell its San Francisco maintenance facility.

The leaflets ask travelers to tell United to use certified mechanics.

Leafleting will take place at the terminal arrival and departure doors nearest United (Nasdaq: UAUA) between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time at Boston Logan, Chicago O'Hare, Denver International, Los Angeles International, New York JFK, San Francisco International, Seattle Sea-Tac and Washington Dulles airports.

The leaflet reads, "Passenger Alert: United Airplanes Repaired by Uncertified Mechanics in China."

The Teamsters, who represent mechanics at 14 airlines, are in the process of organizing United Airlines mechanics.

WHO:

Teamsters, airline mechanics, costumed Santa Claus

WHAT:

Informational leafleting at eight airports

WHEN:

Thursday, December 20, 2007

10 a.m.-6 p.m. (all times local)

WHERE:

Boston Logan International Airport

Near UAL ticket counters

Contact: Sandy Weaver (240) 286-6184

Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Terminal 1, upper level in the "blue box" between vestibules 3 and 5

Contact: Jim Leonhardt (202) 528-3776

Denver International Airport

Near United Airlines counters

Contact: John Hemmely (303) 881-4597

Los Angeles International Airport

Near United Airlines counters

Contact: Stephanie Short (202) 528-5779

New York John F. Kennedy International Airport

At Port Authority Building across from building Terminal 7

Gabe Guzman (202) 497-7041

San Francisco International Airport

Near United Airlines counters and outside

Contact: Julie Wall (650) 580-7021

Seattle Sea-Tac International Airport

Terminal end of Sky Bridge #5 and #6

Contact: Terry Slagle (626) 419-6710

Washington Dulles International Airport

Inside main terminal, east end near United ticket counters

Outside main terminal

Contact: Pete Chrisos, (202) 528-5796

CONTACT: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911, [email protected]

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Dec. 19/

SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters