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Pilots to protest Hawaiian Air plan
Hawaiian Airlines' pilots, upset with their treatment under the company's proposed reorganization plan, are planning a protest at Honolulu Airport tomorrow that will follow the airline's 75th anniversary celebration today.The protest by members of the Air Line Pilots Association's Hawaiian Airlines unit will be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the interisland terminal.
Today's anniversary event in Hawaiian Airlines' ticket lobby was scheduled to include roving musicians and a birthday cake to mark the airline's inaugural flight on Nov. 11, 1929.
Capt. Jim Giddings, negotiating committee chairman of Hawaiian's ALPA unit, said the protest is a way to send a message to management that the reorganization plan is unfair to pilots.
"Management is using Hawaiian Airlines' reorganization plan to squeeze unjustified concessions from employees," Giddings said.
License renewal available online
The state is encouraging thousands of licensed professionals in Hawaii to renew their licenses online this year at www.ehawaii.gov/ pvlrenew.Many professionals must renew their licenses every two years, and approximately 4,500 license holders renewed online in 2002, or 29 percent of the total group. Those who may renew this year include more than 10,000 real estate salespeople, 5,000 real estate brokers and 2,000 mortgage solicitors.
CB Richard Ellis to help tenants
Commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis Hawaii Inc., responding to the tight market for office space in Hawaii, is launching a unit to help tenants negotiate with landlords.The company, which also represents building landlords, is starting a Corporate Advisory Group led by John R. Bilgrave, vice president of office properties. The new group will provide a range of advisory services.
