Sources indicate that Pistole briefed AFA President Veda Shook and Lee Moak, president of the Air Line Pilots Association.

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Sean Cassidy, first vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association International.

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Evans would not comment on the proposal by the Air Line Pilots Association, the largest pilots' union, to give pilots the option to carry handguns.

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Of 10, 193 eligible voters, 98% or about 9, 950 pilots voted, said the Air Line Pilots Association, representing both Continental and United pilots, who are about to be combined.

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Two airline trade associations and the Air Line Pilots Association said they have filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to stop the furloughs, which are scheduled to kick in on Sunday.

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