PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT

PAL has asked the Labor department to reconsider last month’s ruling favoring flight stewards and attendants over a collective bargaining deadlock saying the ruling did not have legal and factual basis, the airline said it was ready to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court. A reversal of the decision will ensure operating efficiency in the flag carrier, which expects to post $1.5 billion in revenues in the current fiscal year ending March. “We think that this case is very important for PAL and the Labor department should give a second look and consider the arguments we have presented