代表美国航空飞行员的工会加入了反对Spirit航空向谷歌出售历史数据的行列。
The union representing American Airlines pilots is joining opposition to Spirit Airlines' plan to sell its old data to Google.
今年早些时候,这家廉价航空公司停止运营后,谷歌以1000万美元的价格成功竞得了其数据使用权。谷歌称这些数据可用于改进其产品及人工智能模型。
After the budget airline shut down earlier this year, Google succeeded in bidding $10 million for its data, which the company said could be used to improve its products and AI models. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American Airlines pilots, filed an objection to the sale on Tuesday, saying more than 700 of its members formerly worked at Spirit and would be affected.
代表美国航空飞行员的联合飞行员协会于周二对此次交易提出异议,指出有700多名该协会成员曾在Spirit航空工作,此次交易将对他们产生影响。
The filing said that in addition to disclosing the pilots' "confidential employment and training related information," the proposed data sale also "threatens to have a chilling effect across all commercial airlines."
该协会指出,此次交易不仅会泄露飞行员的“机密雇佣及培训信息”,还可能“对整个商业航空业产生寒蝉效应”。
It said crew members participate in voluntary safety and training programs with the expectation that the information they share will remain confidential.
协会强调,机组人员参与各类安全与培训项目的前提就是相关信息能得到保密。
"To permit that information to later be sold to a third-party without ensuring complete deidentification and satisfactory confidentiality protections will serve to threaten the voluntary safety and training programs that provide the backbone of the commercial aviation industry in the United States," the filing said.
协会在文件中称:“若在未确保数据完全去标识化且具备充分保密措施的情况下,便允许将此类信息出售给第三方,必将危及美国商业航空业赖以生存的各项安全与培训机制。”
The union called for the court to reject the proposed sale until concerns over the crew members' data are "satisfactorily addressed."
该协会呼吁法院在机组人员数据安全问题得到妥善解决前,驳回此次交易申请。
Google has said the sale includes Spirit's internal data and custom software, but not customer or credit card information, and that the data would be scrubbed of any identifying information.
谷歌方面表示,此次交易涉及Spirit航空的内部数据及定制软件,但不包含客户或信用卡信息,且所有可识别身份的信息均会被清除。
The filing this week joins prior objections to the data sale filed by the Air Line Pilots Association, the union representing Spirit pilots, and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents Spirit flight attendants.
此前,代表Spirit航空飞行员的航空飞行员协会以及代表空乘人员的空乘协会也均对此次交易提出了反对意见。Spirit航空与谷歌均未对此事作出回应。
Spirit declined to comment. Google did not respond to a request for comment.