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ALPA: New Etihad Service to Dallas Fort Worth Opens Another New Threat to U.S. Aviation Jobs December 12, 2013 - Today’s announcement by Etihad Airways that the airline will be offering service to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), coming on the heels of last week’s announcement that Qatar Airways would begin service to DFW in 2014, underscores the growing penetration of state-supported Middle Eastern airlines into large and important U.S. markets. With each new route into the United States by state-owned air carriers, an already unlevel playing field tilts even further in favor of foreign carriers, and, in the case of Etihad, the situation is made dramatically worse by U.S. government policy actively promoting the foreign carrier to the detriment of U.S. carriers and U.S. jobs.
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PSA Pilots Welcome American Airlines’ Announcement of New Aircraft Order December 12, 2013 - The PSA Airlines pilots’ Master Executive Council, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement by American Airlines Inc. of an order for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft, with options for up to 40 more. PSA Airlines Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, will operate the new aircraft on behalf of American, which expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in the second quarter of 2014.
“The pilots of PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways, welcome the news of American Airlines’ purchase of 30 CRJ900s as an important and exciting step forward for PSA. This firm order fulfills the pledge made to us in a letter of commitment our pilots ratified in September.”
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Airline Ticket Tax Hike Harms U.S. Airline Industry and Its Employees December 11, 2013 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) released the following statement in adamant opposition to the increased airline ticket tax provision contained in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.
“The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013’s airline ticket tax hike hits U.S. airlines and their employees with an enormous economic blow by adding billions in new taxes on air passengers. The increased tax is on top of the billions in taxes and fees that the U.S. government already unfairly imposes on U.S. airlines and their passengers, suppressing demand and slowing growth.”
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Delta MEC Elects MEC Chairman December 10, 2013 - At a special meeting of the Delta Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), members elected Capt. Mike Donatelli as Chairman of the Delta MEC. Captain Donatelli’s term will begin immediately continuing until December 31, 2014.
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FedEx Pilots Spread Holiday Cheer to Special Needs Children and Families December 6, 2013 - In the spirit of giving this holiday season, FedEx pilots will once again deliver food baskets and gifts to Hope House, a Memphis day-care center devoted to children who have been affected by or infected with HIV/AIDS. The pilots will make their visit to Hope House on Wednesday, December 11, at 10:30 a.m.
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Evergreen Crewmembers Still in the Dark on Fate of Their Airline ALPA Continues to Support Members during Period of Uncertainty
December 6, 2013 - The crewmembers of Evergreen International Airlines (EIA), represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), continue to wait for the company’s next move since it announced to employees in November that the airline would cease operations and flew its last flight on November 29 into Travis Air Force Base. Notices of layoffs went out to remaining EIA employees at the end of November, but Evergreen management put out contradicting statements that the airline would not be closing its doors. The airline’s management team had plans to meet with lienholders on December 3 to determine the company’s future, but a decision on the fate of the airline is still unknown.
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ALPA Hails New Legislation that Helps Protect Medical Certifications for Pilots December 4, 2013 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), issued the following statement in support of legislation considered by the House Subcommittee on Aviation of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to follow the appropriate rulemaking process in order to make any changes to medical certification for pilots and air traffic controllers with regard to sleep apnea.
“As the voice of airline pilots, ALPA applauds new legislation [H.R. 3578] that would ensure any FAA policy changes to a pilot’s medical certificate related to sleep apnea will go through a proper rulemaking process that includes input from industry stakeholders. We would like to thank Chairman LoBiondo for introducing the legislation and Representatives Larsen, Bucshon, Graves, Lipinski, Meehan, and Hudson for cosponsoring this important bill. We are pleased to see how quickly Chairman LoBiondo recognized the need for this legislation and hope that H.R. 3578 moves rapidly through the legislative process.”
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