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Hundreds of FedEx Pilots Participate in Contract Rally MEMPHIS, Tenn.—In a strong show of support of their union Negotiating Committee, hundreds of FedEx pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), participated in a contract rally on Sunday, March 1, 2015. With a turnout of more than 700 pilots, the group demonstrated their dissatisfaction with FDX management’s approach to bargaining.
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JetBlue Pilots Set to Open Contract Negotiations WASHINGTON—The pilots of JetBlue Airways, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), today sent official notice to company management requesting to open contract negotiations under the federal Railway Labor Act. The notice marks the first labor negotiations in the history of JetBlue from any segment of its workforce. Currently, JetBlue pilots are the only unionized workforce at the airline.
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Sun Country Pilots Grant Union Authority to Call a Strike BLOOMINGTON, Minn – Sun Country Airlines pilots have overwhelmingly voted to authorize their union leaders of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) to call a strike if a mutually agreeable contract cannot be reached by the completion of the federally-mediated negotiation process.
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ALPA: Ex-Im Reauthorization Is Key Opportunity for Reform WASHINGTON–In a letter sent to members of Congress today, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) called for federal lawmakers to capitalize on the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank as a key opportunity to ensure its financing practices do not harm the U.S. airline industry and its workers.
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ALPA to Ex-Im Bank: Turn Down Norwegian’s Financing Request February 9, 2015 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) today called for the U.S. Export-Import Bank to reject Norwegian Air Shuttle’s application for aircraft financing, stating in a filing joined by Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines that the bank has not performed an assessment required by Congress to determine the effect its lending could have on U.S. airlines and their workers.
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Jazz Pilots Overwhelmingly Vote to Ratify New Collective Agreement Agreement provides job security, pension protections, and opportunities at Air Canada
February 2, 2015 - The pilots of Jazz Aviation, represented by Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), ratified a new collective agreement by a wide margin, allowing for career progression while protecting pilot quality of life. Nearly 96 percent of eligible pilots participated, with 95 percent voting to ratify the agreement that will have positive effects on the pilot group. Included in the tentative agreement was a provision to allow Jazz pilots to move to Air Canada through a pilot mobility agreement. The agreement is part of a renewed capacity purchase agreement (CPA) with Air Canada, Jazz Aviation’s mainline partner, through 2025. As well as providing cost savings, this allows Jazz Aviation to refleet, further enhancing the pilots’ job security.
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ALPA Statement on NTSB Safety Recommendations January 22, 2015 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) issued the following statement from ALPA president Capt. Tim Canoll on safety recommendations announced today by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB):
“ALPA is deeply concerned that the recommendations NTSB released today related to cockpit image recorders are a premature overreaction that do not fully evaluate consequences of the recommended actions. Cockpit image recorders will not improve safety and could, in fact, impede it by diverting limited resources that could be used for more valuable safety enhancements.
“ALPA has long recommended that resources should be focused on enhancing current systems to record more data of a higher quality as opposed to video images, which are subject to misinterpretation and may in fact lead investigators away from accurate conclusions.
“We remain equally concerned as to how such proposed video recordings may be misused. The aviation industry must fully address how to protect recorded information.
“ALPA will continue to work with industry and government to develop systems that make air travel—already the safest mode of transportation—even more safe.”
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Act Now: Tell the White House to Support FFDO Funding January 21, 2015 - With the fiscal year 2016 budget about to be released by the White House, ALPA has launched a new Call to Action for you to tell the White House why it should preserve the Federal Flight Deck Officer program. In the light of recent events in Europe and the Middle East, securing our National Airspace System through fiscally responsible programs like FFDO is simply sound policy. All ALPA members are urged to take action now. Read More | Take Action
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