The mission of the Air Line Pilots Association is to promote and champion all
aspects of aviation safety throughout all segments of the aviation community; to
represent, in both specific and general respects, the collective interests of
all pilots in commercial aviation; to assist in collective bargaining activities
on behalf of all pilots represented by the Association; to promote the health
and welfare of the members of the Association before all governmental agencies;
to be a strong, forceful advocate of the airline piloting profession, through
all forms of media, and with the public at large; and to be the ultimate
guardian and defender of the rights and privileges of the professional pilots
who are members of the Association.
—ALPA Board of Directors, October 1992