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AirTran
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2009
Number of Pilots: 1,700+
Pilot Domiciles: Atlanta, Ga., Milwaukee, Wisc., Orlando, Fla.
Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.
Operations/Services: Founded in 1992, AirTran Airways is one of
America’s largest low-cost airlines and offers quality jet service with
more than 700 daily flights to 69 destinations. It is the second-largest
airline at the world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport, and has major operations in Baltimore, Md.,
Milwaukee, Wisc., and Orlando, Fla.
Fleet: 86 B-717s and 52 B-737s |
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Air Transat

Pilots Joined ALPA: 1999
Number of Pilots: 360
Headquarters: Pierre E. Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, P.Q.
Pilot Bases: Montreal, P.Q.; Toronto, Ont.; and Vancouver, B.C.
Fleet: 18 A310s and A330s |
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Air Transport International
Pilots Joined ALPA: November 2009
Number of Crewmembers: 180
Operations: DC-8 and B-767 passenger, military, and cargo operations
around the world
Base: Home-based
Hub Cities: Toledo, Ohio and Miami, Fla.
Corporate Headquarters: Little Rock, Ark. |
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Air Wisconsin
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1982 as a result of the Union of Professional Airmen
merger with ALPA
Number of Pilots: 665
Operations: Nearly 500 departures per day to 26 states and 3 Canadian
provinces; with service to 70 cities throughout North America, the
airline carries nearly 6 million passengers per year
Headquarters: Appleton, Wisc.
Domiciles: New York (LGA); Norfolk, Va. (ORF); Philadelphia, Pa. (PHL);
Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (RDU); and Washington, D.C. (DCA)
Fleet: 70 Canadair 50-seat regional jets (CRJ200s) |
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Alaska
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1947
Number of Pilots: 1,455, including 62 on involuntary furlough as of Jan.
4, 2011; 12 additional furloughed pilots have received recall letters
and are expected to return by the end of March
Operations: 413 daily departures to 61 destinations in the United
States, Mexico, and Canada
Domiciles: Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, Calif.; Portland, Ore., and
Seattle, Wash.
Fleet: 116 B-737-400/-700/-800/-900s |
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American Eagle
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1995 (although Simmons had been an ALPA member since
1986, after the NMB’s 1995 ruling that the four predecessor airlines
constituted a single carrier, the Eagle pilots established a single MEC)
Number of Pilots: 2,857
Pilot Domiciles: Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York
JFK and LGA, and San Juan, P.R.
Operations: More than 1,700 daily flights to more than 150 cities
throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and
Mexico
Headquarters: Ft. Worth, Tex.
Fleet: 39 CRJ700s, 118 EMB-145s, 59 EMB-140s, 18 EMB-135s, 39 ATR 72s |
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ASTAR Air Cargo
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1991
Number of Pilots: 84
Headquarters: Miami, Fla.
Pilot Base: Cincinnati, Ohio
Fleet: 8 DC-8-73Fs |
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Atlantic Southeast
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1987
First ALPA Contract: Nov. 28, 1989
Number of Pilots: 1,700
Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Pilot Bases: Dulles, Va., and Atlanta, Ga.
Fleet: 112 CRJ200s, 38 CRJ700s, 10 CRJ900s |
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Bearskin

Pilots Joined ALPA: 1997 (became an ALPA-represented pilot group when
CALPA merged with ALPA)
Number of Pilots: 65
Pilot Bases: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Headquarters: Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Operations: Daily scheduled passenger service between Flin Flon, Man.;
Kitchener/Waterloo, Ont.; Ottawa, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; and communities
in between
Fleet: 14 Metroliners |
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Calm Air

Pilots Joined ALPA: 1997
Number of Pilots: 103
Operations: Scheduled passenger and cargo service in northern Manitoba
and Nunavut, the newest and largest territory in northern Canada,
including destinations along the western shores of Hudson Bay and into
the high Arctic
Pilot Bases: Thompson and Winnipeg, Man.
Headquarters: Thompson, Man.
Fleet: 6 Saab 340s, 2 Hawker Siddeley HS 748s, 7 ATRs (2 ATR 72s and 5
ATR 42s), 2 Cessna Caravans |
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Canadian North

Flight Crewmembers Joined ALPA: 2011
Number of Flight Crewmembers: 106
Flight Crewmember Bases: Edmonton, Calgary
Headquarters: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Operations: Provides scheduled flights and cargo services
throughout Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, as well as charter
operations throughout Canada and the U.S.
Fleet: B737-300s, B737-200s, Dash 8-100s |
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CanJet

Pilots Joined ALPA: 2006
Number of Pilots: 123
Operations: Provides subcontracting services to vacation charter
airlines
Pilot Base: Halifax, N.S.
Headquarters: Halifax, N.S.
Domiciles: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal
Fleet: 11 B-737-800s |
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Capital Cargo
Joined ALPA: 2007
Number of Flightcrew Members: 137
Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.
Operations: Capital Cargo is an aircraft, crew, maintenance, and
insurance (ACMI) carrier that provides airport-to-airport transportation
services both domestically and internationally. |
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Comair
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1983
Number of Pilots: 1,100 active, 150 furloughed
Headquarters: Erlanger, Ky.
Pilot Domiciles: Cincinnati, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich.
Fleet: 69 CRJ200s, 15 CRJ700s, 13 CRJ900s |
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CommutAir
Founded: 1989
Number of Pilots: 135
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2008
Headquarters: South Burlington, Vt.
Pilot Bases: Cleveland, Ohio, and Newark, N.J.
Operations: CommutAir flies to 23 cities in the U.S. Midwest and
Northeast and to Canada under a capacity purchase agreement with
Continental Airlines
Fleet: 16 Bombardier Dash 8-Q200s |
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Compass
Founded: Compass Airlines was created as a Northwest Airlines subsidiary
and began flying on May 2, 2007
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2007
Sale and Acquisition: On July 1, 2010, Delta Air Lines sold Compass to
Trans States Holdings, Inc., which announced it would operate Compass as
a carrier separate from its other airlines
Number of Pilots: 390
Operations: Compass operates more than 160 flights daily throughout the
United States and Canada as Delta Connection
Pilot Bases: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and Detroit, Mich.
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minn.
Fleet: 36 Embraer E175Ars |
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Continental
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2001
Number of Pilots: 4,760
Number of Pilots on Furlough: 0—All 148 furloughees were sent recall
notices in 2010. Furloughees will return by March 2011
Pilot Bases/Hubs: Newark, N.J.; Houston, Tex.; Cleveland, Ohio; Guam
Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
Fleet: 25 (on order) B-787-8/-9, 22 B-777-200ER, 10/12
B-767-200ER/-400ER, 41/21 B-757-200/-300, 39/32/118/12/30
B-737-500/-700/-800/-900/-900ER
As Continental Micronesia: 4 B-767-400ER; 4/8 B737-700/-800 |
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Delta
Pilots Joined ALPA: Delta—1934, Northwest —1932
Number of Pilots: 12,313
Operations: Delta is a leader in worldwide alliances including a joint
venture with Air France–KLM and Alitalia. Delta and its connection
carriers fly domestically and internationally to more than 348
destinations in 64 countries on 6 continents
Pilot Bases: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York City, Salt Lake City, Seattle
Hub Cities: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris, Salt Lake City, and
Tokyo-Narita
Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Fleet: More than 700 mainline aircraft consisting of A319s, A320s,
A330s, B-737s, B-747s, B-757s, B-767s, B-777s, DC-9s, MD-88s, and MD-90s |
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Evergreen
Joined ALPA: 2007
Number of Flightcrew Members: 228
Headquarters: McMinnville, Ore.
Pilot Bases: New York (JFK), Travis AFB, Calif.
Operations: With a fleet of 10 B-747s, Evergreen specializes in charter
and contract freighter operations around the globe |
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ExpressJet
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2004
Number of Pilots: Nearly 2,600
Operations: Flies more than 40,000 passengers per day to 130
destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and
the Caribbean with approximately 1,100 departures daily
Pilot Bases: Chicago, Ill.; Cleveland, Ohio; Houston, Tex.; Newark, N.J.
Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Fleet: 244 EMB-145 LRs and XRs |
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FedEx
Pilots Joined ALPA: June 1993–1996; rejoined ALPA in June 2002
First ALPA Contract: October 2006
Number of Flightcrew Members: 4,494
Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Fleet: 77 B-727s, 48 B-757s, 11 B-777s, 71 A300s, 53 A310s, 75 MD-10s,
60 MD-11s |
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First Air 
Founded: 1946, as Bradley Air Service, First Air is now owned by Makivik
Corporation.
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2008
Number of Flightcrew Members: 130
Pilot Bases: Ottawa, Ont.; Yellowknife, NT; Iqaluit, NU; and Edmonton,
Alb.
Headquarters: Kanata, Ont.
Operations: First Air provides scheduled passenger and cargo service
between 30 northern communities as well as charter service worldwide
Fleet: 6 B-737-200s, 1 B-767F, 9 ATR 42-300s, 2 Lockheed L-382 Hercules,
1 Hawker-Siddeley 748 |
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Hawaiian
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1948
Number of Pilots: Approximately 450
Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii
Bases: Honolulu, Hawaii, and Seattle, Wash.
Operations: As the only transpacific airline based in the Hawaiian
Islands, Hawaiian’s widebody fleet flies to all major markets on the
U.S. West Coast. International operations are conducted to American
Samoa, Tahiti, Sydney, Manila, and Tokyo, with service to Seoul, Korea,
set to begin in January 2011. Interisland, Hawaiian operates
approximately 120 daily flights connecting the islands of Oahu, Maui,
Kauai, and Hawaii
Fleet: 15 B-717-200s, 4 B-767-300s, 14 B-767-300ERs, and 3 A330-200s.
Firm orders for 13 more A330s and 6 A350XWBs, with additional Airbus
options |
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Island Air
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1989
Number of Pilots: 45, including 10 on furlough
Operations: Approximately 36 daily flights plus charter service to all
eight major airports in Hawaii
Service: Island Air is Hawaii’s leading regional carrier, serving
airports on all major Hawaiian islands with approximately 338 weekly
flights between the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai, and
the island of Hawaii
Fleet: 4 Dash 8-100s |
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Jazz 
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1997
Number of Pilots: 1,487
Operations: Jazz carries approximately 27 million passengers per year on
800+ flights daily to 85 destinations across Canada and the United
States. Under its contract with Thomas Cook, the airlines flies weekly
flights from eastern Canada to destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico
(using 6 B-757s)
Pilot Bases: Halifax, N.S.; Vancouver, B.C.; Calgary, Alta.; Toronto,
Ont.; Montreal, P.Q.
Headquarters: Halifax, N.S.
Fleet: 137 airplanes, including Dash 8-100/300s and Bombardier
CRJ100/200/705s |
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Kelowna Flightcraft 
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1997 (became an ALPA-represented pilot group when
CALPA merged with ALPA)
First ALPA Contract: Nov. 1, 1997
Number of Pilots: 125
Headquarters: Kelowna, B.C.
Pilot Bases: Hamilton, Ont.; Vancouver, B.C.; Halifax, N.S.; Thunder
Bay, Ont.; Regina, Sask.; Calgary, Alb.; Kelowna, B.C.
Fleet: B-727s, Convair 580s, DC-10s |
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Mesa Air Group
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1987
Number of Pilots: Nearly 1,300, including 496 on furlough (before
recall)
Operations: Mesa Air Group includes Freedom Airlines, go!, and Mesa
Airlines, and operates as United Express and US Airways Express under
contractual agreements and independently as go! in Hawaii. Serves 126
cities, 40 states, Canada, and Mexico with approximately 800 daily
departures
Bases: Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago, Ill.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Kahului,
Hawaii; Lihue, Hawaii; Phoenix, Ariz.; Washington, D.C.
Headquarters: Phoenix, Ariz.
Fleet: 75 aircraft, including CRJ100s/200s, CRJ700s, CRJ900s, ERJ145s,
and Dash 8-200s |
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North American Airlines
Pilots Joined ALPA: 2009
Number of Pilots: 190
Pilot Base: New York (JFK)
Headquarters: Jamaica, N.Y.
Operations: North American Airlines provides air transportation services
throughout the world, operating both charter and scheduled service for
the U.S. military, tour operators, government agencies, and sports
teams, among others, and as an ACMI carrier for other scheduled airlines
Fleet: 5 B-757-200s, 5 B-767-300ERs |
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Piedmont
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1952
Number of Pilots: 377
Headquarters: Salisbury, Md.
Pilot Domiciles: New Bern, N.C.; Charlottesville, Va.; Roanoke, Va.; New
York, N.Y. (LGA); Harrisburg, Pa.; Salisbury, Md.
Fleet: 44 DHC-8s |
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Pinnacle
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1988 (as Express Airlines before changing its name
to Pinnacle in 2002)
Number of Pilots: 3,052
Operations: More than 740 Delta Connection flights daily to 120 airports
across the United States and Canada
Pilot Domiciles: Atlanta, Ga.; Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn.;
Minneapolis, Minn.; New York’s JFK
Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Fleet: 126 Canadair CRJ200s and 16 CRJ900s |
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PSA
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1988
Number of Pilots: Approximately 455, including 30 on furlough
Operations: PSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc.
It operates as US Airways Express and serves 65 airports in the United
States with more than 125 departures daily
Bases: Charlotte, N.C.; Dayton, Ohio; Knoxville, Tenn.
Headquarters: Dayton, Ohio
Fleet: 35 CRJ200s, 14 CRJ700s |
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Ryan
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1998
Number of Pilots: 138 pilots
Pilot Domicile: Rockford, Ill.
Services: Ryan International Airlines (not to be confused with
Ireland-based RyanAir) provides scheduled and chartered services for
customers around the globe, including substantial flying for the U.S.
Department of Defense
Fleet: 1 B-757, 6 B-767s, 2 MD-80s |
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Spirit
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1996
Number of Pilots: 460
Headquarters: Miramar, Fla.
Pilot Domiciles: Atlantic City, N.J.; Detroit, Mich.; Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.
Fleet: 27 A319s, 3 A320s, 2 A321s |
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Sun Country
Founded: 1982, by pilots and flight attendants from the former Braniff
International Airlines
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1996
Number of Pilots: 163; all furloughees have been recalled and the
airline trained 10 new-hire pilots in November 2010
Pilot Base: Minneapolis-St. Paul
Operations: Based in Mendota Heights, Minn., Sun Country flies scheduled
service to 32 destinations plus charter flights to numerous locations in
the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, the Caribbean,
and the United Kingdom. The airline is also actively seeking military
charter flying
Fleet: 12 B-737NGs |
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Trans States
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1993
Signed First ALPA Contract: 1994
Number of Pilots: 290 active, 130 furloughed
Operations: More than 180 daily flights to 39 cities, serving more than
2.4 million passengers annually while flying as United Express and US
Airways
Pilot Domiciles: St. Louis, Mo.; Washington Dulles
Headquarters: St. Louis, Mo.
Fleet: 28 EMB-145s |
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United
Pilots Joined ALPA: 1932
Number of Pilots: Approximately 8,500 (1,437 on furlough)
Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
Pilot Domiciles: Washington Dulles, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, San
Francisco, New York (JFK), Los Angeles
Fleet: A319s, A320s, B-757s, B-767s, B-777s, B-747s |
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Wasaya 
Joined ALPA: 2008
Number of Pilots: 83
Hub: Thunder Bay, Ont.
Domiciles: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Pickle Lake, Ont.; Sioux Lookout, Ont.;
Timmons, Ont.; Red Lake, Ont.
Fleet: 27 aircraft, including Beech 1900Ds, Cessna C-208Bs, Hawker
Siddeley HS748s, and Pilatus PC-12s |