Release #: 14.87
October 22, 2014
ALPA Canada Board Elects Officers
FT. LAUDERDALE—Today, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) Canada Board elected a new slate of officers to advance the union’s work as the leading advocate for professional airline pilots in Canada. The elections were held during the union’s 45th regular biennial Board of Directors meeting this week.
Capt. Dan Adamus was reelected to serve a fifth term as ALPA’s Canada Board president. Capt. Brian Shury was elected vice president and Capt. Rod Lypchuk was elected secretary-treasurer. Their new terms begin on January 1, 2015.
As Canada Board president, Capt. Adamus also serves as one of ALPA’s executive vice presidents and a member of the association’s Executive Council. He is responsible for planning, coordinating, and administering the board’s activities and initiatives that further ALPA’s strategic goals. As Canada Board vice president, Capt. Shury will serve as the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) director for ALPA Canada.
“Airline pilots in Canada are facing significant threats, but we also have powerful opportunities. To meet these challenges, airline pilots need to work together and the obvious organization to lead that effort is ALPA,” said Capt. Adamus, who has been an ALPA member since 1987 and flies the CRJ-200/705 for Jazz Aviation. “I’m looking forward to collaborating across the profession to make working as an airline pilot more attractive now and in the future.”
Capt. Brian Shury was elected the Canada Board’s vice president. A pilot for Jazz Aviation, Capt. Shury flies the CRJ-200/705. He has served as the Master Executive Council chairman for the Jazz Aviation pilot group and has been an ALPA member since 1990. Capt. Shury lives near Peterborough, Ontario.
“I’m looking forward to redoubling our organizing efforts in order to significantly increase ALPA International’s membership in Canada,” said Capt. Shury. “Canadian airline pilots need to come together as professional equals to end the ongoing whipsawing of one pilot group against another. In addition, we must do more to make clear to the Canadian government that airline pilots should be viewed as valued assets in advancing aviation security.”
Capt. Rod Lypchuk was elected secretary-treasurer of the board. He flies the DeHavilland Dash-8 for Jazz Aviation. A member of ALPA since 1988, Capt. Lypchuk also serves as executive vice president administration and finance for IFALPA. Capt. Lypchuk lives outside of Vancouver in Langley, British Columbia.
“The Canada Board has been able to effect significant change in the programs that allow airlines to bring foreign workers into Canada,” said Capt. Lypchuk. “But our work isn’t done—we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that Canadian pilots are first in line for Canadian jobs.”
Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world’s largest pilot union, representing more than 51,000 pilots at 30 airlines in the United States and Canada, including the more than 2,600 Canadian flightcrew members who fly for Air Transat, Bearskin, Calm Air, Canadian North, CanJet, First Air, Jazz Aviation, Kelowna Flightcraft, and Wasaya. Visit the ALPA website at www.alpa.org.
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