Release #: 15.27
July 22, 2015
ALPA Issues Policy Plan to Keep America Flying Safely and Fairly
New White Paper Details Policies to Enhance Aviation Safety and Ensure a Fair Marketplace
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l today released a new white paper titled Keep America Flying: A Flight Plan for Safe and Fair Skies, which lays out reasoned and achievable policy solutions to enhance aviation safety and provide a strong and fair economic environment for U.S. airlines and their employees.
“On July 27, the Air Line Pilots Association will celebrate its 84th anniversary,” said Capt. Tim Canoll, ALPA’s president. “For more than eight decades, our union’s motto ‘Schedule with Safety’ has served as the hallmark for our work. Our pilots’ commitment to safety is no different today—as Congress is working to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and our industry considers how to safely implement the latest technologies.”
Keep America Flying: A Flight Plan for Safe and Fair Skies, highlights a range of aviation safety and security issues on which ALPA will place particular focus in the coming months. Topics detailed in the white paper include airline pilot supply, unmanned aircraft systems, NextGen, safe air transport of lithium batteries, secondary cockpit barriers, science-based fatigue rules for all-cargo pilots, and the Federal Flight Deck Officer program.
In addition, ALPA’s Keep America Flying flight plan underscores the need to ensure that U.S. airlines and U.S. airline workers have a fair and equal opportunity to compete in the global marketplace. Economic policy subjects discussed in the union’s white paper include flag-of-convenience and other atypical business practices, upholding the promise of Open Skies, and reforming the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
“As the largest union representing airline pilots, ALPA takes extremely seriously its role and responsibility to help advance the North American airline industry and the airline piloting profession,” continued Capt. Canoll. “With the reasoned and achievable policy solutions laid out in ALPA’s newest white paper, our union will continue to challenge regulators, lawmakers, the airlines, and our industry’s workers to strive toward achieving the highest possible safety and security standards while creating a level playing field for U.S. airlines and their workers.”
Read ALPA’s Keep America Flying: A Flight Plan for Safe and Fair Skies white paper.
Founded in 1931, ALPA is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents over 52,000 pilots at 31 U.S. and Canadian airlines. Visit the ALPA website at www.alpa.org or follow us on Twitter @WeAreALPA.
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