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News from ALPA International |
June 5, 2012 |
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UCH Requests NMB Reject Request for Release, ALPA Responds |
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On
Monday, May 28, Douglas
McKeen, senior vice
president of Labor
Relations for United
Continental Holdings (UCH),
sent a letter to Linda
Puchala, chairman of the
National Mediation Board
(NMB), objecting to
ALPA’s request for an
agreed June 15 deadline
and a release from
mediation in the current
negotiations for a joint
collective bargaining
agreement covering all
United pilots. McKeen
took the position that
NMB mediation “will
continue to be
productive” and that the
parties should be
prepared to continue
mediation until the
American and US Airways
negotiations are
resolved.
United’s position to
the NMB contradicted its
own CEO’s recent letter
to the United pilots,
arguing that now is the
time to “get it done.”
But ALPA believes that,
in the absence of a
definitive backstop,
negotiations will
continue to drift as
they have for the past
two years.
Read the
McKeen letter in its
entirety.
ALPA president Capt. Lee Moak promptly responded to the
McKeen letter. In his letter to the NMB, delivered May 30, Moak made clear that
negotiations have dragged on too long, and there needs to be “a negotiated
outcome by mid-June.” He added that the days of “bankruptcy-era agreements” at
United/Continental “need to be over, now.”
Read Moak’s letter.
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Pilots Support Bipartisan Effort to Advance One Level of Safety
Bill to Bring All Airline Pilots Under Pilot Fatigue Regulations Introduced in Senate |
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A bipartisan pair of
senators today
introduced the Safe
Skies Act of 2012 (S.
3263) in the U.S.
Senate, advancing
efforts to ensure one
level of safety for
passenger and cargo
airlines and enhance air
transportation safety.
“The Air Line Pilots
Association applauds
Senators Barbara Boxer
(D-CA) and Olympia Snowe
(R-ME) for their
commitment to aviation
safety and leadership in
moving this important
legislation forward,”
said Capt. Lee Moak,
president of the Air
Line Pilots Association,
Int’l. If enacted, the
bill would direct the
U.S. Department of
Transportation to apply
the Federal Aviation
Administration’s flight-
and duty-time
regulations and minimum
rest requirements to
all-cargo airline
operations in the same
way that the regulations
currently apply to
passenger operations.
The Safe Skies Act
was introduced with
bipartisan support in
the U.S. House of
Representatives in
April, and ALPA is
working with lawmakers
to urge Congress to take
up and pass the bill in
both Houses of Congress
as swiftly as possible.
“ALPA staunchly supports
this science-based,
common-sense bill, which
would afford all airline
pilots—regardless of
whether they fly
passengers or
cargo—equal protections
from fatigue under the
new federal pilot
flight- and duty-time
regulations.” Moak said.
ALPA has long
advocated for one level
of safety for all types
of flight operations,
and is fully engaged in
efforts to achieve this
goal across the U.S.
airline industry.
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Support UAL/CAL Pilot Picketing in NYC |
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Stand with your
fellow United and
Continental pilots as
they conduct
informational picketing
at the United
Continental Holdings (UCH)
shareholders meeting in
Manhattan on Tuesday,
June 12. Join your
fellow ALPA members as
they protest the lack of
a joint collective
bargaining agreement
after more than two
years of negotiations.
Transportation is
available from LGA and
EWR. An “adopt-a-pilot”
program has also been
established to offer
non-UAL/CAL members
accommodations at nearby
pilot-family homes and
crash pads the night
before the event. To
request/offer
accommodations, go to
www.alpa.org/tabid/7032/Default.aspx.
If you would like to
participate, please send
an e-mail to
CAL.SPSC@alpa.org
and include your name,
airline, the number of
pilots in your group who
will be attending,
whether you/they need
transportation, and your
e-mail address.
Please respond by
noon (CT) on June 7.
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ALPA to Host Pilot Training Conference |
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Plan to attend
“Evolution of Safety
Through Pilot Training”
on July 12 at the
Capital Hilton in
Washington, D.C. This
one-day conference will
explore the many facets
of developing and
maintaining the most
critical component of
airline safety, a
well-trained pilot.
The FAA’s acting
administrator and ALPA’s
president will lead a
distinguished list of
aviation leaders from
regulators, airlines,
academia, and
subject-matter experts,
who will inform
attendees about the
latest advances in pilot
recruitment and
qualifications, training
technologies, training
programs, and much more.
For more information and
to register, visit
pilottrainingconference.alpa.org.
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Stay connected with your
union, your profession,
and your industry by
reading Air Line
Pilot magazine and
watching monthly
episodes of The
FlightDeck.
Read about the
planned expansion of the
Known Crewmember program
on page 16 of the
May issue of Air Line Pilot magazine.
On the 16th
installment
of
The
FlightDeck,
learn about the latest
efforts to establish One
Level of Safety and
Security for both
passenger and cargo
airline pilots.
Remember that both Air Line Pilot
and The FlightDeck
can also be accessed
from the members-only
portion of the ALPA
website at
www.alpa.org.
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On June 5, 1963, President Kennedy announced his administration’s plans to seek
funds for the sponsored development of a supersonic transport aircraft.
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