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February 26, 2013 |
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ALPA Calls on Congress to End Sequester Threat Now
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At a news conference
held yesterday at Ronald
Reagan Washington
National Airport, the
Air Line Pilots
Association, Int’l
joined members of
Congress and travel
association
representatives in
calling for federal
lawmakers to ensure that
the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA),
the Transportation
Security Administration
(TSA), and Customs and
Border Protection (CBP)
are not forced to make
hundreds of millions of
dollars in
across-the-board budget
cuts because of the
so-called sequester,
which could go into
effect on March 1.
“The impact of
sequestration cannot be
underestimated because
at the very time many of
our passengers are
contemplating their next
business trip or family
vacation, our pilots are
looking at a future in
which they will have no
other choice than to
leave those passengers
stranded at the gate,”
said Capt. Sean Cassidy,
ALPA’s first vice
president, at the news
conference, which
included Rep. James
Moran (D-Va.), Sen. Tim
Kaine (D-Va.), and Rep.
Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).
Read more.
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US Airways recently
entered into a letter of
agreement with Mesa Air
Group for nine
additional CRJ900s.
These aircraft are
expected to be in
service by July 2013 for
an eight-year period.
“Mesa pilots have
withstood the test of
time, and we’re looking
forward to maintaining
our flight plan for
continued success,” says
ALPA MAG MEC Chairman
Marcin Kolodziejczyk.
“We’ve experienced
extreme highs with rapid
growth and soaring
career expectations then
plunged into a
bankruptcy restructuring
that decimated our pilot
ranks with furloughs,
downgrades, and
displacements.”
Read more.
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LA FFDO Town Hall Meeting Offers Full Agenda |
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TSA’s
Office of Law
Enforcement/Federal Air
Marshal Service (OLE/FAMS)
has scheduled the next
Federal Flight Deck
Officer (FFDO) town hall
meeting at its El
Segundo, Calif., field
office on Monday, March
11, from 11:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. The agenda
includes a FAMS tactical
demonstration, tour of
the facility, and a
question-and-answer
session with FFDO
program managers and
FAMS Flight Operations
supervisors.
Preregistration is
required for attendance
at this event. To do so,
FFDOs in good standing
should direct their
notice of intent to
attend to
ffdoinfo@ole.tsa.dhs.gov
and insert the phrase
“LAX Town Hall Meeting”
in the message’s subject
line. Consult the FFDO
Dashboard for further
details.
ALPA’s Aviation
Security Structure
encourages FFDOs to
attend this meeting. It
will provide them with
an excellent opportunity
to learn more about the
program and to discuss
items of interest with
FFDO program managers in
a small group setting.
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United
Airlines will launch
summer-season service
from Newark’s Liberty
International Airport to
Anchorage, Alaska, and
Traverse City, Mich. . .
. Delta Air Lines will
add two daily flights
between Theodore
Roosevelt Regional
Airport in Dickinson,
N.D., and
Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport,
beginning June 10 . . .
Jazz Aviation recently
introduced Bombardier
Q400 turboprop service
from Calgary to Fort
McMurray, Alta., Regina
and Saskatoon. Nine
additional routes will
be added using the Q400
fleet during the coming
months . . . Hawaiian
Airlines reports that it
will add 31 flights
between Honolulu and
three cities in
Australia and New
Zealand in September and
October . . . The Alaska
Air Group, parent
company of Alaska
Airlines, will webcast a
presentation by Brandon
Pedersen, Alaska’s vice
president–finance and
chief financial officer,
at the J.P. Morgan
Aviation, Transportation
& Defense Conference on
March 4 at 1:55 p.m.,
ET. Visit
www.alaskaair.com/investors
several minutes before
the scheduled start time
to allow sufficient time
to register.
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We
want to see what you
see. Share your pictures
from the line, and give
us some context (i.e.,
let us know what we’re
looking at).
Air Line Pilot
encourages you to submit
your high-quality prints
from a developer or
high-resolution digital
images. Your photos
could be featured in a
future magazine!
Send your photos to
Communications@alpa.org.
Thanks.
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Pilot Mentors for Kent State ACE Club Needed |
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The faculty at Kent
State University is
aggressively pursuing an
ALPA ACE Club, and the
ALPA Education Committee
is looking for a few
Kent State alums who
could take the lead on
this project. Interested
parties should contact
Education Committee
chair Capt. Dave Ryter
(EGL) at
Dave.Ryter@alpa.org.
ALPA’s Education
Committee provides
information and
resources about the
airline pilot profession
to those interested in
aviation careers while
promoting
professionalism,
integrity, and ethics.
The purpose of the
student-led ALPA ACE
Clubs is to create a
medium through which
working airline pilots
can bring elements of
the airline industry to
the next generation of
airline pilots.
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In Search of “Our Stories” Subjects |
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Have
you read the “Our
Stories” column in
Air Line Pilot? It
profiles the interesting
backgrounds and
fascinating experiences
ALPA members have to
share. We’ve covered a
former space shuttle
astronaut, a volunteer
fireman in a small
Tennessee town, a
mountain climber working
in the Himalayas with
Wounded Warrior, and a
host of others—pilots
pursuing passions, in
and outside of the
cockpit.
Do you have an
interesting story to
tell? Do you know
someone who does? We
want to hear about it.
E-mail a brief
description to us at
Magazine@alpa.org
and help us share “Our
Stories.”
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Stay in the Loop with “ALPA Daily” |
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The aviation industry is changing faster than ever before. The
“ALPA Daily”
feature at www.alpa.org will keep you informed
of the latest industry developments and analysis from around the globe. Check it
out each day to stay up-to-date on the news that affects pilots and the piloting
profession.
ALPA members can sign up to receive ALPA Daily in their e-mail.
Visit
this link.
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On February 26, 1954, Piedmont Airlines transported its one millionth passenger.
Six years earlier, Piedmont operated its first scheduled flight on February 20,
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Feedback & E-mail Address Changes |
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