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ALPA Launches NEW Flight Time/Duty Time App!
It’s here! At today’s Executive Board meeting, ALPA’s Flight
Time/Duty Time Committee Chairman Captain Don Wykoff (DAL)
announced that the long awaited
ALPA’s Part 117 Calculator application for the iPhone is
now available for ALPA members, with an Android version to
follow shortly. The new flight- and duty-time regulations,
which are based on actual—not scheduled—times, are effective
January 4, 2014, and ALPA developed this app to help members
determine their legality on a daily and monthly basis to be
in compliance with FAR Part 117.
“Pilots may find that the most helpful feature is the
ability to calculate their cumulative flight time and duty
time for the week and month,” said Captain Wykoff. “This is
very important as these cumulative limits cannot be exceeded
under any circumstances, unlike the daily flight duty period
which can be extended with mutual agreement.”
The app includes a tutorial that guides pilots through
inputting flight times and calculating the length of a duty
day. Be the first to
download it here. Once you’ve become
familiar with the app, send us your feedback and comments on
how we can upgrade it to meet your needs at
FTDTapp@alpa.org. |
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 News articles referencing ALPA during the past week:
Norwegian Air Shuttle Announcement of New Flights: A Threat
to Commercial Aviation in the United States? (Flyer
Talk)
An announcement from Norwegian Air Shuttle that the airline
will launch service between Gatwick Airport south of London
and three destinations located in the United States as of
July of 2014using Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” aircraft has
members of the Air Line Pilots Association, International
concerned that the flights present a threat to the aviation
industry in the United States.
Lasers From Ground Distract Two Pilots Landing At LaGuardia
(NY1, Brooklyn and Queens)
“When these things start increasing in numbers and
prevalence and locations, the law of averages will dictate
that they’re going to increase the risk factors while we’re
flying those airplanes,” says Sean Cassidy, Vice President
and National Safety Coordinator of the Air Line Pilots
Association International.
Pilots take flier to meet aviation shortage (Chicago
Tribune)
Although degrees in aviation are available, students don’t
necessarily need a specialty degree to work as a pilot.
Instead of a specific degree, the Air Line Pilots
Association, International recommends students take courses
in advanced math, English and science as well as
aeronautical engineering. |
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ALPA Executive Board Meets
ALPA leaders representing 31 pilot groups gathered at the
union’s Executive Board meeting this week in Herndon, Va.,
to forge solutions to airline industry challenges while
underscoring ALPA’s positive progress in its collective
bargaining and its work to level the playing field for U.S.
and Canadian airlines as they compete globally.
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FedEx MEC Highlights Fourth Quarter Meeting Initiatives
The FDX Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line
Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), recently concluded its
fourth‐quarter MEC meeting in Memphis, Tenn. The main focus
was a continuation of discussions related to obtaining a new
collective bargaining agreement.
While bargaining was the key agenda item, the MEC focused
extensively on two items of particular relevance to the
FedEx pilots. The MEC expressed its support of National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah Hersman
and also recommended that the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) initiate NextGen rulemaking activities
in a timely manner to prevent further delay of NextGen
becoming operational.
Read the full release. |
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P4P Picks Up Where AERF Left Off
 The
ALPA Emergency Relief Fund is getting a facelift. While the
fund itself will retain the original name, it will no longer
be marketed as AERF. The fund has been rebranded as Pilots
for Pilots, or P4P. ALPA Vice
President-Administration/Secretary Bill Couette, who serves
as the program’s national officer liaison, told this
morning’s Executive Board meeting attendees, “Pilots for
Pilots is really what this resource is all about,”
emphasizing that this new label better reflects the intent
of this important member resource.
In the years since its creation, the ALPA Emergency
Relief Fund has provided assistance to numerous pilots and
their families affected by hurricanes, wildfires, river
flooding, and other widespread disasters. To learn more
about P4P, visit
www.alpa.org/relieffund. |
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L to R:
Jacob Clymo
(Mesa),
Roland Vera
(Expressjet)
ACE Club
Officers
Rocky Rogel,
Scott
Singleton,
Mychal
Hornbeck,
Alicia
Ludwig
(Endeavor),
Kurtis
Ludwig
(Delta) and
Amy Jayo
(United) |
ALPA ACE Clubs Continued Success on ERAU Campuses
The ALPA Education Committee continues to support the very
successful ACE Clubs at the Daytona Beach, Fla., and
Prescott, Ariz., campuses of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University (ERAU). With the purpose of promoting
professionalism and cultivating safety among future
aviators, these student-led clubs are in their third and
second years, respectively. Pilots from Delta, Endeavor,
ExpressJet, Mesa, PSA, and United visited the campuses and
participated in various student events this month.
Read the full
story. |
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We Want Your Photos 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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Major Changes in O’Hare Operations
Beginning October 17, 2013, the layout of
operations at O’Hare have changed
from a layout started in the 1960s and expanded upon for
decades to East-West operations. The result is a major
change for both pilots and controllers in how O’Hare
conducts operations. Be alert for possible confusion until
everyone becomes familiar with the new operations. As
always, if there is any doubt as to control instructions
that you are given, query the controller.
Read the full story. |
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ALPA
represents nearly 50,000 pilots at 32 airlines in the
United States and Canada.
Visit us online at
www.alpa.org. |
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