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ALPA’s New FT/DT App: 4,500 Downloaded. Did You?
Tuesday’s launch of the
Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) FT/DT application was popular with ALPA members as
more than 4,500 pilots downloaded the FAR 117 app in the two
days since its release.
As a result, we’ve had almost instant feedback which
highlights the fact that pilots with Apple devices running
on iOS 6 or later are having success with the app. On the
flipside, those using an iPad 1 or iOS 5 are having
compatibility issues. ALPA IT is working on a fix that will
address those backwards-compatibility issues and will have
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 ALPA Executive Board Features National Officer Reports
This week’s ALPA Executive Board Meeting featured reports
from the Association’s four national officers.
Read the full story from Tuesday’s FastRead. Or
watch highlights
from their reports.
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ALPA-PAC Striving Toward 2013 Goals
On
Wednesday, October 23,
Zack Mooneyham, ALPA-PAC
coordinator, briefed the
Executive Board about
the PAC’s progress
toward its 2013 goals.
He enumerated three key
metrics the PAC is
working toward:
• 1,200 new sign-ups in
2013: so far, the PAC
has signed up over 900
new contributors this
year. Help the PAC reach
its goal by joining
here.
• 300 Project Wingman
participants: this
number was doubled after
the program exceeded its
original goal of
enlisting 150 new
contributors through the
program. 217
contributors have signed
up through the programs
so far this year. Learn
more about Project
Wingman
here.
• $1 million+ in
receipts: between
January and September, ALPA-PAC raised over
$765,000, putting us on
pace to cross $1 million
for the first time since
2008. Becoming a $1
million+/year PAC will
send a strong signal to
the D.C. community that
ALPA is taking its
presence in Washington
seriously and that we
are a force on the
political scene.
While the PAC is
moving effectively
toward these goals,
Mooneyham said that we
cannot slow down. “We
don’t want to just reach
our goals, we want to
exceed them so we can
set up for next year,”
he said. |
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Norwegian Air Shuttle Announces U.S. Destinations—Undercutting U.S. Carriers
 Last
week, Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) announced that they will
begin serving three U.S. destinations from London’s Gatwick
airport next summer. Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to offer
extremely low fares, undercutting U.S. carriers in the
market by as much as 50 percent.
This clear threat to our U.S. airline industry
underscores the need to recognize the unfair advantages used
by some foreign airlines to take markets from U.S. airlines.
It’s time for the U.S. government to step in and
level the
playing field.
Learn more about how ALPA is pushing the U.S. government
to save our skies by supporting a strong U.S. airline
industry. |
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National CIRP Chairs Meet in Denver
 Last
week, 46 pilots and mental health professionals attended the
annual Critical Incident Response Program (CIRP) chairs
meeting at the United Airlines Training Center in Denver,
Colo., with both meeting space and audio-visual support
donated by United Airlines. Pilot volunteers from three
countries and 27 airlines (including 14 ALPA carriers) met
to get the latest training, review the CIRP manual and
mission, and discuss the latest CIRP activities. CIRP
volunteers left with a renewed commitment to help fellow
pilots cope with the stress reactions that come from an
incident or accident. |
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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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Annual PilotSki Scheduled for 2014
The 39th Annual International PilotSki Get Together 2014
will be held January 26–February 1 in Lake Louise, Alberta,
in Canada’s fabulous Rockies. Following a tremendous PilotSki 2013 in Austria, Canada looks forward to welcoming
international pilots, their family, and friends to
experience the warm hospitality and scenic bowls of one of
Canada’s premier ski destinations.
For details visit
www.pilotski2014.com. |
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Major Changes in O’Hare Operations
As of last week, operations at O’Hare
have changed. 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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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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