Pilots Name Most Urgent Aviation Safety and Security Issues for 2010

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Video Coverage of ALPA’s News Media Briefing:   ALPA Sponsors Annual Safety and Security Briefing Capt. John Prater, ALPA’s president, introduces the speakers and provides an overview of the topics at the Association’s 2010 Safety and Security News Briefing in Washington, D.C.   Safety and Security Briefing: Safety Presentation Capt. Rory Kay, ALPA’s Executive Air Safety Chairman, outlines ALPA’s aviation safety priorities for 2010.   Safety and Security Briefing: Security Presentation Capt. Robb Powers, ALPA’s National Security Committee Chairman, explains why the United States should move toward a trust-based aviation security system.   Safety and Security Briefing: Pilot Fatigue Capt. Don Wykoff, ALPA’s Flight Time/Duty Time Committee Chairman, gives reporters ALPA’s position on what is needed to combat pilot fatigue.

January 28, 2010 - The world’s largest pilots union speaks out on the direction that the airline industry must take in 2010 to ensure the safety and security of the millions of passengers and tons of cargo that airline pilots fly every year.

The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), presents pilots’ top issues, including shifting to trust-based aviation security, enhancing pilot screening and training, modernizing duty and rest regulations for pilots, leveraging safety reporting programs, and securing all-cargo operations.

Topics include:

• Airspace System Modernization

• Federal Flight Deck Officer Program

• Flight Operation Quality Assurance (FOQA) and Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)

• Lithium Batteries

• Pilot Fatigue

• Pilot Training and Professionalism

• Secondary Barriers

• Securing Air Cargo

• Trust-Based Aviation Security System

• Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)