Release #: FFT 21.01
February 24, 2021

Frontier Airlines Pilots Reelect Union Leaders

DENVER, Colo.—During an election held yesterday, the Frontier Airlines Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) reelected its current officer team to a new two-year term.

Reelected unanimously to represent the airline’s 1,600 pilots were Capt. Brian Ketchum, MEC chairman; Capt. Elliott Isaacs, MEC vice chairman; and Capt. Alan Christie, MEC secretary-treasurer. The officers will serve until 2023.

Brian Ketchum

Capt. Ketchum will serve his third term as MEC chairman. An Airbus 320/321 captain based in Philadelphia, Pa., he has been with Frontier since 2006. He had previously served as president of the independent Frontier Airlines Pilots Association (FAPA) and led the merger of FAPA with ALPA in 2016. Prior to Frontier, Capt. Ketchum flew for SkyWest Airlines and Western Air Express. He lives in Fort Collins, Colo.

Elliott Isaacs

Capt. Isaacs was elected to a second term as MEC vice chairman, having previously served as Grievance Committee chairman. He is an Airbus 320/321 pilot who previously flew for Colgan Air and Pinnacle Airlines, where he was a union representative holding several committee positions. Capt. Isaacs joined Frontier in 2014 and lives in Lakewood, Oh.

Alan Christie

Capt. Christie was elected to his second term as MEC secretary-treasurer. Capt. Christie is a Las Vegas-based Airbus 320/321 pilot entering his 18th year at Frontier. Previously a corporate jet pilot for 18 years, Capt. Christie also worked at America West Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Kitty Hawk Air Cargo, and Gemini Air Cargo. He has served as a union volunteer on the Pilot-to-Pilot Committee, Strategic Preparedness Committee, and as Communications Committee chair. Capt. Christie lives in Avon, Colo.

Founded in 1931, ALPA is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents over 59,000 pilots at 35 U.S. and Canadian airlines. Visit the ALPA website at alpa.org or follow us on Twitter @ALPAPilots.

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