About the Education Committee
ALPA’s Education Committee provides information to young men and women who are interested in aviation careers. It is intended to be helpful as you plan your future. This information illustrates details about our profession and all aspects of being an airline pilot, such as personal requirements, licensing, educational resources, and the flying experience that is required to become an airline pilot. All of these choices can impact your career.
Additionally, the committee’s mission is to provide future pilots with an understanding of a pilot’s everyday life, from reserve and monthly bidding to trip check-in, preflight checklists, flying the trip, and progression of the left seat. The diversity of the committee allows for discussion of the history of the airline industry and the role ALPA has played in improving air transport safety and working conditions for all pilots.
The committee members are ALPA pilots who volunteer their time to educating future airline pilots. Here are the committee's active members.
Paul Ryder
ALPA Education Cmte. Chairman
First Officer, EMB 145
ExpressJet Airlines
Jeff Browand
ALPA Education Cmte. Member
First Officer, B-737
Alaska Airlines
Many other pilots volunteer their time and efforts to educate future pilots. Here is a list of our current volunteers.
First Officer Tiana Daugherty, United (B-777)
First Officer Robert Finklea, ExpressJet (E-145)
Captain Bob Fischer, United (A320)
Captain Kate Ryder, ExpressJet (E-145)
First Officer Andrew J. Schwartzman, United (B-757)
