House Approves FMLA for Pilots and Flight Attendants May 21, 2008 - By an overwhelming majority, the House approved HR 2744, which would extend Family and Medical Leave Act benefits to pilots and flight attendants. But the fight is not over. Now is the time to contact your senators to urge them to support the Senate bill.
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U.S. Airline Industry Marks Major Progress in Cutting Emissions Any new action must not compromise safety or increase financial burden on struggling industry May 7 - Capt. Mary Ann Schaffer, chairperson of the Task Force on Aviation Sustainability and the Environment of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, issued the attached statement after
testifying this week before the Aviation Subcommittee of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the subject of aviation and the environment and aircraft emissions.
Senate Must Pass Improvements for an FAA in Turmoil April 28 - The attached statement was offered by Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, concerning the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill.
CrewPASS Now! March 21, 2008 - TSA continues to ignore a Congressional mandate and implement a program to expedite pilots through airport screening checkpoints. ALPA members are urged to weigh in with their federal representatives so TSA will act on this important mandate.
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As Oil Soars, ALPA Warns Wall Street that Labor is a “Fixed Cost” “When ticket prices need to increase to pay for oil, airlines do it, and when ticket prices need to be raised to repair pilot contracts, airlines must do it then, too,” said ALPA's president, Capt. John Prater, to hundreds of the leading U.S. financial analysts on Tuesday. Prater addressed the 2008 JPMorgan Aviation and Transportation Conference held in New York City.
“Intolerable!”ALPA pilots picket coast-to-coast to back British Airways pilotsMarch 15 - In a stirring show of cross-Atlantic unity, ALPA pilots conducted informational picketing across the United States on Saturday to demonstrate solidarity with their union brothers and sisters at British Airways (BA) as they fight their management’s attempt to start a new airline without using pilots from their seniority list.
ALPA to BA Pilots: Hold the Line against “OpenSkies” Video Message: Tidal Wave of Support from Across the Atlantic In a video message to British Airways pilots, ALPA president, Capt. John Prater, and first vice-president, Capt. Paul Rice, urged the members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) who fly for British Airways to stand strong against their management’s attempt to create an alter-ego airline known as “OpenSkies.” •
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ALPA Gathers Pilot Leaders to Coordinate Strategy February 15 - Airline pilot union officials from 40 airlines in the U.S. and Canada met recently outside Washington, D.C. to discuss bargaining goals and strategy as part of their efforts to determine and implement favorable contract patterns for pay, benefits, and work rules, and to coordinate member activities in support of negotiating efforts.
Lost Retirement Savings Act January 18, 2008 – Two key ALPA-supported bills were introduced late last year that would allow pilots to recover some of their lost retirement benefits by offering a retirement savings option to those whose defined benefit plans were terminated or frozen in bankruptcy proceedings after September 11, 2001 and before January 1, 2007. ALPA members are urged to participate in a new grassroots Action Alert to enlist congressional support for these two bills and prompt speedy action on them.
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Pension Reform Legislation January 9, 2008 - Although the pilot retirement age changed on December 13, 2007, when President Bush signed into law H.R. 4343, (P.L. 110-135), there remains a critical need for Congress to pass H.R. 2103 and S. 1270. Although the pilot retirement age has been raised to 65, there are still pilots who will be penalized on the guaranteed level of benefits they receive from the PBGC because age 60 was the mandatory retirement age at the time their defined benefit plans were terminated. We have updated the suggested message for ALPA members to send to your federal legislators to reflect this situation, and continue to urge your participation in this important grassroots effort.
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A Holiday Message from Capt. John Prater As airline pilots, many of us enter the year-end holiday period with mixed feelings. The heightened travel volume means that most of us are working longer hours and have less time to participate in the traditional festivities that other families will be enjoying. That is one of the burdens of our profession, and we accept it willingly so that others can be reunited with their loved ones or receive that special package full of gifts.
White House Signs Age 65 into Law Bill includes ALPA Executive Board Recommendations December 14 - In the late evening of December 13, President Bush signed into law a bill to raise the mandatory retirement age for U.S. pilots to 65. Days before, both the
U.S. Senate and
U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved
H.R.4343. (To read Age 65: How it Works,
please click here.)
Airlines and Pilots Oppose Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill December 6 - The Air Transport Association, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, the Cargo Airline Association, and the Regional Airline Association (RAA), today issued the attached statement in response to the decision by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to approve and forward to the full Senate S.2191, the “Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007.”
House Passes Appropriations Conference Report with Age Limit Change ALPA-supported language included. November 15 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transportation Appropriations conference report yesterday by a vote of 270 to 147. House and Senate conferees had approved the conference report on the bill, H.R.3074, on November 8.
ALPA Leaders Speak Out Against Decertification Effort Controversy over seniority award delays improvements for US Airways pilots November 13 - The elected leaders of ALPA and of the two pilot groups who fly for US Airways made it clear today that they will resist all efforts to remove ALPA as the collective bargaining agent for US Airways pilots.
ALPA Calls on Congress to Help Pilots Protect our Skies November 2 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, (ALPA) urged Congress to support pilots’ role in protecting the skies against potential threats by properly funding the Federal Flight Deck Officer program (FFDO) and requiring installation of secondary flight deck barriers on all of the U.S. airline fleet. •
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IFALPA Briefing Leaflet North Atlantic Track Checklist The latest IFALPA Briefing Leaflet which deals with a sample NAT checklist developed by the ICAO North Atlantic Track Committee is now available.
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