AirTran
Pilots joined ALPA: 2009
Number of pilots: 1,700+
Pilot domiciles: Atlanta, Ga.; Milwaukee, Wisc.; Orlando, Fla.
Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.
Operations/services: Founded in 1992, AirTran Airways is one of America's largest low-cost airlines offering jet service coast to coast with more than 700 daily flights to 46 domestic and 10 near international (Caribbean and Mexico) destinations. It is also the second-largest airline at the world's busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, and has major operations in Baltimore, Md.; Milwaukee, Wisc.; Orlando, Fla. AirTran Airways is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines.
Fleet: 88 B-717s, 52 B-737s

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Air Transport International
Crewmembers joined ALPA: November 2009
Number of crewmembers: 260
Joined ALPA: 2009
Operations: Combi passenger, military, and cargo operations around the world
Base: Home-based
Corporate Headquarters: Little Rock, Ark.
Fleet: Currently operates DC-8 combis and freighters and B-767s

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Air Wisconsin
Pilots joined ALPA: 1982 as a result of the Union of Professional Airmen merger with ALPA
Number of pilots: 665
Operations: Nearly 500 daily departures to 26 states and 3 Canadian provinces; with service to 70 cities throughout North America, the airline carries nearly 6 million passengers per year
Headquarters: Appleton, Wisc.
Domiciles: New York (LGA); Norfolk, Va. (ORF); Philadelphia, Pa. (PHL); Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (RDU); Washington, D.C. (DCA)
Fleet: 71 Canadair 50-seat regional jets (CRJ200s)

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Alaska
Pilots joined ALPA: 1947
Number of pilots: 1,426
Operations: 422 daily departures to 61 destinations in the U.S, Mexico, and Canada
Domiciles: Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; Seattle, Wash.
Fleet: 24 B-737-400s, 17 B-737-700s, 53 B-737-800s, 12 B-737-900s, 5 B-737-400Cs, 1 B-737-400 freighter

Click here to read A Day in the Life of an Alaska Pilot.

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American Eagle
Pilots joined ALPA: 1995 (after the National Mediation Board's 1995 ruling that the four airlines serving American Airlines--Executive, Flagship, Simmons, and Wings West--constituted a single airline, the Eagle pilots established a single MEC)
Number of pilots: 3,200
Pilot domiciles: Chicago, Ill.; Dallas/Ft. Worth, Tex.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Miami, Fla.; JFK and LGA, N.Y.; and San Juan, P.R.
Operations: More than 1,700 daily flights to more than 150 cities throughout the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and Mexico
Headquarters: Ft. Worth, Tex.
Fleet: CRJ700s, EMB-145s, EMB-140s, EMB-135s, ATR 72s

Click here to read A Day in the Life of an American Eagle Pilot.

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ASTAR Air Cargo
Pilots joined ALPA: 1991
Number of pilots: 84
Headquarters: Miami, Fla.
Pilot base: Cincinnati, Ohio
Fleet: 8 DC-8-73Fs

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Atlantic Southeast
Pilots joined ALPA: 1987
First ALPA contract: Nov. 28, 1989
Number of pilots: 1,711
Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Pilot bases: Dulles, Va.; Atlanta, Ga.; Detroit, Mich.
Fleet: 106 CRJ200s, 38 CRJ700s, 10 CRJ900s

Click here to read A Day in the Life of an Atlantic Southeast Pilot.

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Bearskin
Pilots joined ALPA: 1997 (became an ALPA-represented pilot group when CALPA merged with ALPA)
Number of pilots: 68
Pilot bases: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Headquarters: Sioux Lookout, Ont.
Operations: Daily scheduled passenger service between Flin Flon, Man.; Kitchener/Waterloo, Ont.; Montreal, P.Q.; Winnipeg, Man.; and communities in between
Fleet: 14 Metroliners, with 2 more in the coming months

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Calm Air
Pilots joined ALPA: 1997
Number of pilots: 117
Operations: Scheduled passenger and cargo service throughout northern Manitoba and Nunavut, the newest and largest territory in Canada, including destinations along the western shores of Hudson Bay and into the high Arctic
Pilot bases: Thompson and Winnipeg, Man.
Headquarters: Thompson, Man.
Fleet: 6 Saab 340s, 1 Hawker Siddeley HS748, 2 ATRs 72s, 5 ATR 42s, and 2 D328s to be put into service in early 2012

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Canadian North
Flightcrew members joined ALPA: May 1, 2011
Number of flightcrew members: 130
Bases: Edmonton and Calgary, Alb.
Headquarters: Yellowknife, NT
Operations: Scheduled flights and cargo services throughout Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, as well as charter operations throughout Canada and the U.S.
Fleet: B-737-200s, B-737-300s, Dash 8-100s

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CanJet
Pilots joined ALPA: 2006
Number of Pilots: 123
Operations: Provides subcontracting services to vacation charter airlines
Pilot headquarters: Halifax, N.S.
Pilot bases: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal
Fleet: 11 B-737-800s

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Capital Cargo
Joined ALPA: 2007
Number of flightcrew Members: 137
Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.
Operations: Capital Cargo is an aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI) carrier that provides airport-to-airport transportation services both domestically and internationally
Fleet: B-727-200s and B-757-200 PCFs--all aircraft are freighter conversions

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Comair
Pilots joined ALPA: 1983
Number of pilots: 1,100 active, 150 furloughed
Headquarters: Erlanger, Ky.
Pilot domiciles: Cincinnati, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.
Fleet: 40 CRJ100/200s, 15 CRJ700s, 13 CRJ900s

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CommutAir
Founded: 1989
Number of pilots: 172
Pilots joined ALPA: 2008
Headquarters: South Burlington, Vt.
Pilot bases: Cleveland, Ohio; Newark, N.J.
Operations: CommutAir flies to 25 cities in the Midwest, Northeast, and Canada under a capacity purchase agreement with United Airlines
Fleet: 16 Bombardier Dash 8-Q200s, 5 Dash 8-Q300s

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Compass
Founded: Compass Airlines was created as a Northwest Airlines subsidiary and began flying on May 2, 2007
Pilots joined ALPA: 2007
Sale and ccquisition: On July 1, 2010, Delta Air Lines sold Compass to Trans States Holdings, Inc., which announced it would operate Compass separately from its other airlines
Number of pilots: 418
Operations: Compass operates more than 170 flights daily throughout the United States and Canada as Delta Connection
Pilot bases: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; Detroit, Mich.
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minn.
Fleet: 36 Embraer E175s, 6 Embraer E170s

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Continental
Pilots joined ALPA: 2001
Number of pilots: 4,763
Pilot bases/hubs: Newark, N.J.; Houston, Tex.; Cleveland, Ohio; Guam; Los Angeles, Calif.
Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
Fleet: 25 B-787-8s/-9s (on order), 22 B-777-200ERs, 10/16 B-767-200ERs/-400ERs, 41/21 B-757-200s/-300s, 37/36/127/12/32 B-737-500s/-700s/-800s/-900s/-900ERs

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Delta
Number of pilots: 12,148
Joint ventures and alliances: Delta is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance and participates in joint ventures with Air France–KLM and Alitalia
Operations: Delta and its connection carriers fly to more than 338 destinations in 59 countries on six continents
Pilot bases: Atlanta, Ga.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Memphis, Tenn.; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; New York City, N.Y.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Wash.
Hub cities: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Ga.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn.; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle; Salt Lake City, Utah; Tokyo-Narita
Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Fleet: More than 700 mainline aircraft consisting of A319s, A320s, A330s, B-737s, B-747s, B-757s, B-767s, B-777s, DC-9s, MD-88s, and MD-90s

Click here to read A Day in the Life of a Delta Pilot.

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Evergreen
Joined ALPA: 2007
Number of flightcrew members: 228
Headquarters: McMinnville, Ore.
Pilot base: New York (JFK)
Operations: With a fleet of 8 B-747s, Evergreen specializes in charter and contract freighter operations around the globe

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ExpressJet
Pilots joined ALPA: 2004
Number of pilots: More than 2,700
Operations: Flies more than 40,000 passengers per day to 130 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean with approximately 1,300 departures daily
Pilot bases: Chicago, Ill.; Cleveland, Ohio; Houston, Tex.; Newark, N.J.
Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.
Fleet: 244 EMB-145s

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FedEx
Pilots joined ALPA: June 1993–1996; rejoined ALPA in June 2002
First ALPA contract: October 2006
Number of flightcrew members: 4,460
Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Fleet: 62 B-727s, 45 B-757s, 14 B-777s, 71 A300s, 53 A310s, 75 MD-10s, 63 MD-11s

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First Air
Founded: 1946, as Bradley Air Service, First Air is now owned by Makivik Corporation.
Pilots joined ALPA: 2008
Number of flightcrew members: 154
Pilot bases: Ottawa, Ont.; Yellowknife, NT; Iqaluit, NU; and Edmonton, Alb.
Headquarters: Kanata, Ont.
Operations: First Air provides scheduled passenger and cargo service between 30 northern communities as well as charter service worldwide
Fleet: 7 B-737-200s (four in combi configuration for cargo), 1 B-767F, 9 ATR 42-300s, 2 ATR-72s (all combi), 2 Lockheed L-382 Hercules

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Hawaiian
Number of pilots: About 540
Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii
Bases: Honolulu, Hawaii, and Seattle, Wash.
Operations: As the only transpacific airline based in the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian’s widebody fleet flies to all major markets on the U.S. West Coast and will inaugurate East Coast service to JFK in June. International operations are conducted to American Samoa; Tahiti; Sydney, Austrailia; Manila, Philippines; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan; and Seoul, Korea, with new service to Fukuoka, Japan, set to begin in April 2012. Interisland, Hawaiian operates approximately 120 daily flights connecting the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii
Fleet: 15 B-717-200s, with 3 more being acquired; 16 B-767-300ERs; 5 A330-200s, with 16 more on order. Firm orders: 6 A350-300XWBs, along with additional Airbus options

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Island Air
Pilots joined ALPA: 1989
Number of pilots: 50
Operations: Approximately 36 daily flights plus charter service to all eight major airports in Hawaii
Service: Island Air is Hawaii’s leading regional airline, serving airports on all major Hawaiian islands with approximately 346 weekly flights between the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai, and the island of Hawaii
Fleet: 4 Dash 8-100s

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Jazz
Pilots joined ALPA: 1997
Number of pilots: Approximately 1,500
Operations: Jazz carries approximately 27 million passengers per year on 800+ flights daily to 85 destinations across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America. Under its contract with Thomas Cook, Jazz flies weekly flights from eastern Canada to destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico
Pilot bases: Halifax, N.S.; Vancouver, B.C.; Calgary, Alb.; Toronto, Ont.; Montreal, P.Q.
Headquarters: Halifax, N.S.
Fleet: 135 airplanes, including Dash 8-100/300/400s Bombardier CRJ100/200/705s, and B-757s

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Kelowna Flightcraft
Pilots joined ALPA: 1997 (became an ALPA-represented pilot group when CALPA merged with ALPA)
First ALPA contract: Nov. 1, 1997
Number of pilots: 125
Headquarters: Kelowna, B.C.
Pilot bases: Hamilton, Ont.; Vancouver, B.C.; Halifax, N.S.; Thunder Bay, Ont.; Regina, Sask.; Calgary, Alb.; Kelowna, B.C.
Fleet: B-727s, Convair 580s, DC-10s

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Mesa Air Group
Pilots joined ALPA: 1987
Number of pilots: Approximately 1,300, including 374 on furlough
Operations: Mesa Air Group includes go! and Mesa Airlines and operates as United Express and US Airways Express under contractual agreements and independently as go! in Hawaii. Serves 96 cities, 37 states, Canada, and Mexico with approximately 465 daily departures
Bases: Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago, Ill.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Kahului, Hawaii; Lihue, Hawaii; Phoenix, Ariz.; Washington, D.C.
Headquarters: Phoenix, Ariz.
Fleet: 75 aircraft, including CRJ100s/200s, CRJ700s, CRJ900s, Dash 8-200s

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North American Airlines
Pilots joined ALPA: 2009
Number of pilots: 190
Pilot base: New York (JFK)
Headquarters: Jamaica, N.Y.
Operations: North American Airlines provides air transportation services throughout the world, operating both charter and scheduled service for the U.S. military, tour operators, government agencies, and sports teams, among others, and as an ACMI carrier for other scheduled airlines
Fleet: 4 B-757-200s, 5 B-767-300ERs

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Piedmont
Pilots joined ALPA: 1952
Number of pilots: 377
Headquarters: Salisbury, Md.
Pilot domiciles: New Bern, N.C.; Charlottesville, Va.; Roanoke, Va.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Salisbury, Md.
Fleet: 44 DHC-8s

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Pinnacle
Pilots joined ALPA: 1988 (as Express Airlines before changing its name to Pinnacle in 2002); purchased Colgan Air in 2009 and Mesaba Airlines in 2010
Number of Pilots: 3,100
Operations: More than 1,500 daily flights for Delta, United, and US Airways to 188 airports across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Belize
Pilot domiciles: Atlanta, Ga.; Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Tenn.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New York’s JFK and LaGuardia; Boston, Mass.; Washington Dulles, Va.; Newark, N.J.; Charleston, W.V.; Houston, Tex.
Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Fleet: 141 Canadair CRJ200s, 60 CRJ900s, 30 Q-400s, 50 Saab SF340s

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PSA
Pilots joined ALPA: 1988
Number of pilots: Approximately 500
Operations: PSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc. It operates as US Airways Express and serves 65 airports in the United States with more than 125 departures daily
Bases: Charlotte, N.C.; Dayton, Ohio; Knoxville, Tenn.
Headquarters: Dayton, Ohio
Fleet: 35 CRJ200s, 14 CRJ700s

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Ryan
Pilots joined ALPA: 1998
Number of pilots: 217
Pilot domicile: Rockford, Ill.
Services: Ryan International Airlines (not to be confused with Ireland-based Ryanair) provides scheduled and chartered services for customers around the globe, including substantial flying for the U.S. Department of Defense
Fleet: 1 A330, 5 B-767s, 4 MD-80s

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Spirit
Pilots joined ALPA: 1996
Number of Pilots: 600
Headquarters: Miramar, Fla.
Pilot domiciles: Atlantic City, N.J.; Detroit, Mich.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Las Vegas, Nev.
Fleet: 26 A319s, 7 A320s, 2 A321s

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Sun Country
Founded: 1982
Pilots joined ALPA: 1996
Number of Pilots: 184
Pilot base: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Operations: Based in Mendota Heights, Minn., Sun Country flies scheduled service to 32 destinations, 11 of which are served year-round. The airline also operates charter flights to numerous locations in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the UK. The airline is also actively seeking military charter flying and is a new participant in the Department of Defense's Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Fleet: 15 B-737NGs, with more aircraft leased seasonally

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Trans States
Pilots joined ALPA: 1993
Signed first ALPA contract: 1994
Number of pilots: 288 active
Operations: More than 150 daily flights to 39 cities, serving more than 2.1 million passengers annually while flying as United Express and US Airways
Pilot domiciles: St. Louis, Mo.; Washington Dulles, Va.
Headquarters: St. Louis, Mo.
Fleet: 26 EMB-145s

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United
Pilots joined ALPA: 1932
Number of pilots: Approximately 7,500 (1,437 on furlough)
Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.
Pilot domiciles: Washington Dulles, Va..; Chicago, Ill.; Seattle, Wash.; Denver, Co.; San Francisco, Calif.; New York (JFK); Los Angeles, Calif.
Fleet: A319s, A320s, B-757s, B-767s, B-777s, B-747s

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Wasaya
Joined ALPA: 2008
Number of pilots: 83
Hub: Thunder Bay, Ont.
Domiciles: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Pickle Lake, Ont.; Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Timmons, Ont.; Red Lake, Ont.
Fleet: 27 aircraft, including Beech 1900Ds, Cessna C-208Bs, Hawker Siddeley HS748s, Pilatus PC-12s, Dash 8s

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