ALPA

June 15, 2008 -- HONOLULU – An attempt by management and pilots at Hawaiian Airlines to turn around a strained and difficult post-bankruptcy relationship appears to be failing. After more than a year of effort to reach a new contract outside of the regular negotiating process, both sides are still far apart and the pilot group is rapidly losing patience, according to the Hawaiian Airlines unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA).

Hawaiian Airlines jet: Photo by Dylan Ashe (CC)    » read more »

June 13, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) urged Congress this week to act to stabilize energy markets and end the rampant speculation that has led to the recent jumps in oil prices and put an economic stranglehold on the U.S. airline industry. ALPA, together with other unions, organizations, and corporations, called for swift action in a joint transportation industry coalition letter sent to Congressional leaders.    » read more »

Merger will formally take effect on June 1

May 14, 2008 -- OTTAWA, ONT.—The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), today announced that its Executive Board has ratified the merger between ALPA and the First Air Pilots Association (FAPA). In April, FAPA members overwhelmingly voted to merge their independent union with ALPA. The merger will formally take effect on June 1, 2008.    » read more »

May 13, 2008 -- Atlanta – Captain Lee Moak, Chairman of the Delta Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, the governing body of the union representing the over 7,300 pilots of Delta Air Lines, will testify before the United States House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation.

Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines jets: Photo by Cubbie_n_Vegas (CC)

The hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 2 p.m. EDT in Room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building.    » read more »

NTSB Sunshine Meeting Underscores Need to Act

April 16, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C.— This week’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) findings made clear that pilot fatigue persists as a significant aviation safety risk. Solutions must include changing corporate cultures so that they seek to partner with, not punish, airline pilots for expressing fatigue concerns.

Jet takeoff, Boston: Photo by Mark Leary (CC)    » read more »

March 31, 2008 -- HONOLULU, HAWAII – Hawaiian Airlines pilots expressed sadness Sunday at the news that Aloha Airlines had ceased operations after 61 years in business. Both the Hawaiian pilots and the Aloha pilots are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA).

Aloha management announced that the airline was shutting down its passenger operations effective March 31st. The airline had declared bankruptcy last week for the second time in as many years and was forced to cease operations after it failed to find new financial backers.    » read more »

March 18, 2008 - “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.    » read more »

March 14, 2008 -- PHOENIX—US Airways [NYSE: LCC] management received notification today from the America West pilots requesting to commence separate contract negotiations under Section 6 of the Railway Labor Act.

Also today, the America West pilots have begun separate negotiations with US Airways management on future Airbus A330-200 widebody flying.

Following is a statement from Captain John McIlvenna, chairman of the union leadership group representing the America West pilots.    » read more »

March 3, 2008 -- CHICAGO – The pilots and flight engineers of ATA Airlines are warning that they will fight any plan to sell or fragment the airline if it fails to protect the job security of the cockpit crewmember group.

In a financial brief (Form S-1) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, Global Aero Logistics, Inc. of Peachtree City, Ga. announced that it is considering the sale of assets, including ATA’s scheduled service passenger operation that performs codeshare flying for Southwest Airlines.    » read more »

Employees Picket, Demand Management Address Labor Issues

February 28, 2008 -- PHOENIX – US Airways (NYSE:LCC) employees today demanded that management address workers’ issues and work with labor groups to turnaround the fledgling airline. Employees picketed corporate headquarters with a large, 30-foot rat as a symbol of US Airways management’s anti-worker tactics.    » read more »

February 13, 2008 -- WASHINGTON—Capt. John Prater, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), asked members of Congress today to remedy runway incursions and other airport safety issues facing America’s airline industry by increasing funding for the National Airspace System (NAS) modernization effort.    » read more »

February 12, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Capt. John Prater, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), issued the following statement in response to the recent announcement by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of a new trial airport employee screening program at seven airports.    » read more »

February 4, 2008 -- HONOLULU, HAWAII – Hawaiian Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), ended weeks of intense negotiations today by endorsing a plan that will enable the airline to consummate a multi-billion dollar aircraft deal while the pilots continue to negotiate with management on other important contract issues.    » read more »

January 29, 2008 -- ATLANTA — The Pinnacle Airlines (PCL) pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, (ALPA), will conduct informational picketing Wednesday, January 30 at Capital City Airport in Lansing, Mich. Pilots are protesting the glacial pace of their contract negotiations and management’s refusal to recognize the pilots’ contributions to the success of Pinnacle Airlines.    » read more »

January 24, 2008 -- MEMPHIS, Tenn. – On January 17 and 18, pilot union leaders from the Capital Cargo Int’l (CCI) unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the ABX Teamsters Local 1224, and the Air Transport Int’l (ATI) Teamsters Local 747 met to identify and discuss common concerns regarding the recent transaction between ABX Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as ABX Air, Inc.) and Cargo Holdings International, Inc. (CHI).    » read more »