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News from ALPA International |
August 21, 2012 |
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Alert! Charting Error at Reagan National Airport (KDCA) |
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Jeppesen
has advised all users
that the chart for the
FRDMM One and TRUPS One
RNAV arrivals dated July
20, 2012 (effective July
26, 2012), incorrectly
depicts LACKE waypoint
as a “Fly Over” for
Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport (KDCA).
The LACKE waypoint for
both procedures should
be depicted as a “Fly
By.” Jeppesen further
advises that pilots
should “exercise caution
when using the FRDMM One
RNAV and TRUPS One RNAV
arrival procedures at
Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport (KDCA).”
As always, ALPA
recommends that pilots
follow pertinent
standard operating
procedures and comply
with other company
communications
pertaining to this
issue.
The corrected charts
for the FRDMM One RNAV
arrival and TRUPS One
RNAV arrival are posted
on Jeppesen.com and will
be included in the
August 31, 2012
revision. Please note
that no NOTAM will be
published.
Read the
Jeppesen Chart Alert.
This item is also posted
on the Jeppesen website
at
www.jeppesen.com/company/alerts/aviation-alerts.jsp.
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FAB Crewmembers Commemorate Flight 6560 Anniversary |
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Friends, relatives,
and colleagues
celebrated the lives of
the crew of First Air
Flight 6560 yesterday, a
year to the day after
the First Air Boeing 737
crashed into a hill in
the far northern hamlet
of Resolute.
The crash on August
20, 2011 took the lives
of 12 of the 15 souls on
board, including pilots
Blair Rutherford and
Dave Hare, and flight
attendants Ute Merritt
and Ann Marie Chassie.
The Flight 6560 crew was
remembered at a private
memorial service in the
First Air hangar in
Yellowknife, NT, where
the lost crewmembers
were well-known in
northern Canada’s
close-knit aviation
community.
Speaking at the
service, FAB MEC
Chairman Devin Lyall and
Capt. Rutherford’s widow
Tatiana agreed that the
common denominator that
linked the Flight 6560
crew was happiness—for
their families, their
colleagues, and their
airline.
Read more.
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PCL Families Show Solidarity in MSP |
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More than 200
Pinnacle pilots,
spouses, and kids
enjoyed a fun evening at
the ballpark in
Minneapolis last Tuesday
to build family unity as
the MEC prepared for
another round of
bankruptcy negotiations.
The event at Target
Field was sponsored by
the PCL Family Awareness
Committee and came on
the eve of a meeting
with the company where
management was expected
to unveil its new
business plan and demand
new pilot concessions
under Section 1113 of
the bankruptcy code.
Speaking to pilots
and families at a
downtown hotel before
the ballgame, PCL
chairman Capt. Tom
Wychor said ALPA seeks
to protect the group’s
four cornerstone
contract principles:
wages, work rules,
scope, and benefits.
Read more.
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Catch the Latest Aviation News! Read ALPA Daily |
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The
aviation industry is changing faster than ever before. The new
“ALPA Daily”
feature at www.alpa.org will keep you informed
of the latest industry developments and analysis from around the globe. Check it
out each day to stay up-to-date on the news that affects pilots and the piloting
profession.
ALPA Daily continues to grow in popularity, and members have contacted us
asking if this information can be e-mailed to their Macs and PCs. ALPA’s
Communications and IT Departments are working toward that end. If you want to
receive the electronic version of ALPA Daily, e-mail your name, ALPA number, and
preferred e-mail address to
communications@alpa.org. We’ll let you know when you can expect “home”
delivery.
• Flightglobal reports that U.S. mainline carriers are expected to increase
their pilot hiring during the second half of the year, even as some plan
capacity cuts.
Read more.
• According to Aviationpros.com, a Boeing 727-200F aircraft from FedEx
Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., will be donated today at the Tulsa
International Airport.
Read more.
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What Pilot’s Rights Act of 2012 Means to You |
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If you’ve been wondering
what the Pilot’s Rights
Act of 2012 means to you
as an airline pilot and
ALPA member, we have an
answer for you: Not a
lot. The new federal
legislation, signed into
law by President Obama
on August 3, 2012, is
more significant for
general aviation pilots
than for ALPA members,
says Jim Johnson, ALPA
supervising attorney.
In an FAA enforcement
case “relating to
denial, amendment,
modification,
suspension, or
revocation of an airman
certificate,” the
agency’s letter to the
accused (the so-called
“10-day letter”) now
must include the
“releasable” portions of
the FAA’s evidence
against the pilot.
Johnson explains that,
in most FAA enforcement
cases against ALPA
members, the union
advises the pilot
against responding to
the letter, as any such
response can be used
against the defendant,
and it is not required.
ALPA attorneys then
obtain the relevant
evidence via a Freedom
of Information Act
request. Thus this
change, while it will
require the FAA to
supply the information
earlier, won’t matter
much to ALPA members
represented by ALPA
attorneys.
Read more.
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Safety Data Now Available on Your Smartphone |
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The
ALPA app for iPhone and
Android users has been
expanded to include
selected safety-related
information. Existing
users of the ALPA app
should receive
notification on their
phones that an upgrade
is available.
When installed, the
safety icon (a “+”
symbol) will appear
between the KCM and
Jumpseat icons, and will
lead you to both an “In
Case of
Accident/Incident”
section (that includes
“Orange Card”
information and other
valuable resources) and
ALPA’s International
Directory. Users must be
logged in to view the
data.
The ALPA Mobile app
is available for
download in
iTunes and the
Android Market.
Suggestions for
improving the content of
these areas or the
organization of the
information are welcome
and should be directed
to
eas@alpa.org.
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Sequestration Would Undercut FAA’s Capacity to Serve Air Transport |
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The
U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration would
have to slash its
operations budget and
could not support
current levels of
passenger and air cargo
activity if the process
of automatic federal
spending cuts known as
“sequestration” takes
effect in January as
scheduled. In turn,
reduced passenger and
cargo activity would
lead to job losses and
other economic fallout,
according to a study
released by the
Aerospace Industries
Association (AIA).
“Sequestration was
supposed to be the sword
of Damocles hanging over
the Congress, forcing
them to act [on reducing
the federal budget
deficit],” said Todd
Hauptli, senior
executive vice president
of the American
Association of Airport
Executives. “Thus far,
they haven’t acted.
These cuts will have
significant impact on
operations within the
FAA. Travelers are going
to feel this. If this is
allowed to go into
effect in January, it
will manifest itself in
longer lines at the
airport.”
Hauptli and several
association executives
spoke at an August 13
luncheon in Washington,
D.C., organized by the
AIA to discuss the
study.
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What’s the FlightDeck? Watch It and Find Out |
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Learn how the United and
Continental pilots could
be close to reaching a
deal. Hear how ALPA is
helping more than 700
pilots find jobs after
two airlines announced
closures. Find out the
latest Known Crewmember
locations. Hear what’s
in the Pilot’s Bill of
Rights. Plus, watch
highlights from ALPA’s
58th Air Safety Forum.
All of this and more is
covered on the latest
episode of The
FlightDeck.
Remember that you can
sign up for our video
podcasts of The
FlightDeck via
iTunes.
Tell us what you
think about this latest
edition at
flightdeck@alpa.org.
We also welcome your
suggestions for future
stories.
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AFL-CIO Asks You to Support United Way |
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Since
1947, the AFL-CIO has taken great pride in its partnership with the
United Way. The labor movement and the
United Way have a long tradition of working together to help workers, families,
and communities in need. United Way funding makes it possible to provide
services people need to get back on their feet. United Way supports more than
200 community services liaisons serving working families in communities around
the country.
Please support the 2012 United Way Campaign where you live and work. Together
we can help those in real need while we work to rebuild our economy for all.
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ALPA represented Canadian pilots long before the ALPA/CALPA merger of 1997. In
August 1940, ALPA signed its first contract with Canadian Colonial Airways. The
airline changed its name to Colonial Airlines in 1942 and merged with Eastern
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Feedback & E-mail Address Changes |
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Questions or comments on this FastRead? Give us your feedback at
communications@alpa.org. If you have moved or changed your ISP or e-mail
address, please update your ALPA records. If you don’t, you
will no longer receive the ALPA FastRead and other e-mail bulletins and notices,
and once your postal forwarding order expires, you’ll no longer receive the
magazine and other ALPA mail. You can do it yourself by going to
www.alpa.org and logging
in. Go to “My ALPA” in the menu at the top of the page, and from there, you’ll be
instructed how to make the necessary changes. If you don’t have access to the
members-only section of
www.alpa.org, you can
e-mail your requests by sending them to
membership@alpa.org. Be sure to include your member number or enough other
information so that we can identify you in the membership database, and tell us
what information needs to be updated. Please note that it is not sufficient
just to notify your LEC or MEC of these changes—you should register them with
the ALPA Membership Department in Herndon. Can’t remember your member number
or how to log in? Need information about your ALPA insurance programs? These and
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