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News from ALPA International |
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August 23, 2012 |
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ATI, CCI MECs Circulate Joint TA for Member Ratification Vote |
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 The Air Transport
International and
Capital Cargo
negotiating committees
of the Air Line Pilots
Association, Int’l,
reached an agreement in
principle with
management on August 9,
2012, for a joint
collective bargaining
agreement (JCBA). Both
MECs have held separate
MEC meetings since then,
unanimously approving
the JCBA tentative
agreement (TA) for a
membership ratification
vote. The MECs also met
jointly this week to
strategize and discuss
logistics for road shows
in Cincinnati and Miami,
as well as locations in
Bahrain, Japan, and
Singapore, to educate
members on the details
of the TA.Voting will
open August 27 and close
September 24. If the
JCBA TA is ratified, it
moves the merger process
for the two carriers
forward. The MECs’
merger committees have
also begun integrated
seniority list meetings.
If the JCBA is not
implemented by December
31, 2012, the Transition
and Process Agreement,
which became effective
on May 29 and guides
this merger process, may
be terminated.
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EIA Negotiations to Resume with NMB |
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 The
EIA MEC’s negotiators
are scheduled to go back
to the table with
Evergreen management and
their National Mediation
Board (NMB) mediator
after the NMB sent a
meeting notice to the
MEC’s negotiating team
for a one-day session on
Tuesday, September 11,
2012.
The last meeting
between the two parties
was in December 2011,
when the Negotiating
Committee and management
representatives met to
discuss open contract
issues. The December
meeting resulted in
agreed-upon language for
all sections of the
contract except
two—money and
business-class travel.
Since then, the NMB
recessed mediation to
allow the parties to
reassess their
positions.
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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 them directly. 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.
• According to the New York Post, police are investigating two
incidents of laser beams pointed at aircraft—a charter flight coming in for a
landing at Kennedy Airport and a helicopter dispatched to investigate the
report.
Read more.
• CNN reports that aviation manufacturers such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin,
and Aerion are working on supersonic technology—with the latter predicting it
could have a supersonic business jet in service as early as 2020.
Read more.
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AERF, There When You Need It |
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 Headlines
in this week’s news
include reports of
wildfires in Northern
California and Tropical
Storm Isaac, which has
all of the makings of
large East Coast
hurricane. These events
could have a
catastrophic effect on
our members living in
these regions and remind
us of the importance of
the
ALPA Emergency Relief
Fund. AERF provides
for the immediate needs
of ALPA pilots and their
families who fall victim
to widespread disasters.
To apply for a grant,
sign on to the
members-only portion of
the ALPA website, click
on the Relief Fund link,
and complete and submit
an application. To make
a donation, send your
check, payable to the
ALPA Emergency Relief
Fund, to ALPA Emergency
Relief Fund, Cashiering
Department, P.O. Box
1169, 535 Herndon
Parkway, Herndon, VA
20172-1169.
Please apply for help
if you need it, and be
sure to contribute
generously to this
important Association
asset.
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  Stay connected with your
union, your profession,
and your industry by
reading Air Line
Pilot magazine and
watching monthly
episodes of The
FlightDeck.
Read about ALPA’s
conference to address
pilot training issues on
page 21 of the
August issue of Air Line Pilot magazine.
On the 18th
installment
of
The
FlightDeck,
watch coverage of the
58th ALPA Air Safety
Forum and the
extraordinary pilots
honored at this year’s
event. Remember that both Air Line Pilot
and The FlightDeck
can also be accessed
from the members-only
portion of the ALPA
website at
www.alpa.org.
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Feedback & E-mail Address Changes |
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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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