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October 2, 2012 |
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San Francisco
International (SFO)
today became the 24th
airport to offer pilots
the Known Crewmember (KCM)
program. Those using the
alternative screening
access this morning
included pilots from
United, Delta, Alaska,
SkyWest, and Virgin
America.
SFO offers KCM
checkpoints in its
International Terminal
(Boarding Area A) as
well as in Terminals 1,
2, and 3.
KCM, a joint
initiative between the
Air Line Pilots
Association and Airlines
for America, is a new
risk-based screening
system that enables TSA
security officers to
positively verify the
identity and employment
status of flightcrew
members. For information
on the new KCM airports
and to see checkpoint
locations, select the
“KCM” tab on the ALPA
smartphone app or visit
www.knowncrewmember.org.
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CMR Arrives in CVG One Last Time |
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Pictured left to right: Capt. Tim Mullane and
F/O Tim Edwards. |
On September 28 at
4:04 p.m., Flight 3205
took off from Houston
for Cincinnati. On board
was 35 years of history,
as well as the end of a
story. This was the last
Comair flight to land in
Cincinnati, the same
airport that saw the
beginnings of Comair in
1977.
Capt. Tim Mullane,
who piloted the flight,
started with the company
in 1978. He retired at
age 60, just when the
age 65 law went into
effect, and then came
back to the airline. As
the most senior pilot on
the property, he was
asked to perform the
last flight into
Cincinnati.
At the gate, fire
trucks hosed down the
CRJ-700, and pilots and
flight attendants were
on the tarmac to greet
the flight. Inside the
airport doors, 250 more
Comair employees and
Mullane’s family,
cheering as each
passenger disembarked,
waited for the crew to
come off a Comair plane
for the last time.
Read more.
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This year, ALPA’s
leadership has set a
goal of achieving 100
percent ALPA-PAC
participation among all
our elected officers by
the beginning of our
Board of Directors
meeting this month. To
date, more than 75
percent of our
leadership has shown
their support for
ensuring a
pilot-partisan Congress
by contributing to the
PAC this year.
We’d like to extend a
special note of thanks
to the following MECs
that have already
achieved 100 percent
leadership PAC
participation on their
properties:
Alaska
Air Wisconsin
Compass
Delta
FedEx Express
Hawaiian
Ryan Air
Support ALPA-PAC today.
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Many
states have recently
adopted new laws that
include changes to early
and absentee voting
rules and voter
registration
requirements for the
2012 election. This
means that if you have
voted early or absentee
in the past, changes may
be in place in your
state that could affect
your ability to
successfully vote in
November.
For our members who
are flying on November 6
or may be called to fly
on Election Day,
absentee and early
voting offers a
convenient way to ensure
that your vote is
counted in November. ALPA has
created a
voter information guide,
available on our
website, with special
emphasis on early and
absentee voting rules to
accommodate the often
unpredictable schedule
of our member pilots. We
hope you find it useful,
and we hope that you
will vote on November 6!
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ALPA Welcomes Back NFL Referees |
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The
Air Line Pilots
Association, Int’l,
welcomes back the
National Football
League’s referees
following their
successful fight to
demand respect for
well-trained and
experienced workers and
a fair contract that
reflects their
professionalism and
dedication to the
league.
“When employers
prosper and profit, the
workers who contributed
to the success deserve
their fair share,” said
Capt. Lee Moak, ALPA’s
president. The world’s
largest pilot union
created a
print advertisement
recognizing the NFL
referees’
accomplishment. “We
congratulate the
referees on their
courage and commitment
to securing a fair
contract, and the
victory they have
achieved for all labor.”
Like the NFL’s
referees, airline
pilots’ skills,
professionalism, and
experience have
contributed greatly to
our employers’ success.
In many cases, airline
pilots have also
sacrificed tremendously
to help their airlines
endure tough economic
times.
“For the NFL
referees, airline
pilots, and millions of
other highly trained
U.S. employees, a fair
share of our employers’
success means
compensation that
reflects our
professionalism,
training, and
experience, and a stable
career with a secure
retirement,” concluded
Moak. “Skill and
experience matter,
whether it’s on the
football field or in the
cockpit.”
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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 members can sign up to receive ALPA Daily in their e-mail:
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Visit
this link.
• Log in with your ALPA member number and password.
• Select “E-mail Distribution Lists.”
• Check the box for “ALPA Daily.”
• Submit your request.
• According to the Seattle Times, flight attendants are able to access
the alternate, expedited security screening program Known Crewmember (KCM) in 18
airports across the country.
Read more.
• PR Newswire reports that United Airlines announced that it exceeded its 80
percent on-time domestic performance goal for the month of September, and is
rewarding eligible employees with a $50 on-time bonus to recognize this
performance.
Read more.
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We
want to see what you
see. Share your pictures
from the line, and give
us some context (i.e.,
let us know what we’re
looking at).
Air Line Pilot
encourages you to submit
your high-quality prints
from a developer or
high-resolution digital
images. Your photos
could be featured in a
future magazine!
Send your photos to
Communications@alpa.org.
Thanks.
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Tune In to Watch Highlights from 44th ALPA BOD |
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Won’t
be attending the BOD?
Interested in what ALPA
leaders will discuss?
The national officer
reports during ALPA’s
44th Board of Directors
meeting will be streamed
live directly from the
meeting.
Bookmark
www.alpa.org/bod2012
to access the live feed
at 9:00 a.m. (EST) on
Monday, Oct. 15, 2012,
and listen to the
reports of Capt. Lee
Moak, ALPA president;
Capt. Sean Cassidy,
first vice president;
Capt. Bill Couette, vice
president-administration/secretary;
and Capt. Randy Helling,
vice
president–finance/treasurer.
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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 the 9/11
memorial service and the
111th regular ALPA
Executive Board meeting
on pages 26 and 27 of the
October issue of Air Line Pilot magazine.
On the 18th
installment
of
The
FlightDeck,
watch a segment on the
new pilot bill of
rights. 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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On Oct. 1, 1986, Northwest Airlines merged with Republic Airlines in what at the
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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
other questions about ALPA services can be answered by contacting
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