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News from ALPA International |
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December 18, 2012 |
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PCL Negotiators Reach Deal with Management
MEC Meets to Discuss Ratification |
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 In
the wee hours of Monday,
December 17, the
Pinnacle Airlines
Negotiating Committee
of the Air Line Pilots
Association, Int’l, reached a tentative
agreement (TA) with
Pinnacle Airlines
management on a deal
that is designed to
address the significant
financial hurdles that
caused the company to
file bankruptcy in April
2012 and meet the needs
of the pilots.
“We
appreciate the support
of all Pinnacle pilots
throughout this
year-long ordeal,” said
Capt. Tom Wychor, MEC
chairman. “Difficult
decisions had to be
made, but our goal has
always been to represent
the needs of our
pilots.”
The
Pinnacle MEC met with
the Negotiating
Committee in Washington,
D.C., today to evaluate
the terms of the
agreement, and are
awaiting final language
before they vote. Should
the MEC approve the TA,
the Pinnacle Strategic
Preparedness Committee
is scheduling a series
of informational road
shows prior to a
ratification vote.
Read
more.
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 Members
of ALPA’s Canada Board
convened in Ottawa
December 5-6 to take
action on a number of
agenda items.
Representatives from all
nine ALPA Canada pilot
groups and the Canada
Board officers (who
together compose the
Canada Board); as well
as representatives from
the Board of Insurance
Trustees (BOIT)
Committee and IFALPA’s
North American Region
(NAM); and ALPA staff
from the Engineering &
Air Safety (E&AS),
Government Affairs, and
Communications
departments participated
in the two-day meeting.
The Board unanimously
approved the budget for
the coming year and
proposed changes to the
ALPA Canada Board
Administrative Policy
Manual. Board members
heard reports from
Canada Board President
Dan Adamus, Vice
President Brad Small,
and Secretary-Treasurer
Georges Dawood, who
reviewed files they have
been working on, the top
issues facing Canadian
pilots, and various ALPA
initiatives that have
been undertaken on our
members’ behalf since
December 2011.
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 The
FAA Office of
Communications asked us
to remind you that you
can track Santa on
Christmas Eve at
www.faa.gov/santa.
The web page also
includes an Advent-style
calendar with gift icons
for certain days in
December, including one
for Christmas Eve with a
"Gate to Gate" video
about the ways NextGen
will change how we fly.
Don’t miss this holiday
tradition.If you want
to verify Santa’s
position, NORAD has its
own Santa tracker at
http://www.noradsanta.org/.
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Get the Scoop! 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 Dallas Morning News, American Eagle dispatchers have
approved a tentative agreement.
Read more.
Aviationpros.com reports that the FAA is planning to start NextGen technology
to support flights at Portland International Airport in Oregon in 2013.
Read more.
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  Stay connected with your
union, your profession,
and your industry by
reading Air Line
Pilot and watching
monthly episodes of
The FlightDeck.
Read about how to
protect your eyes from
laser attacks on page 33 of the
December issue of Air
Line Pilot magazine.
On the 20th
installment of
The
FlightDeck,
watch footage of an
annual Air Wisconsin MEC
event in Appleton, Wis. 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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Discounts, Services for Union Families |
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 Use
Union Plus benefits and
you could save over
$4,000 a year, with
discounts like an AT&T
wireless 15 percent
discount and much more!
Union Plus is brought
to you by Union
Privilege, established
by the AFL-CIO. Its
mission is to provide
consumer benefits and
discounts to members and
retirees of
participating labor
unions, ALPA.
Visit
www.unionplus.org
and learn more.
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Celebrating its 42nd anniversary, Airbus Industrie was created on December 17,
1970 when Aerospatiale, Deutsche Airbus, Hawker Siddeley, and Fokker come
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Feedback & E-mail Address Changes |
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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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