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Building Our Union
Our Next Steps
We are providing this guide to give every pilot a better sense of what will happen after the election and to answer your questions about what having ALPA representation will mean to us as Colgan pilots. But until December 17, our primary focus must remain on the task at hand: winning the election and securing ALPA representation. Every pilot needs to vote—not voting is a vote against representation under NMB rules!
If you have already voted, we thank you and encourage you to remind others to cast their vote. If you are still undecided, please attend one of our informational meetings, check out our website at www.alpa.org/colgan, or contact any member of the Organizing Committee listed on the back cover for more information about how joining ALPA will help our careers here at Colgan.
Working Within ALPA: The Fee for Departure Working Group
You may not know that ALPA already represents 14 different fee-for-departure carriers, representing
over 16,000 pilots flying under the colors of every major airline. With all of those groups working
together, we can increase the bargaining power of fee-for-departure pilots who currently find their
flying coming and going at the whim of mainline partners.
The Fee for Departure Working Group was founded on the principle that as managements work together, so should pilots. The goals of the Working Group are the same as the goals of all pilots—
ensuring reasonable pay, benefits, work rules, and job security, recognizing the pilots’ contribution to
the success of their company, and improving the quality of life for pilots and their families.
The Working Group is seeking to meet these goals by fostering collaboration between all fee-fordeparture carriers across all mainline partners. Specific goals include:
? Industry-wide contract harmonization relating to pay, work rules, and benefits
? Development of career pathways to mainline partners and the ability to follow flying between
fee-for-departure carriers, maintaining seniority and longevity
? Mutual assistance to reduce the impact of industry consolidation
? Increasing unity across carriers to improve collective bargaining strength
The Fee for Departure Working Group held a summit in March 2008 and another meeting in May. Prior
to the Board of Directors meeting in October, the Working Group met again, with more than 100 elected representatives from 14 carriers present to share in the discussion. At the October meeting, the Working Group revised its strategic plan to assist carriers heading into negotiations in 2009. The Working Group also hosts monthly conference calls between the MEC leadership of each pilot group.
Capt. Tom Wychor (Mesaba), one of the organizers of the first Fee for Departure Summit, summarized
the goals of the Working Group accordingly: “As members of the industry, we are working toward a
long-term goal. And that goal is to work within airline brands and across corporate lines to create
harmonized contract standards and pilot migration mechanisms that would allow pilots’ longevity and
seniority to follow their flying.”
OUR Careers OUR Choice OUR Union Within Colgan: Our LEC, MEC, and Committee Structure
ALPA at Colgan will include both elected officers and pilot volunteers. Below is a short overview of what ALPA will look like at Colgan. It is up to us to determine what volunteer committees we need; what is provided here is only a sample of the opportunities available to us as ALPA members.
Local Executive Councils
Your Local Executive Council, or LEC, includes the CA and FO status representatives, as well as an
LEC secretary-treasurer. Your LEC is your direct link to the resources ALPA offers and should be your
first call in the event of any company action against you, or if you have an idea to improve Colgan or the Association.
Master Executive Council
Your Master Executive Council, or MEC, is comprised of all the LEC and elected officers. The MEC is the face of Colgan Air inside ALPA and will participate with the MEC leadership of other carriers in collaborative efforts like the Fee for Departure Working Group.
The MEC also appoints the pilot group’s volunteer committees and guides them in their duties.
Volunteer Committees
We will have many volunteer committees at Colgan, including a Central Air Safety Committee, Hotel
Committee, and Jumpseat Committee. Listed below is a small sample of the most well-known ALPA
committees. If you would like to know more about ALPA committees, please contact an OC member.
Negotiating Committee
The Negotiating Committee represents the pilot group in collective bargaining negotiations with management. The Negotiating Committee is appointed by the MEC, which charges the pilot negotiators with the responsibility of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement that reflects the priorities of the pilot group. ALPA’s Representation Department offers a bargaining conference and a negotiations training seminar for committee members, and our pilot negotiators will be accompanied by an ALPA attorney at all times. They will also be joined by ALPA experts in Economic & Financial Analysis, Retirement &
Insurance, Scheduling, and other professional staff at appropriate times in the negotiations process.
The specific duties of the Negotiating Committee include:
• Reviewing all applicable pilot group contracts in the industry.
• Developing appropriate surveys to evaluate and establish crewmembers’ concerns and objectives for
contract negotiations.
• Reporting contract comparison findings and recommending changes to improve our contract.
• Assisting members in understanding the provisions of their contract.
• Maintaining constant and direct communication with the MEC throughout the negotiations process.
• Making periodic progress reports to the pilot group, consistent with good negotiating practices.
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Our Next Steps
We are providing this guide to give every pilot a better sense of what will happen after the election and to answer your questions about what having ALPA representation will mean to us as Colgan pilots. But until December 17, our primary focus must remain on the task at hand: winning the election and securing ALPA representation. Every pilot needs to vote—not voting is a vote against representation under NMB rules!
If you have already voted, we thank you and encourage you to remind others to cast their vote. If you are still undecided, please attend one of our informational meetings, check out our website at www.alpa.org/colgan, or contact any member of the Organizing Committee listed on the back cover for more information about how joining ALPA will help our careers here at Colgan.
Working Within ALPA: The Fee for Departure Working Group
You may not know that ALPA already represents 14 different fee-for-departure carriers, representing
over 16,000 pilots flying under the colors of every major airline. With all of those groups working
together, we can increase the bargaining power of fee-for-departure pilots who currently find their
flying coming and going at the whim of mainline partners.
The Fee for Departure Working Group was founded on the principle that as managements work together, so should pilots. The goals of the Working Group are the same as the goals of all pilots—
ensuring reasonable pay, benefits, work rules, and job security, recognizing the pilots’ contribution to
the success of their company, and improving the quality of life for pilots and their families.
The Working Group is seeking to meet these goals by fostering collaboration between all fee-fordeparture carriers across all mainline partners. Specific goals include:
? Industry-wide contract harmonization relating to pay, work rules, and benefits
? Development of career pathways to mainline partners and the ability to follow flying between
fee-for-departure carriers, maintaining seniority and longevity
? Mutual assistance to reduce the impact of industry consolidation
? Increasing unity across carriers to improve collective bargaining strength
The Fee for Departure Working Group held a summit in March 2008 and another meeting in May. Prior
to the Board of Directors meeting in October, the Working Group met again, with more than 100 elected representatives from 14 carriers present to share in the discussion. At the October meeting, the Working Group revised its strategic plan to assist carriers heading into negotiations in 2009. The Working Group also hosts monthly conference calls between the MEC leadership of each pilot group.
Capt. Tom Wychor (Mesaba), one of the organizers of the first Fee for Departure Summit, summarized
the goals of the Working Group accordingly: “As members of the industry, we are working toward a
long-term goal. And that goal is to work within airline brands and across corporate lines to create
harmonized contract standards and pilot migration mechanisms that would allow pilots’ longevity and
seniority to follow their flying.”
OUR Careers OUR Choice OUR Union Within Colgan: Our LEC, MEC, and Committee Structure
ALPA at Colgan will include both elected officers and pilot volunteers. Below is a short overview of what ALPA will look like at Colgan. It is up to us to determine what volunteer committees we need; what is provided here is only a sample of the opportunities available to us as ALPA members.
Local Executive Councils
Your Local Executive Council, or LEC, includes the CA and FO status representatives, as well as an
LEC secretary-treasurer. Your LEC is your direct link to the resources ALPA offers and should be your
first call in the event of any company action against you, or if you have an idea to improve Colgan or the Association.
Master Executive Council
Your Master Executive Council, or MEC, is comprised of all the LEC and elected officers. The MEC is the face of Colgan Air inside ALPA and will participate with the MEC leadership of other carriers in collaborative efforts like the Fee for Departure Working Group.
The MEC also appoints the pilot group’s volunteer committees and guides them in their duties.
Volunteer Committees
We will have many volunteer committees at Colgan, including a Central Air Safety Committee, Hotel
Committee, and Jumpseat Committee. Listed below is a small sample of the most well-known ALPA
committees. If you would like to know more about ALPA committees, please contact an OC member.
Negotiating Committee
The Negotiating Committee represents the pilot group in collective bargaining negotiations with management. The Negotiating Committee is appointed by the MEC, which charges the pilot negotiators with the responsibility of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement that reflects the priorities of the pilot group. ALPA’s Representation Department offers a bargaining conference and a negotiations training seminar for committee members, and our pilot negotiators will be accompanied by an ALPA attorney at all times. They will also be joined by ALPA experts in Economic & Financial Analysis, Retirement &
Insurance, Scheduling, and other professional staff at appropriate times in the negotiations process.
The specific duties of the Negotiating Committee include:
• Reviewing all applicable pilot group contracts in the industry.
• Developing appropriate surveys to evaluate and establish crewmembers’ concerns and objectives for
contract negotiations.
• Reporting contract comparison findings and recommending changes to improve our contract.
• Assisting members in understanding the provisions of their contract.
• Maintaining constant and direct communication with the MEC throughout the negotiations process.
• Making periodic progress reports to the pilot group, consistent with good negotiating practices.
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It says, "no pilot will be charged dues during the first 90 days following the election, to allow time to return and process membership applications."
