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LAS VEGAS, NV -- The Board of Directors of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) today elected Captain John Prater, a B-767 Continental Airlines pilot, to serve as the 8th president in the union's history.
This decision sends a strong signal to the airline industry that ALPA pilots are prepared to move into a new period of strong, concerted action to rebuild their profession.
"The airline pilots of the United States and Canada today sent a clear message that their union desires to return to its roots of aggressive bargaining, strict contract enforcement, tenacious organizing, and pilot action to restore our contracts and our profession," Prater said in the wake of his election.
"After five years of concessionary bargaining, lost pensions, and battered work rules, our pilots are primed to take offensive action," Prater continued. "This may mean a return to the hard-nosed tactics of earlier years and a grassroots mobilization of each and every one of our members."
While the concessionary era in the airline industry is coming to a close, several airlines remain prisoners of the "1113 process" (whereby management can have labor contracts annulled by the bankruptcy court), and others are stalled in negotiations with their managements. This stagnation takes place while load factors are high, fuel prices are lower, and profits are rising.
"The airline industry survived because of the concessions pilots and other workers made," Prater said. "Now it is time for us to see a tangible return on these bitter investments."
Prater is a 28-year veteran of ALPA, having served extensively at all levels. From strike committee chairman to master chairman and a vice chairman of the international alliance, Wings Alliance (now part of the Skyteam Alliance), Prater brings a wealth of experience. His background includes union fights against notorious airline management figures Frank Lorenzo, Carl Icahn, and Dick Ferris.
A graduate of St. Louis University with a bachelor's degree in meteorology, Capt. Prater is based in Newark, NJ. He is a resident of Edwardsville, IL with his wife Michele and daughter Alexandra. He is the son of John and Esther Prater of Collinsville, IL.
The election was a contest between Prater and current ALPA President, Capt. Duane E. Woerth. Of the 47,968 votes cast, 24,444 went to Prater and 23,524 to Woerth. The new president will take office in January 2007.
LAS VEGAS, NV -- The Board of Directors of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) today elected Captain John Prater, a B-767 Continental Airlines pilot, to serve as the 8th president in the union's history.
This decision sends a strong signal to the airline industry that ALPA pilots are prepared to move into a new period of strong, concerted action to rebuild their profession.
"The airline pilots of the United States and Canada today sent a clear message that their union desires to return to its roots of aggressive bargaining, strict contract enforcement, tenacious organizing, and pilot action to restore our contracts and our profession," Prater said in the wake of his election.
"After five years of concessionary bargaining, lost pensions, and battered work rules, our pilots are primed to take offensive action," Prater continued. "This may mean a return to the hard-nosed tactics of earlier years and a grassroots mobilization of each and every one of our members."
While the concessionary era in the airline industry is coming to a close, several airlines remain prisoners of the "1113 process" (whereby management can have labor contracts annulled by the bankruptcy court), and others are stalled in negotiations with their managements. This stagnation takes place while load factors are high, fuel prices are lower, and profits are rising.
"The airline industry survived because of the concessions pilots and other workers made," Prater said. "Now it is time for us to see a tangible return on these bitter investments."
Prater is a 28-year veteran of ALPA, having served extensively at all levels. From strike committee chairman to master chairman and a vice chairman of the international alliance, Wings Alliance (now part of the Skyteam Alliance), Prater brings a wealth of experience. His background includes union fights against notorious airline management figures Frank Lorenzo, Carl Icahn, and Dick Ferris.
A graduate of St. Louis University with a bachelor's degree in meteorology, Capt. Prater is based in Newark, NJ. He is a resident of Edwardsville, IL with his wife Michele and daughter Alexandra. He is the son of John and Esther Prater of Collinsville, IL.
The election was a contest between Prater and current ALPA President, Capt. Duane E. Woerth. Of the 47,968 votes cast, 24,444 went to Prater and 23,524 to Woerth. The new president will take office in January 2007.
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Today, Continental Captain John Prater was elected President of the Association with 24,444 roll call votes. Northwest Captain Duane Woerth received 23,524 votes. This is a short bio for our pilots.
Captain Prater has a long and involved pilot union history. Highlights of his union work include:
-- He was hired by Continental in 1978. Following Frank Lorenzo’s takeover of Continental, he served as the ALPA Guam S/O Rep. He was furloughed in May 1983
-- He was recalled to CAL 23 days prior to Continental's first bankruptcy. He performed nation-wide strike prep picketing work when the pilot group went on strike. He was also elected as the MEC Secretary-Treasurer during the strike.
-- He was appointed ALPA's AFL CIO labor coordinator by ALPA President Hank Duffy. During this time, he worked on developing union support in the fight against Lorenzo and lobbied for a change to bankruptcy law.
-- In 1984, he worked part time at a United Training Center. When United's pilots struck in 1985, he honored the strike and was fired by United.
-- He returned to Continental in 1986. ALPA was no longer on the property, and he was active in ALPA organizing drives in 1989 and 1992.
--Starting in 1994, he served as the IACP's Strike Committee Chairman. In 1996, he was appointed chairman of the effort to merge with ALPA.
-- In 1998, he was elected as Vice President of the IACP. In 2001, following the merger with ALPA, he was elected the MEC Vice Chairman. In 2002, Prater was elected to serve as MEC Chairman.
--In 2003, he went back to flying the line full time and then joined the B-787 Aircraft Development Group.
--He currently serves of the chairman of the Continental MEC's Negotiating Committee.
--Together with his wife Michele, he has experienced a total of five airline bankruptcies, three strikes, and numerous furloughs.
--His four-year term is effective January 1, 2007.
Captain Prater's website, http://www.johnprater2006.com/index-1.html, has more information.
Captain Prater has a long and involved pilot union history. Highlights of his union work include:
-- He was hired by Continental in 1978. Following Frank Lorenzo’s takeover of Continental, he served as the ALPA Guam S/O Rep. He was furloughed in May 1983
-- He was recalled to CAL 23 days prior to Continental's first bankruptcy. He performed nation-wide strike prep picketing work when the pilot group went on strike. He was also elected as the MEC Secretary-Treasurer during the strike.
-- He was appointed ALPA's AFL CIO labor coordinator by ALPA President Hank Duffy. During this time, he worked on developing union support in the fight against Lorenzo and lobbied for a change to bankruptcy law.
-- In 1984, he worked part time at a United Training Center. When United's pilots struck in 1985, he honored the strike and was fired by United.
-- He returned to Continental in 1986. ALPA was no longer on the property, and he was active in ALPA organizing drives in 1989 and 1992.
--Starting in 1994, he served as the IACP's Strike Committee Chairman. In 1996, he was appointed chairman of the effort to merge with ALPA.
-- In 1998, he was elected as Vice President of the IACP. In 2001, following the merger with ALPA, he was elected the MEC Vice Chairman. In 2002, Prater was elected to serve as MEC Chairman.
--In 2003, he went back to flying the line full time and then joined the B-787 Aircraft Development Group.
--He currently serves of the chairman of the Continental MEC's Negotiating Committee.
--Together with his wife Michele, he has experienced a total of five airline bankruptcies, three strikes, and numerous furloughs.
--His four-year term is effective January 1, 2007.
Captain Prater's website, http://www.johnprater2006.com/index-1.html, has more information.
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