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If you want to keep your job, get off yor a s s and contact your US Senator regarding this:
Welcome to ALPA FastRead for November 3, 2003
U.S. House of Representatives Adopts FAA Reauthorization Conference Report; ALPA
Urges Members to Contact Their Senators to Oppose Legislation
On Thursday, October 30, 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives on a largely
partisan vote of 211 to 207 adopted the Conference Report on the FAA
Reauthorization Bill. The Conference Report is now pending in the U.S. Senate
and could be scheduled for a vote at any time in the next few weeks. ALPA is
working vigorously to defeat the legislation in its present form, which includes
a provision on cargo cabotage. The legislation, if passed with this provision,
would have grave consequences for the professional future of U.S. airline
employees.
The provision would change longstanding U.S. law and policy on cabotage that
requires that the transportation of passengers and cargo in domestic markets be
done on U.S. air carriers, by allowing cargo cabotage through Anchorage via a
code-share agreement. For example, the provision would allow Air China, the
national carrier for the People's Republic of China, to pick up cargo brought
into Anchorage from Tokyo by Northwest Airlines and transport it to New York.
However, it does not grant any reciprocal rights for U.S. carriers. ALPA's
President, Capt. Duane Woerth, in a letter to the House of Representatives,
urged members to oppose the Conference Report, saying, "...the [cargo cabotage]
provision is the first step toward the shipment of U.S. airline jobs overseas"
and would be detrimental to the overall health of our domestic airline industry.
ALPA members can take action as well by contacting their senators to urge them
to oppose adoption of the Conference Report.
ACTION ALERT
ALPA asks all members to contact their senators today urging them to oppose
adoption of the Conference Report on the FAA Reauthorization Bill in its present
form. Go to the ALPA website-www.alpa.org-and sign on to the ALPA Members'
Portal Page with your password. Click on the ACTION ALERT icon and follow the
directions from there to send your messages to your senators. Let them know that
their vote against the Conference Report on the FAA Reauthorization Bill is
critical to protecting U.S. airline jobs-specifically, U.S. pilots' jobs-from
exportation overseas.
Welcome to ALPA FastRead for November 3, 2003
U.S. House of Representatives Adopts FAA Reauthorization Conference Report; ALPA
Urges Members to Contact Their Senators to Oppose Legislation
On Thursday, October 30, 2003, the U.S. House of Representatives on a largely
partisan vote of 211 to 207 adopted the Conference Report on the FAA
Reauthorization Bill. The Conference Report is now pending in the U.S. Senate
and could be scheduled for a vote at any time in the next few weeks. ALPA is
working vigorously to defeat the legislation in its present form, which includes
a provision on cargo cabotage. The legislation, if passed with this provision,
would have grave consequences for the professional future of U.S. airline
employees.
The provision would change longstanding U.S. law and policy on cabotage that
requires that the transportation of passengers and cargo in domestic markets be
done on U.S. air carriers, by allowing cargo cabotage through Anchorage via a
code-share agreement. For example, the provision would allow Air China, the
national carrier for the People's Republic of China, to pick up cargo brought
into Anchorage from Tokyo by Northwest Airlines and transport it to New York.
However, it does not grant any reciprocal rights for U.S. carriers. ALPA's
President, Capt. Duane Woerth, in a letter to the House of Representatives,
urged members to oppose the Conference Report, saying, "...the [cargo cabotage]
provision is the first step toward the shipment of U.S. airline jobs overseas"
and would be detrimental to the overall health of our domestic airline industry.
ALPA members can take action as well by contacting their senators to urge them
to oppose adoption of the Conference Report.
ACTION ALERT
ALPA asks all members to contact their senators today urging them to oppose
adoption of the Conference Report on the FAA Reauthorization Bill in its present
form. Go to the ALPA website-www.alpa.org-and sign on to the ALPA Members'
Portal Page with your password. Click on the ACTION ALERT icon and follow the
directions from there to send your messages to your senators. Let them know that
their vote against the Conference Report on the FAA Reauthorization Bill is
critical to protecting U.S. airline jobs-specifically, U.S. pilots' jobs-from
exportation overseas.
