Just a few things ALPA is fighting for at the national level on behalf of all pilots....Haven't a clue as to how successful their attempts will be but I hope they are on all counts.......
1) ALPA is working with the AFL-CIO to improve employee protections during bankruptcy proceedings. Bankruptcy reforms are apparently something ALPA National is pushing for, unfortunately for obvious reasons.
2) ALPA continues to fight the possibility of relaxed cabotage laws and eased foreign ownership restrictions.
3) ALPA is pushing so that the Family and Medical Leave Act will cover pilots. Currently, it does not.
4) Supporting a National Academy of Sciences study on pilot fatigue. It's hoped that the findings of this study will be used by the FAA to write new rules concerning flight time limitations and rest requirements.
5) Initiating and pushing for improved cargo safety, including hardened flightdeck doors on all cargo ariliners.
6) CrewPass and continued support of the FFDO program.
Again, some of things going on that no one hears about unless one "cracks open" that expensive magazine subscription.
Further, an interesting note on page 13 of the latest ALPA magazine. It looks like VA pilot pay (and maybe other VA employee pay?) is having some sort of effect on the ability of Alaska Air pilots to raise their pay as their contract is currently up for negotiation. I quote: "Alaska's management has come to its employees, including this pilot group, to ask for help fighting competive threats such as Virgin America," says Capt. Sean Cassidy, the Alaska MEC vice-chairman. I'm not going to waste a bunch of time debating round 2 of a downward spiral as I obviously am out of breath after the last two recent attempts on other threads, but I'll throw that statement out there and you can figure out what "help" really means.
1) ALPA is working with the AFL-CIO to improve employee protections during bankruptcy proceedings. Bankruptcy reforms are apparently something ALPA National is pushing for, unfortunately for obvious reasons.
2) ALPA continues to fight the possibility of relaxed cabotage laws and eased foreign ownership restrictions.
3) ALPA is pushing so that the Family and Medical Leave Act will cover pilots. Currently, it does not.
4) Supporting a National Academy of Sciences study on pilot fatigue. It's hoped that the findings of this study will be used by the FAA to write new rules concerning flight time limitations and rest requirements.
5) Initiating and pushing for improved cargo safety, including hardened flightdeck doors on all cargo ariliners.
6) CrewPass and continued support of the FFDO program.
Again, some of things going on that no one hears about unless one "cracks open" that expensive magazine subscription.
Further, an interesting note on page 13 of the latest ALPA magazine. It looks like VA pilot pay (and maybe other VA employee pay?) is having some sort of effect on the ability of Alaska Air pilots to raise their pay as their contract is currently up for negotiation. I quote: "Alaska's management has come to its employees, including this pilot group, to ask for help fighting competive threats such as Virgin America," says Capt. Sean Cassidy, the Alaska MEC vice-chairman. I'm not going to waste a bunch of time debating round 2 of a downward spiral as I obviously am out of breath after the last two recent attempts on other threads, but I'll throw that statement out there and you can figure out what "help" really means.
