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News from ALPA International |
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December 3, 2010—In This Issue:
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United, Continental Pilots March on UAL World Headquarters |
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More than 150 pilots converged on United Air
Lines’ World Headquarters on Wednesday to express
their displeasure with United’s continued practice
of outsourcing. Braving a chilly, snowy Chicago day,
the pilots walked in four orbits during the two-hour
picketing event. United and Continental pilots were
joined by their brethren from Delta, American, Mesa, AirTran, and ExpressJet.
United management intends to use the CO code on
flights from Continental hubs, using outsourced
70-seat jets, a practice the union believes violates
the Continental pilots’ current contract, and sees
as an attempt by the new United management, led by
CEO Jeff Smisek, to leverage a position in joint
contract negotiations that supports further
outsourcing of mainline pilot jobs.
ALPA and management have agreed to expedited
arbitration on the issue and are scheduled to
provide an arbitrator with information later this
month. A decision will be made by the arbitrator
before the end of the month, well before the
announced start date of the flights.
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Canada Adopts New Policy on Pilot Screening |
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Canada has revised screening procedures for flight
crews at both domestic and international
checkpoints. Under the new policy, all pilots, both
Canadian and non-Canadian, can expect to be cleared
using the same type of screening processes in Canada
as are now used for pilots in the United States.
These measures will apply to all crewmembers who are
in uniform and are in possession of either a valid
Restricted Area Identity Card (RAIC) or applicable
foreign air crew credentials. Shoe removal is not
required.
Additionally, crewmembers in uniform—both
Canadian and foreign—continue to be exempt from
liquid, aerosol, and gel (LAG) restrictions,
provided that they are in possession of a valid RAIC
or foreign aircrew credential.
Crewmembers are also permitted “front of the
line” access. However, crewmembers are advised to
consider the potential for negative reactions by
passengers in the checkpoint queue if this option is
exercised, as has been seen on occasion.
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Security Screening: Update |
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 In
the
November 12, 2010, FastRead, the National
Security Committee (NSC) published Security Alert
Bulletin 2010-4 on advanced imaging technology (AIT)
and procedures in the United States. A number of
security screening procedural questions were
addressed, but the NSC made a commitment to update
the membership with answers to additional questions
on this subject. Accordingly, the NSC provides the
following FAQs, which were coordinated with the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA):Q.
Are Transportation Security Officers instructed to
use hand-wand metal detectors or pat-downs to
resolve any anomalies from walk-through metal
detector screening?
A. The standard pat-down is used to resolve alarms
created by a walk-through metal detector.
Q. Are there any U.S. airports that have only AIT
machines and no walk-through metal detectors?
A. TSA is unaware of any airports that do not have
walk-through metal detectors.
Read more.
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ALPA Introduces New Short-Term Disability Plan |
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 For
any ALPA member who suffers a disability and then
faces an income gap before long-term disability
benefits begin, ALPA offers a solution—a new
short-term disability plan underwritten by Unum Life
Insurance Company.
Coverage is available in any of three waiting
periods: benefits can begin 14 days, 30 days, or 60
days from the date of disability.
An offer to enroll without medical underwriting
is being sent to eligible ALPA members during the
week of December 1. Watch for it in your mailbox, or
contact ALPA Member Insurance at 800-746-2572.
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 When
making charitable donations this holiday season,
please remember your fellow pilots in need and make
a contribution to the ALPA Emergency Relief Fund.
Since its inception in 2005, AERF has been an
invaluable resource to ALPA members confronting the
aftermath of a disaster.
To date, the Fund has provided 144 grants to 126
pilots.
Learn more/donate today.
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On Dec. 13, 1957, then ALPA president Clarence Sayen met with Civil Aviation
Authority officials to discuss ways that ALPA pilots might participate in the
certification of new transport aircraft.
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Feedback & E-mail Address Changes |
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communications@alpa.org. If you have moved or changed your ISP or e-mail
address, please update your ALPA records. If you don’t, you
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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