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September 13, 2011

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Known Crewmember Debuts in Seattle


View a photo slideshow of the Sea-Tac
Known Crewmember checkpoints
.

At 4 a.m. PDT, Seattle-Tacoma Int’l Airport joined Chicago O’Hare Int’l and Miami Int’l as a test site for the Known Crewmember (KCM) program. Two checkpoints are located at each end of Sea-Tac Airport—at the exit for the A concourse at the far south end, and another just north of the United Airlines ticket counters in the D concourse.

KCM allows TSA officers to verify a pilot’s identity and employment status via web-based connections to airline employee databases, permitting pilots from the 17 participating airlines to enter secured areas through dedicated KCM access points. Sea-Tac is the third of seven airports included in this phase of the program.

Alaska Airlines F/O Andy Mulcahy, who is based in Anchorage, went through one of Sea-Tac’s KCM access points today. He’d used the Chicago O’Hare checkpoint previously.

“It’s been great. Half of the ordeal of getting through the airport is getting through security,” he said. “Having us out of the way makes it easier on TSA and easier on us and the passengers. It’s good for everyone.”

Minneapolis-St. Paul Int’l Airport is set to open three KCM access points on September 20. The remaining three test airports—Phoenix Sky Harbor Int’l, Boston Logan Int’l, and Washington Dulles Int’l—are expected to come on line during the next several weeks. For more information, visit www.knowncrewmember.org.

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ALPA, ATA to Host Laser Conference
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, together with the Air Transport Association, is hosting a conference titled “Laser Illumination of Aircraft: A Growing Threat” on October 27, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.

For more information and to register to attend, go to laserconference.alpa.org.

See the conference’s promotional flyer.

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Stay Connected

Stay connected with your union, your profession, and your industry by reading Air Line Pilot magazine and watching monthly episodes of The FlightDeck.

Read about the Known Crewmember program process on page 30 of the September issue of Air Line Pilot magazine.

Learn about the European Union’s proposed emissions-trading scheme and how it would tax U.S. and Canadian airlines, in the eighth installment of The FlightDeck. 

Remember that both Air Line Pilot and The FlightDeck can also be accessed from the members-only portion of the ALPA website at www.alpa.org.

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Other Industry News

USA Today reports that air fares are on the rise for the 10th time this year. Read more.

CNN Money discusses the cost of airport security in the post-9/11 era. Read more.

Bloomberg Businessweek notes that U.S.-based airlines earned $1.8 billion in the second quarter of 2011, but this figure is down from last year’s earnings. Read more.

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FastFact

On Sept. 5, 1944, ALPA named its first director for the Association’s new Engineering and Air Safety Department—Ted Linnert. The Engineering and Air Safety Department was created to monitor technical developments in the aircraft industry, work with the Civil Aeronautics Authority on aviation regulations, and investigate air crashes.

 

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