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September 13, 2011 |
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Known Crewmember Debuts in Seattle |
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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 |
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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 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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• 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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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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