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News from ALPA International |
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December 15, 2011 |
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Annual Cleveland Event a Tremendous Success |
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 Cleveland
was the place to be last
weekend as ALPA pilots
from CommutAir,
Continental, and
ExpressJet gathered for
the third annual Joint
LEC Meeting. With more
than 100 people in
attendance, this highly
anticipated event was a
tremendous success.
Pilots and their
families received
updates on base-specific
issues while enjoying
great food, fun
activities, and
socializing with their
fellow ALPA brethren.
The event kicked off
with brief updates by
local union leaders on
what was happening
within each of the pilot
groups. Capt. Bill
Couette (EGL), vice
president–administration
of the Air Line Pilots
Association, Int’l, provided an overview of
the issues at the
national level and
talked about how pilots
can make their voices
heard. The group also
received an electronic
message from Capt. John
Prater (CAL), former ALPA president, who
helped establish the
joint event in 2009. The
Cleveland LECs of CAL
172, CMT 152, and XJT
176 then met separately
to conduct
council-specific
business.
Be sure to mark your
calendar for next year’s
event. All ALPA pilots
and their family members
are invited to attend
the fourth annual Joint
LEC Meeting. It’s
currently scheduled for
December 15, 2012, at
the Winking Lizard
Tavern in Lakewood,
Ohio.
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The FlightDeck: Holiday Edition |
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 Get
in the holiday spirit
with
The FlightDeck!
On this episode, find
helpful holiday travel
information and tips on
how you can cope with
the stress of the
season; plus, industry
news featuring the
latest investments from
the Middle East and
coverage from ALPA’s
Canada Board meeting;
then, a heartwarming
story of holiday giving
with United’s Fantasy
Flight.
Watch us on your way
home for the holidays by
signing up for our video
podcast, available on
iTunes.
Tell us what you
think about our holiday
edition at
flightdeck@alpa.org,
and don’t forget to send
in your pilot group’s
holiday traditions of
giving back. We could
cover your story next!
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Animated Holiday Videos Aren’t Just for Kids |
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 To
help put you in the
winter holiday spirit,
take a moment to watch
A Very NextGen
Christmas, a
humorous video that
highlights how a new
NextGen procedure—had it
been available—could
have reduced delays from
3 hours to 45 minutes on
Christmas Eve 2009. The
video is a product of
the partnership between
the Federal Aviation
Administration and the North
American Aerospace
Defense Command (NORAD).
Visit
www.faa.gov/santa to
see this production and
other fun holiday items
like NORAD’s Santa
tracker and the FAA’s
North Pole flight plan.
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ALPA’s Government
Affairs Department and
Political Action
Committee play vital
roles in influencing
legislative and
regulatory decisions
that determine national
air transportation
policy. Call to Action
programs provide ALPA
members with a chance to
contact their elected
public officials and
voice their opinions . .
. but how familiar are
you with these
Association efforts?
Please take a moment to
complete a
six-question survey
and tell us what you
think about these and
other Government Affairs
issues. We want to hear
from you.
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• Bloomberg’s Businessweek reports that Airbus plans to hire another
4,000 workers next year as it increases production and recruits engineers for
the A350.
Read more.
• Also in Businessweek, FedEx Corp. posted a quarterly profit that
exceeded analysts’ estimates.
Read more.
• Per the Telegraph, KLM offers passengers the chance to choose who they
sit next to using Facebook.
Read more.
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On December 31, 1980, the U.S. airline industry ended the year with no
major-carrier fatal accidents, one of best safety records ever reported to date.
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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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