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ALPA & European Airline Workers Storm Oslo to Oppose NAI
Capt. Lee Moak, ALPA president, (ALPA) joined airline
industry employees from across Europe and North America in
Oslo, Norway, this week to make clear their collective,
resolute opposition to Norwegian Air International’s (NAI)
bid to dodge Norway’s labor laws. NAI’s plan contradicts the
U.S.-EU air services agreement allowing the company to gain
an unfair economic advantage in competing against other
European and U.S. airlines for international passengers’
business.
Read ALPA’s statement.
During ALPA’s news conference on Wednesday attended by a
dozen news media outlets, Capt. Moak, along with Nico
Vorbooch, president of the European Cockpit Association, and
Ed Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades
Department of the AFL-CIO, each reiterated their adamant
opposition to the NAI scheme and called for its immediate
rejection.
Read more about the Oslo news conference
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No Thanks to Walmarting the Airline Industry
ALPA leaders just concluded a remarkable meeting in Oslo,
Norway, with our labor counterparts in Europe to accelerate
a campaign against flag-of-convenience airlines that seek to
scour the globe for low labor standards and lax rules and
regulations. We gathered in Norway to make the case against
Norwegian Air International (NAI), which has designs on
expanding service in Europe and to the United States using
cockpit and cabin crew based in Thailand and covered under
the labor laws of Singapore.
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Jazz Reelects MEC Officers for Two-Year Term
At their recent meeting in Victoria, B.C., the JAZ MEC
reelected by acclamation captains Claude Buraglia, Terry
McTeer, Chris Lohse, and Georges Dawood as chairman, vice
chairman, secretary, and treasurer, respectively. The MEC
Executive will serve until 2016 and will help steer the
pilot group through their upcoming negotiations in 2015, as
well as the current shifts in domiciles. Jazz Aviation is
the second-largest employer of pilots in Canada with more
than 1,400 pilots flying to 82 destinations in Canada and
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ALPA Refutes Myth of U.S. Pilot Shortage
The thousands of airline pilots who are furloughed or
working overseas when they would prefer to fly for a U.S.
airline and live in this country makes it clear that no
shortage of trained and qualified airline pilots currently
exists in the United States, according to the Air Line
Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA).
“There may be a shortage of qualified pilots who are
willing to fly for U.S. airlines because of the
industry’s recent history of instability, poor pay, and
benefits,” said Capt. Lee Moak, president of ALPA, “But
thousands of highly qualified and experienced U.S. airline
pilots are either furloughed or working overseas and eager
to return to U.S airline cockpits—under the right
conditions.”
Read the full press release. |
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In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen
Black pilots who served in World War II paved the way for
racial integration of the U.S. military and, eventually,
U.S. airlines. Read all about the Tuskegee Airmen, along
with “What you Really Need to Know about Sleep Apnea” and
how the Air Wisconsin MEC prepared its pilots for Part 117,
in the February issue of Air Line Pilot coming to
your mailbox soon! |
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District Advocacy Web Training Dates
The first district advocacy web trainings of 2014 have been
scheduled! We are looking for volunteers who are interested
in promoting ALPA’s legislative agenda and want to serve as
pilot partisan representatives to their local congressional
office. Volunteers should be willing to schedule and lead
in-district advocacy visits with their members of Congress.
The webinar lasts approximately one hour and will train
participants to become effective District Advocates. Topics
will include the structure of ALPA’s grassroots program, how
to set up and conduct local congressional visits, and a
briefing on current pilot partisan legislative issues.
Interested? E-mail
Carly.Rhyne@alpa.org to sign up for one of these
sessions:
Friday, February 7, 1200 EST
Wednesday, February 12, 1500 EST
Friday, February 14, 1200 EST |
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IYE Offers Teens Memorable Summer
Do you want your teen to travel abroad, learn about a new
culture, further his or her foreign language skills, and
have the experience of a lifetime? Teens of airline families
can make this dream a reality with the help of International
Youth Exchange (IYE), an innovative program that has matched
more than 4,500 teens during the past 22 years. IYE connects
teens, ages 14–19, with similarly aged youth in another
country. The teens spend two weeks in each other’s homes,
usually over summer break. Many times the exchange results
in a lifelong friendship.
IYE has matched teens in a number of countries, including
Australia (limited exchanges), Austria, Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain,
Switzerland, and the United States. To learn more about IYE,
visit www.intlyouth.org
or contact retired Delta Air Lines staff member Camille
Wheeler at
cwheeler@intlyouth.org. |
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represents nearly 50,000 pilots at 31 airlines in the
United States and Canada.
Visit us online at
www.alpa.org. |
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