Motions, Resolutions, and Votes in this Recap are not official until Meeting Minutes are approved.

In accordance with the USAPA Constitution and Bylaws Article 5, Section 3 C; and the Union Operating Manual Section 3 III; the Board of Pilot Representatives Special Meeting from April 23, 2014 resumed by telephone conference call Monday, April 28, 2014, at 19:00 EDT. The agenda remained as previously approved by the Board. The Officers, Board of Pilot Representatives, Merger Committee, Merger Counsel Pat Szymanski, General Counsel Brian O'Dwyer, and Communications were on the call. PHL Vice Chairman John Taylor joined the call at approximately 19:25.

At approximately 19:03, President Gary Hummel called the meeting to order. He then turned the Chair over to VP Steve Bradford, since Steve had chaired the previous days of this special meeting. Steve briefly introduced the documents before the Board (the proposed Protocol Agreement, proposed Union Merger Transition Agreement, and proposed Global Settlement Agreement) and asked the Board to limit comments to 5 minutes at a time.

At approximately 19:08, a motion to accept the proposed Protocol Agreement, which was previously sent to the Board by the Merger Committee, was moved/seconded by Stein/Dugstad.
After brief discussion, a motion to go into closed session was moved/seconded by Dugstad/Nelson and passed 6-4 (Yes - DCA, CLT, PHL Music; No - PHX, PHL DiOrio).

At approximately 21:17, the Board returned to open session, and after an editorial change, the following resolution passed 7-4 (Yes - PHL, DCA, CLT Borman, Nelson; No - PHX, CLT Frear).

Merger Documents


BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Pilot Representatives approves the proposed Protocol Agreement and Settlement Agreement as presented by the Merger Committee,

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED THAT the Board of Pilot Representatives approves the proposed Merger Transition Agreement as amended.
President Gary Hummel then brought before the Board the urgent need for a Consultant Contract for Dr. Pete Lambrou, AME, to assist the Safety and Accident Investigation Committees, relating to the current investigation of the PHL rejected takeoff.

At approximately 21:23, a motion to go into closed session was moved/seconded by Scherff/Ferguson and passed unanimously. After approximately 10 minutes, the Board returned to open session and discussed provisions of the consultant contract.

A motion to approve the following resolution was moved/seconded by Taylor/Nelson.

Dr. Pete Lambrou

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Pilot Representatives directs the Consulting Contract for Dr. Pete Lambrou be amended to place a $40,000 limit, to be monitored by the Executive Vice President, and any additional expenditures to be approved by the Board of Pilot Representatives.

Before the vote was completed, the call system terminated the call at 22:00.

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