One of our guys wrote this with the intention of sending it to the Senate Commitee..Im just going to copy and paste this on here hopefully people will get off their butts and send this to their respective reps!
The following is from another forum:
At the bottom of this post is a link to the letters we've collaborated on to send to the Senate Committee on Aviation Operations. As previously discussed this is an opportunity for you, by spending 15 minutes of your time, to let those responsible for this industry know what you as a pilot deal with on a day to day basis. The Senate is holding their hearing on Wednesday with Colgan management, Regional Airline Association, and other airline industry reps. You can be sure that industry managment will use the time to imply that commuting, low-pay, and fatigue are the result of pilot irresponsibility and out of their control. It is your option if you would rather sit idlely by, or attempt to take a stand for your profession.
The letters are provided in three formats, Word 97, Rich Text Format, and Plain Text format. Whatever, word processing program you use. One of these will be compatible. If you use text format, some reformatting may be necessary.
***INSTRUCTION*******
1)
If you haven't already...read the letter and attachment, so that you konw what you're talking about. Also an earlier thread on the Cockpit forum titled..."So, What would you say!" and
2)
Change the "John Doe" Addresses on the letter to reflect your name and address, email and telephone.
3)
Email/Fax the complete letter and attachment to Senator Dorgan of North Dakota.
Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Avaiton Operations, Safety, and Security. Email:
[email protected]
or Fax (202) 224-1193
4)
Look-up the address for your states U.S. Senator. And make edits as you see fit. It is your senator so make sure the letter will make sense to them. Don't write anything like "I voted for you..., or I don't agree with most of your policiies..., etc. The email and address for your US Senator and North Dakota Senator Dorgan can be found through this link:
U.S. Senate: Senators Home
The link should give you an email address, fax, and in some cases a link that you can cut and past into their email system.
5)
On Monday afternoon, but no later than Tuesday Call Senator Dorgan's office, and ask his staffer, if the email/fax has been received and has Senator Dorgan been able to review the contents prior to the hearing. Express that you are a commercial airline pilot and are very interested in knowing that these issues are discussed during the hearing.
Senator Dorgan's Washington Telephone: (202)224-2551
5)
Ask your fellow pilots come in contact with, if they've submitted their letter.
6)
Feel free to share this with other non-Expressjet pilots, that you believe want to improve our profession.
The letter templates can be found at the following link (Thanks Austin):
drop.io fr9obik (double click and download the format that works on your wordprocessing software).
Best Regards, Thanks all for working on this project.
