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FAA HOSTS WRONG-SURFACE LANDING MEETINGS AT PHL, BNA
The FAA's Runway Safety Action Team, which is co-chaired by Capt. Steve Jangelis (DAL), ALPA's Aviation Safety chair, has scheduled two special-focus meetings this month, which are open to the piloting community, regarding wrong-surface events. The first will be held at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) on January 9 and the second at Nashville International Airport (BNA) on January 30. The FAA encourages all pilots who are based at or frequent these airports to attend. Representatives from ALPA's Air Safety Organization are planning to attend both meetings.
The purpose of the meetings is to discuss factors that contributed to recent wrong-surface events, including attempted wrong-surface arrivals and departures. Airport stakeholders and pilots are invited to engage in discussions to assess current mitigation strategies and to assist with recommendations and solutions to enhance surface safety at these airports.
Anyone who wishes to attend the PHL meeting should RSVP as soon as possible to [email protected]. To attend the BNA meeting, please RSVP by January 21 to [email protected].

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ANNOUNCING ALPA'S PILOT CAREER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

On his first day in office, ALPA President Joe DePete brought together pilots and staff to begin planning what promises to be one of our union's flagship events for 2019—a summit to be held during the first part of the year called the "Pilot Career Development Initiative: From Recruitment to Retirement."
In anticipation of taking office on January 1, ALPA's president directed members of his transition team to reach out during the month of December to all ALPA MEC leaders to determine their pilots' top five concerns, so that the new administration would hit the ground running in 2019. ALPA's incoming leadership team found that pilots seek solutions to a multitude of problems that all fit into the broader category of the piloting career—issues such as attracting the next generation of pilots, career progression, and retirement. From this, the ALPA Pilot Career Development Initiative was born.
Feedback from ALPA's MECs continues to come in, and Capt. DePete and his administration look forward to ongoing input from the union's members.


ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST'S FINAL DEPARTURE

ALPA carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) reached a peak of success in 2013 with 1,860 fellow pilots. However, shifts in supply and demand across various markets resulted in the end of contract agreements between ASA and the mainline carriers under which it operated.
On January 9, ASA pilots will fly the regional's final flight under the American Eagle brand. In late November, ASA operated a final flight for Delta.
The good news is that, thanks to preferential hiring agreements initiated by ALPA, 123 former ASA pilots have been hired at Kalitta; 61 of those 123 pilots are on the line, and the remainder are scheduled to begin training in 2019. In addition, 268 former ASA pilots have been hired at/transferred to ExpressJet in 2018.
With approximately 4,716 former or current ASA pilots flying—many at other ALPA carriers—we recognize the contributions these fellow aviators have made to our Association and our profession.

TheFly

Training issues at SKW

bronc

Isnt it amazing how the tone changed around here after that new pay deal they get, which they only got due to unionized competitors' contracts?

Check Complete

We have been riding on the merits of ALPA carriers since day one! We get what other airlines have with a 3 to 5 year lag and only when it matters to bring in new pilots.

Embarrassed to say the least......


Note: this message will be sharply met with harsh words and denial from amcnd and Skyhawk121, their word is final, thanks.

word302

Nah. The drive is alive and well. Should be heading into the next step shortly.

Mesabah

It's time for you guys to organize, with XJT sold, you now stand alone, and as the largest regional; Yet smaller airlines have way better pay, benefits, and career progression.

It doesn't even have to be ALPA, anything is better at this point.

savedbythevnav

The positive thing is that a lot of people here probably agree. The logistics involved in getting contact info for ~5000 pilots are obviously complicated, however.

I hope we can successfully organize this group. It would be a win for our entire profession.

DarkSideMoon

Couldn’t you guys just search the FAA airmen registry for everyone with a current first class medical and a CRJ/ERJ type rating? There has to be a decent way to do that, as soon as I got my ratings I got blasted with pilot spam so there has to be some way to scrape that data easily.

Sure you’d get a lot of other regional pilots with that net but you’d also hit everyone at SkyWest. Maybe you could also get seniority lists from other carriers and remove those names off the list as well, leaving you with mostly SkyWest pilots.

Claxstarr

You must have been a data miner in a past career, that's exactly how I would do it too. It really wouldn't be too hard with the once you have the lists.