FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gregg Overman, 817-302-2250/Capt. Dennis Tajer, 847-902-8481 Allied Pilots Association: By Aiding Airlines, “Policymakers are Investing in Our Nation’s Future” FORT WORTH, Texas (March 18, 2020) — Citing “the vital role” that airlines perform, the Allied Pilots As...

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APA Information Hotline This is APA President CA Eric Ferguson with the APA Information Hotline for Sunday, March 15. APA BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES LOA 20-001 – NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): The APA Board of Directors convened a voting conference call this evening at 7 p.m. Central. Fol...

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Presidential Directive — Coronavirus Pilots, At my direction, the Allied Pilots Association filed a lawsuit this afternoon seeking the immediate halt to all American Airlines flights between the United States and China. Click these links to see the filing and an associated press release. He...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gregg Overman, 817-302-2250/Capt. Dennis Tajer, 847-902-8481 Allied Pilots Association Files Suit to Halt American Airlines’ U.S.-China Service FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 30, 2020) — Citing “serious, and in many ways still unknown, health threats posed by the coronavirus,...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gregg Overman, 817-302-2250 Hundreds of American Airlines Pilots Picket at DFW Airport, Rally for Pilots and Passengers Day of Action Highlights Pilot Unity as the Allied Pilots Association Continues to Negotiate with American Airlines for a New Contract FORT WORTH, T...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gregg Overman, 817-302-2250 New Allied Pilots Association Video Shows Impact of American Airlines’ Unreliable Flight Operations on Passengers and Pilots FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 27, 2020) — As pilots and passengers contend with American Airlines’ widely reported operat...

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MEDIA ADVISORY Jan. 24, 2020 CONTACT Gregg Overman: 817-302-2250 Capt. Dennis Tajer: 847-902-8481 American Airlines Pilots to Picket at DFW on Jan. 29 FORT WORTH, Texas – On Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., hundreds of members of the Allied Pilots Association (APA) will participate in info...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Capt. Dennis Tajer, 847-902-8481; Gregg Overman, 817-302-2250 Allied Pilots Association Applauds New Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 22, 2020) — The Allied Pilots Association (APA) expressed its appreciation to President Trump for leadi...

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What Now? It’s Jan. 2, 2020, and the amendable date of our collective bargaining agreement has come and gone. What now? American Airlines CEO Doug Parker made a bold proclamation when he said “shame on us if we can’t figure out, over the course of a year, how to get a contract do...

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Management’s “Continued Use of Tactics From a Bygone Era” In this latest version of APA President CA Eric Ferguson’s new video regarding the state of Section 6 negotiations between APA and American Airlines management, he cites management’s “continued use of ...

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