Important Trip Trade System Update APA Pilots, As many of you are already aware, management’s trip trade system allowed many July trips to turn “green” last night, resulting in more than 2,000 sequences and 37,000 flying hours to be dropped into open time. Once again, AA’s ...

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It’s a New Day at APA Fellow APA members, First and foremost, I want to thank the selfless individuals who put their names in the hat to run for union office, and those who have recently left. Union work can be immensely rewarding but requires great personal sacrifice. The fact that so many ...

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Time to Lead The United Airlines ALPA Master Executive Council announced today that it has approved a tentative agreement with that carrier’s management for a new contract. Membership ratification voting opens on Monday, June 27, and closes on Friday, July 15. In its announcement, the UAL ME...

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It’s Past Time for American Airlines to Lead On the heels of the recent announcement of staggering wage increases for the pilots at the wholly owned regional affiliates, last night American Airlines CEO Robert Isom sought to address the “unease” among our pilot group regarding the...

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Important Update: Disregard Unauthorized Messages APA has received reports that pilots are receiving messages from other pilots, or from anonymous sources, discouraging them from engaging in their normal work activity — whether that is picking up open trips, doing special assignment work (oth...

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American Airlines Pilots Protest for Better Schedules     By IAN MARGOL and ALEX CICCARONE/WPLG-TV MIAMI – With summer around the corner, airlines have struggled to keep up with the demand and now American Airlines pilots are saying it’s time to fix the problem. Hund...

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Vaccine Mandate Update As most of you are aware, today, Jan. 4, is the deadline imposed by the Company for employees to submit proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or apply for an exemption from the vaccine requirement. It is our understanding that a substantial portion of the pilot group has already ...

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Managing Unrelenting Change – APA is On It The past several days have provided ample evidence to reinforce the old adage that the only constant in life is change. As I emphasized in our press release regarding Doug Parker stepping down as American Airlines CEO and Robert Isom taking his pl...

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New American Airlines CEO Robert Isom Can Run Operations. Can He Lead An Airline?   Robert Isom discusses the American-Alaska partnership in February 2020. (ELAINE THOMPSON/The Associated Press)   By TED REED/Forbes Five years after he was designated American Airlines’ CEO-i...

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Vaccine Mandate Update APA continues to monitor the various lawsuits challenging the Executive Order requiring federal contractors to mandate COVID-19 vaccines. As a result of a decision by a federal district court in Georgia this week in a case brought on behalf of a number of states, state agenc...

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