FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Captain Dennis Tajer, Communications Committee Chairman: 847-902-8481, or dtajer@alliedpilots.org Gregg Overman, Communications Director: 817-302-2250, or goverman@alliedpilots.org   Media Advisory WHO: Allied Pilots Association, collective bargaining agent ...

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An APA First: Union President to Testify on Capitol Hill APA President CA Dan Carey will become our union’s first national officer to testify on Capitol Hill when he participates in the House Transportation Aviation Subcommittee’s hearing tomorrow on the Boeing 737 MAX. According to a...

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Venezuela: Do Not Travel In light of the U.S. State Department's Level 4 Travel Advisory issued this week regarding Venezuela, APA President CA Dan Carey directs all APA pilots to cease flight operations into Venezuela. In its Travel Advisory, the U.S. Department of State cites "crime, civil unrest...

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On Tuesday, Nov. 27, a delegation from Boeing came to APA headquarters in Fort Worth to meet with union representatives. The four-person Boeing delegation consisted of senior members of the company’s engineering, flight, government relations, and sales teams. The APA officials on hand included...

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Today marks the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. APA Vice President FO Tim Hamel spoke at a morning ceremony on the union’s behalf at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas. Other APA officials and line pilots attended various observances around the country. Our col...

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American Airlines, Delta, and United have disclosed profit-sharing results for pilots. Unfortunately, the proportional disparity continues. Not only do we deeply trail our peers at Delta and United in terms of profit-sharing pools, resultant profit-sharing percentages of W-2 earnings, and actual aw...

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Joint Holiday Flying Update Fellow Pilots, As you’re all aware, over the last several days APA and AA management have been working to find a solution to cover the greater than normal level of open time made available due to the TTOT processing error. We’ve reached an agreement that we ...

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Fellow Pilots, The APA leadership met with American Airlines senior management today to discuss APA’s grievance concerning restrictions on premium pay and trip trading for December flying. APA and management have reached an agreement in principle addressing our respective needs, and we have ...

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On Friday, management disclosed a failure within the pilot schedule bidding system. As a result, thousands of flights currently do not have pilots assigned to fly them during the upcoming critical holiday period. Today, management issued an update detailing the “significant holes” in th...

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We Will Never Forget LGA Domicile Chairman CA Mike Burr and LGA Domicile Vice Chairman CA R Scott Heckenberger led a contingent of APA pilots to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum this morning, including CA Bill Fallon, FO Scott Torrence, FO Beau Culpepper, and FO Peter Zepp. By some measures, 16 ye...

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