APA Board Approves 8% Pay Rate Increase During a voting conference call this afternoon, the APA Board of Directors approved management’s offer of pay rate increases. The board and national officers agree that the increases represent progress in APA’s efforts to align our pilots’ c...

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With management’s announcement that pilot pay will be adjusted to be “equal to the highest pay rates currently in place at either Delta or United” effective next month, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge your sacrifices and steadfast professionalism. A filing by the com...

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“Do not let yourself be forced into doing anything before you are ready.”  — Wilbur Wright When I took office as your president in July 2016, I made clear to senior management my willingness to exploit opportunities for mutual benefit. I also emphasized that we have no inten...

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APA President CA Dan Carey Files Expedited Presidential Grievance: “Failing to Provide the Safest Flight Operations” Today, APA President CA Dan Carey filed “Carey Expedited Presidential Grievance 17-039” on behalf of all pilots. This grievance cites American Airlines’...

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Fellow pilots, At the core of APA’s mission is our duty to protect the integrity of the safety of flight operations performed by our pilot members. During the past year, APA has grown increasingly concerned about matters involving the Company’s safety and quality assurance programs, in...

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Management Pilots to Receive Up to 55% Profit Sharing vs. Your 3% In this week’s edition of “Carey On,” APA President CA Dan Carey disclosed that APA has confirmed the existence of a profit-sharing plan for management pilots only. This lucrative plan will provide up to 55 percent ...

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“APA intends to go for great, not fourth,” CA Carey emphasizes in the newest edition of “Carey On.” In this video, he shares details of the lucrative profit-sharing plan that’s exclusive to management pilots, which can run as high as 55 percent of their 2016 W-2 earning...

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Veterans Day 2016 Please join your APA leadership in observing Veterans Day. We are deeply grateful for the men and women who risk all in service to our nation. Thanks to their sacrifice, we can continue to live in freedom. The orderly transition of power now underway in our government’s exe...

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Seniority List Integration – Decision and Award Released The Seniority List Integration (SLI) arbitration panel issued its final decision and award today, Sept. 6, 2016. The final award includes a 60-page narrative decision with two exhibits authored by the SLI panel. Exhibit 1 is the approxi...

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Management’s “Rush to Failure” On October 1, 2016, American Airlines will transition to a single flight operating system (FOS) and shortly thereafter begin flying as one fleet – indeed one everything, or so we are told. APA has attempted discussions with management on severa...

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