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IFALPA
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Re: IFALPA
Dear fellow pilots,
We hope you had a great summer and that September is off to a good start for everyone. ALPA Canada has had a full beginning to the fall season, and we have much to report on.
The ALPA Canada Board met September 7–9—the largest sitting of that body in ALPA history, and it was the first time since early 2020 that the Canada Board met in person. Let’s pause and think for a second about how far we’ve come: In the past 6 years, ALPA Canada has more than doubled in size, now representing over 6,200 pilots at 16 airlines. Our meeting contained voices from PAL Airlines, PAL Aerospace, Air Borealis, Air Transat, Cargojet, Morningstar, Jazz Aviation, Wasaya, Calm Air, Perimeter Aviation, Bearskin Airlines, WestJet, Canadian North (Canadian North and First Air MECs), WestJet Encore, KFC, and Flair Airlines, working together as one.
It is our strategic goal to represent all professional pilots in Canada, and while there are still pilot groups that have not joined our family, there is no question that we are now stronger than ever! Let us remember though, it is not our size alone that makes us strong, it is our unity. Unity means standing together, thinking and acting strategically together, and always bearing in mind that we must stand for the interests of the whole, rather than the one. That is where our real strength can be found!
During our meeting, the Canada Board unanimously supported a resolution that will strengthen ALPA Canada within our union, evolve the representational structure for Canadian ALPA members, and align the duties and responsibilities of the ALPA Canada officers with those of the National Officers. Fundamentally, these changes were studied and recommended by committees within ALPA Canada and ALPA Int’l, approved by the governing bodies in both countries (including ALPA’s highest governing body, the Board of Directors) in 2018 during the time an ALPA/ACPA merger was being considered. At this time, no ACPA merger is on the table, but since ALPA Canada has grown so significantly, it was supported simply on the strength of our existing membership and today’s pilot group structure in Canada. We intend to see these amendments to the ALPA Constitution and By-Laws supported by all, and passed at the ALPA Board of Directors (BOD) meeting in October. We will be coordinating with all ALPA status reps through the MEC Chairs in advance of the BOD with the goal of working together to secure these changes.
The most notable of these important changes are:
Split the ALPA Canada President/Group C Executive Vice President (EVP) position into two separate positions, thereby expanding the Executive Council to include: ALPA President, First Vice President, Vice President–Admin, Vice President–Finance, ALPA Canada President, EVPs (Groups A, B, and C).
Change term of office for ALPA Canada officers to 4 years beginning with the 2022 BOD elections (term of office beginning January 1, 2023). With the ALPA Canada officers no longer attached to the specific EVP two-year election cycle, move to a term of office in alignment with ALPA National Officers and other democratic labour organizations.
Introduce office for ALPA Canada President at the ALPA “main office” (presently McLean, Va.) to increase alignment between Canada and the United States.
Allow large (or Group A) Canadian pilot groups to have standing within our union. Presently only “US” pilot groups over a certain size can hold this designation.
Collaborate with the ALPA President on hiring and managing Canadian-based staff and managing ALPA office space in Canada.
Remember, these positions, ALPA Canada President, Vice President, Vice Presidents of Admin and Finance, and Group C EVP (should the resolution pass at the BOD during the October 17-20 meeting) are open to any ALPA member in good standing. If you have questions, please contact your rep!
During the ALPA Canada meeting, we also discussed an agreement that we reached with ACPA on their participation at IFALPA earlier this summer. The protocol, which was ratified unanimously by the Canada Board, allows for Air Canada pilots to participate through our ALPA Canada Member Association (as Canada’s single MA). This will strengthen our voice on the world stage as well as add significant support to IFALPA through both volunteer and monetary resources. It is a two-year arrangement with the goal of adopting structural representational changes and building long-term pilot unity.
From ASPA de Mexico, we were honoured to host General Secretary (President) Captain Humberto Gual at our ALPA Canada meeting along with three of his fellow pilot leaders from their union. On behalf of the Canadian membership, we gifted them a Crystal Goose, the traditional ALPA Canada (formerly CALPA) retirement gift, symbolizing Canadian heritage and unity. Captain Gual and his colleagues were also invited to Washington by ALPA president Captain Joe DePete where, following our ALPA Canada meeting, together we signed a letter of understanding between all three nations indicating our intention to work together toward Mexican membership in ALPA or formal affiliation with our union. We stated together that since airlines are global enterprises and capital can cross borders with ease, as labour leaders, we must work together across international boundaries. We must build solidarity across the continent and beyond so that we may meet the challenges of the coming decades with strength and unity.
Following the ALPA Canada meeting, as we mentioned, we travelled directly to Washington, D.C., for the fall Executive Council and Executive Board meetings, as well as the one and only ALPA Air Safety Forum (ASF), which also occurred in person for the first time since 2019. At the ASF, we were honoured to accompany three outstanding ALPA pilots who were acknowledged by their peers for their outstanding contributions: Captain Murray Munroe (JAZ), 2019 Pilot Assistance Award; Captain Bob Fulton (JAZ), 2020 Air Safety Award; and F/O Stacey Jackson (WJA), 2019 Presidential citation for Air Safety. Their respective achievements are far too numerous to mention here, but please join us in thanking them if/when you have the opportunity to do so.
It's been a long update, but we are excited to share our recent work with you all.
Wishing you all the best for the coming season!
We hope you had a great summer and that September is off to a good start for everyone. ALPA Canada has had a full beginning to the fall season, and we have much to report on.
The ALPA Canada Board met September 7–9—the largest sitting of that body in ALPA history, and it was the first time since early 2020 that the Canada Board met in person. Let’s pause and think for a second about how far we’ve come: In the past 6 years, ALPA Canada has more than doubled in size, now representing over 6,200 pilots at 16 airlines. Our meeting contained voices from PAL Airlines, PAL Aerospace, Air Borealis, Air Transat, Cargojet, Morningstar, Jazz Aviation, Wasaya, Calm Air, Perimeter Aviation, Bearskin Airlines, WestJet, Canadian North (Canadian North and First Air MECs), WestJet Encore, KFC, and Flair Airlines, working together as one.
It is our strategic goal to represent all professional pilots in Canada, and while there are still pilot groups that have not joined our family, there is no question that we are now stronger than ever! Let us remember though, it is not our size alone that makes us strong, it is our unity. Unity means standing together, thinking and acting strategically together, and always bearing in mind that we must stand for the interests of the whole, rather than the one. That is where our real strength can be found!
During our meeting, the Canada Board unanimously supported a resolution that will strengthen ALPA Canada within our union, evolve the representational structure for Canadian ALPA members, and align the duties and responsibilities of the ALPA Canada officers with those of the National Officers. Fundamentally, these changes were studied and recommended by committees within ALPA Canada and ALPA Int’l, approved by the governing bodies in both countries (including ALPA’s highest governing body, the Board of Directors) in 2018 during the time an ALPA/ACPA merger was being considered. At this time, no ACPA merger is on the table, but since ALPA Canada has grown so significantly, it was supported simply on the strength of our existing membership and today’s pilot group structure in Canada. We intend to see these amendments to the ALPA Constitution and By-Laws supported by all, and passed at the ALPA Board of Directors (BOD) meeting in October. We will be coordinating with all ALPA status reps through the MEC Chairs in advance of the BOD with the goal of working together to secure these changes.
The most notable of these important changes are:
Split the ALPA Canada President/Group C Executive Vice President (EVP) position into two separate positions, thereby expanding the Executive Council to include: ALPA President, First Vice President, Vice President–Admin, Vice President–Finance, ALPA Canada President, EVPs (Groups A, B, and C).
Change term of office for ALPA Canada officers to 4 years beginning with the 2022 BOD elections (term of office beginning January 1, 2023). With the ALPA Canada officers no longer attached to the specific EVP two-year election cycle, move to a term of office in alignment with ALPA National Officers and other democratic labour organizations.
Introduce office for ALPA Canada President at the ALPA “main office” (presently McLean, Va.) to increase alignment between Canada and the United States.
Allow large (or Group A) Canadian pilot groups to have standing within our union. Presently only “US” pilot groups over a certain size can hold this designation.
Collaborate with the ALPA President on hiring and managing Canadian-based staff and managing ALPA office space in Canada.
Remember, these positions, ALPA Canada President, Vice President, Vice Presidents of Admin and Finance, and Group C EVP (should the resolution pass at the BOD during the October 17-20 meeting) are open to any ALPA member in good standing. If you have questions, please contact your rep!
During the ALPA Canada meeting, we also discussed an agreement that we reached with ACPA on their participation at IFALPA earlier this summer. The protocol, which was ratified unanimously by the Canada Board, allows for Air Canada pilots to participate through our ALPA Canada Member Association (as Canada’s single MA). This will strengthen our voice on the world stage as well as add significant support to IFALPA through both volunteer and monetary resources. It is a two-year arrangement with the goal of adopting structural representational changes and building long-term pilot unity.
From ASPA de Mexico, we were honoured to host General Secretary (President) Captain Humberto Gual at our ALPA Canada meeting along with three of his fellow pilot leaders from their union. On behalf of the Canadian membership, we gifted them a Crystal Goose, the traditional ALPA Canada (formerly CALPA) retirement gift, symbolizing Canadian heritage and unity. Captain Gual and his colleagues were also invited to Washington by ALPA president Captain Joe DePete where, following our ALPA Canada meeting, together we signed a letter of understanding between all three nations indicating our intention to work together toward Mexican membership in ALPA or formal affiliation with our union. We stated together that since airlines are global enterprises and capital can cross borders with ease, as labour leaders, we must work together across international boundaries. We must build solidarity across the continent and beyond so that we may meet the challenges of the coming decades with strength and unity.
Following the ALPA Canada meeting, as we mentioned, we travelled directly to Washington, D.C., for the fall Executive Council and Executive Board meetings, as well as the one and only ALPA Air Safety Forum (ASF), which also occurred in person for the first time since 2019. At the ASF, we were honoured to accompany three outstanding ALPA pilots who were acknowledged by their peers for their outstanding contributions: Captain Murray Munroe (JAZ), 2019 Pilot Assistance Award; Captain Bob Fulton (JAZ), 2020 Air Safety Award; and F/O Stacey Jackson (WJA), 2019 Presidential citation for Air Safety. Their respective achievements are far too numerous to mention here, but please join us in thanking them if/when you have the opportunity to do so.
It's been a long update, but we are excited to share our recent work with you all.
Wishing you all the best for the coming season!
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Transition9er2
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Re: IFALPA
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Sharklasers
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Re: IFALPA
Transition9er2 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:38 pm Clearly ALPA has no clue what they’re doing. Their comms department is so completely useless, why on earth would they bother sending out communication like this?
Uniting pilots from different carriers from all over the country, how juvenile!
ACPA is most likely (probably) drafting up an email right now reminding us why they’re so much superior. I know I’ll be anxiously waiting for mine to show up in my inbox. Eventually.
Are you even a mainline pilot? An ACPA email came out at 2 PM yesterday stroking the IFALPA opportunity pretty hard. The vote opened almost immediately.
I’m pretty sure your a flight simmer playing pretend now.
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Transition9er2
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Re: IFALPA
Are you even a mainline pilot? An ACPA email came out at 2 PM yesterday stroking the IFALPA opportunity pretty hard. The vote opened almost immediately.
I’m pretty sure your a flight simmer playing pretend now.
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I am and just realized the “many” emails that came out on this just now. Deleted my original post.
It was meant to be sarcastic, but as you said there has actually been a surprising amount of communication on this topic. Impressive!
I’m pretty sure your a flight simmer playing pretend now.
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I am and just realized the “many” emails that came out on this just now. Deleted my original post.
It was meant to be sarcastic, but as you said there has actually been a surprising amount of communication on this topic. Impressive!
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RippleRock
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Re: IFALPA
Don't know if that guy is being sarcastic or not, but --any move-- toward a real union and away from the train wreck that is ACPA is not a bad idea.
Vote yes if you're interested in changing course. This isn't a change in representation as it doesn't happen overnight. Simple affiliation with IFALPA is a good first step. One leg out of the "yellow cesspool" at a time.
Vote yes if you're interested in changing course. This isn't a change in representation as it doesn't happen overnight. Simple affiliation with IFALPA is a good first step. One leg out of the "yellow cesspool" at a time.
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goingmissed
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Re: IFALPA
Change in union is not change in representation... it's a change in support and resources for your representation.RippleRock wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 7:08 am Don't know if that guy is being sarcastic or not, but --any move-- toward a real union and away from the train wreck that is ACPA is not a bad idea.
Vote yes if you're interested in changing course. This isn't a change in representation as it doesn't happen overnight. Simple affiliation with IFALPA is a good first step. One leg out of the "yellow cesspool" at a time.
You can vote in the same individuals for your MEC and LECs if you so choose, but with ALPA they will have a lot of resources made available to them that they don't have under ACPA.
