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Regularly visit 10www.alpa.org In the crew lounge Go to page 37 and try to solve the mystery airplane puzzle, A member service of Air Line Pilot. then turn to page 16 to see if you got it right. 4 Air Line Pilot November 2011 AviationMatters What Would Steve Jobs Do? cripple our industry and is working to put in place a common- n October 5, Steve Jobs died at the age of 56. During his sense tax policy for airlines. 35-year business career, he revolutionized not one but Once we level the playing field, we need to set the global Ofour industries: first, personal computers, with Apple standard for the next generation of air transportation. Everyone and NeXT; second, animated movies, with Pixar; third, digital on Capitol Hill acknowledges that we need to upgrade our music, with the iPod; and fourth, telecommunications, with the national airspace infrastructure, yet both parties remain dead- iPhone. I’m going to repeat that—he locked over a long-term, fully financed FAA reauthorization bill. revolutionized not one, but four indus- After 22 FAA funding extensions, I can tell you that we need tries. He never took the easy path, and the leadership in our government to fund a bill that carries this the word “impossible” did not enter his industry into the future. Because right now, we are not only vocabulary. In many ways, he gave us stuck in the past—we are falling behind. the future by always pushing himself With a level playing field and the proper tools in place, we to perfection. stand a fighting chance to remain the leaders in the airline in- Now, looking back at his life’s work, dustry. But this revolution requires a coordinated plan of attack, and looking at the challenges and with every ally we can rally, flying in formation. It requires lead- opportunities that face the airline ers in our governments who are willing to protect not only the industry today, I asked myself, “What would Steve Jobs do?” Because let’s be clear—the airline business is an industry, if oday, we are challenging ever there was one, that needs a revolution. That change needs to start here, in North America, where all aviation industry our airlines are competing with countries and airlines that have players to get in the state-sponsored capitalism in the form of wholly owned and integrated airlines, airplanes, and airports. Our governments game. Perhaps we must work with our airlines and their employees to allow us to T should all channel Steve Jobs compete globally and level the playing field, which is currently tilted toward the competition, particularly to some foreign and ask ourselves, “What can we airlines in the Middle East and Asia. Ask yourself, When faced do to revolutionize the aviation with this situation, what would Steve Jobs do? Could he have industry?” invented the devices we now take for granted if his company spent more in taxes than research and development? Clearly not, yet that’s what might happen to the airline health of our economies, but also our jobs. It requires vision, industry if the European Union’s emission trading scheme is determination, investment, and a heavy dosage of perfection. It unilaterally imposed and if the Obama administration enacts requires a “Steve Jobs” way of thinking. new taxes on the airline industry to offset spending. This I’ll conclude by telling you that ALPA is fully engaged. We scheme would include a new $100 departure tax on every have assessed our resources and charted our course appropri- airline departure and triple the security tax on each airline ately. We are building a robust Government Affairs Department ticket purchase. Our industry is already the most highly taxed in that will increase our presence on Capitol Hill and recruit the country—more than alcohol and tobacco, which are taxed advocates for our profession. We have coordinated with other to discourage use. Is our own government trying to discourage industry partners to strengthen the airline industry in North people from flying? Our industry contributes more than 5 America so that we can better compete on an international percent to the gross domestic product and employs millions of level. We’ve developed and continue to follow a strategic plan Americans. As far as I’m concerned, these taxes will devastate that will lead our Association into the future. our industry and are job killers. And today, we are challenging all airline industry players Your union has been on Capitol Hill actively advocating to get in the game. Perhaps we should all channel Steve Jobs against any new aviation taxes. The American Jobs Act was and ask ourselves, “What can we do to revolutionize the airline introduced in the U.S. Senate without any new aviation taxes to industry?” offset the spending in the bill. A temporary victory, but a move in the right direction. This will be a long fight as Congress looks for ways to decrease the federal budget deficit, but your union is committed to combating any proposal that could potentially Capt.

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