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he safety of the people shall be the As Capt. Chuck Dyer (FedEx Express), his pilot highest law,” said Roman orator and group’s Master Executive Council (MEC) chair- “Tstatesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. While man, stated in an opinion piece published in the aviation safety has always formed the bedrock of Memphis Commercial Appeal, “Properly regulat- ALPA’s work, our commitment has rarely driven ing lithium batteries for ALL airline operations, our work more clearly than in recent weeks, as cargo and passenger, is essential to the safety of Congress has begun work to reauthorize the FAA. our pilots, our airspace, and our community.” In Since it was founded 85 years ago, ALPA has addition to ensuring the safe transport of lithium maintained that the most important safety feature battery shipments by air, ALPA pilots also stand on an airliner is a skilled, qualified, and experi- united in making certain that the FAA reauthori- enced professional flight crew. We are adamant zation advances efforts to mandate the installation that the strong pilot qualification and training of secondary cockpit barriers on aircraft, ensures requirements initiated by Congress in 2010 remain the safety of unmanned aircraft systems operating solidly in place for the safety of the passengers, in U.S. airspace, and creates a stable source of long- cargo, and flight crews. term funding that fosters NextGen modernization. As you’ll read in this issue, the facts have de- Already, Congress has recognized the importance bunked some airlines’ claims that a pilot shortage is of our safety agenda as the Transportation and currently causing them to stop serving smaller com- Infrastructure Committee unanimously adopted an munities (see page 22). The “pilot shortage” excuse is amendment to require secondary cockpit barriers also rightly being rejected as reason to compromise on all new passenger aircraft. After the committee’s safety in the pursuit of widening the hiring pool and action earlier this month, Capt. Jay Heppner, then offering lower wages to increase profit by weaken- the United pilots’ MEC chairman, said, “We believe ing the pilot qualification and experience standards that we will be able to include all U.S. airliners going that have made air travel safer. Providing a promis- forward with the final bill. Today was an excellent ing and rewarding career is what attracts skilled and step toward completing that goal.” qualified pilots to an airline. In April, ALPA will explore many of these same Throughout its history, ALPA has worked with issues in Canada, when our union hosts its “Air regulators and airlines across the industry to help Transport in Canada Symposium: Time for Real develop and maintain dynamic and responsive Change Powered by Pilots.” Among other top- training and qualification programs that reflect ics, the symposium will examine the important emerging technology and operating techniques, issues that must be addressed to enhance safety while at the same time ensuring that pilots and airline service throughout Canada, including maintain the strongest possible flying skills and flight- and duty-time regulations and the Tempo- judgment. It was in this context that our union rary Foreign Worker program. worked as part of an FAA Aviation Rulemaking As the FAA’s reauthorization expiration ap- Committee with other stakeholders from across proaches on March 31, ALPA pilots will be closely the industry to develop and recommend new engaged and highly involved on the key issues qualification requirements. The regional airlines that define the safety of our industry. Similarly, led this industrywide effort, recognizing that the we are working with members of Parliament and safety of our industry is paramount. new government leaders in Ottawa, Ontario, to Before the introduction of the House FAA advance the highest standards of safety in Canada. reauthorization bill, I briefed Washington, D.C.- In both the United States and Canada, lawmak- based journalists who cover aviation for major ers have a critical opportunity to make certain international and national news outlets to highlight that safety is indeed the highest law. On behalf of ALPA’s priorities for the legislation (see page 20). all the people who depend on air transportation, At the same time, ALPA members fanned across ALPA will make sure of it. Capitol Hill, connecting with lawmakers about our top safety issues in the bill (see page 6). As a union, we are speaking out with a determined and united voice on safety. Capt. Tim Canoll, ALPA President

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» > ment ofTransportation. proval fromtheU.S.Depart- Investments, pendingap- Aviation FinanceandMalama based companies,PaCap the airlinetotwoHawaii- sell controllinginterestof Larry Ellisonhasagreedto Alaska Airlines and Virgin Alaska AirlinesandVirgin of nineU.S.-basedairlines. released itsannualscorecard Airline Industry Airline Air LinePilot March2016 DOMESTIC input regardingH.R.4441. ture CommitteetogivetheAssociation’s the HouseTransportationand Infrastruc- staff hasbeenmeetingwithmembers of shipped onpassengerandcargoairplanes. appropriately regulatinglithiumbatteries the DepartmentofTransportationfrom ers andtostrikethelanguagepreventing the installationofsecondarycockpitbarri- about theneedforH.R.4441tomandate offices forstatesthathavekeyairlinehubs funding until2022. would reauthorizetheFAAandextendits tion Actof2016.Ifpassed,thislegislation tion Innovation,Reform,andReauthoriza- and theirstaffaboutH.R.4441,theAvia- bers oftheU.S.HouseRepresentatives Hill inearlyFebruary,speakingwithmem- FedEx Express,andUnitedwereonCapitol Nearly adozenALPApilotsfromDelta, Reps ALPA MembersMeetwithHouse The Wall Street Journal The WallStreetJournal Island Air reported that Island Airreportedthat In addition, ALPA’s Government Affairs In addition,ALPA’sGovernment Affairs Pilots havebeenreachingouttoHouse Legislative Affairs NEWS News replaced as chief executive replaced aschiefexecutive executive chairman,willbe who willbecomeDelta’s will retireinMay. executive ofDeltaAirLines, Richard Anderson,thechief bumping, andcomplaints. handled baggage,involuntary hour tarmacdelays,mis- flights, extremedelays,two- on-time arrivals,canceled The analysistookintoaccount American wasatthebottom. America toppedthelist; Per The New YorkTimes, Update barriers andtheimportanceof cosponsor- about themeritsofsecondary cockpit staff, spokewithMembersofCongress United pilots,inconjunctionwith ALPA cockpit barriersonallpassenger airliners. of ALPA’seffortstomandatesecondary was onCapitolHillinmid-Januaryaspart Council (MEC)LegislativeCommittee The Unitedpilots’MasterExecutive Cockpit Barriers United PilotsCallforSecondary Representatives. Tim Hooey(Delta)visitmembersoftheU.S.House kinson (Delta),F/OJoeMorowitz(United),andCapt. 

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quarter of2016. quarter orearlyinthesecond return toworklateinthefirst and strategicplanning to takepartinkeymeetings recovery. Muñ ticipate thathe’llhaveaquick with hisprogressandtheyan- his doctorswereimpressed recently released,Muñ ter toemployeesthatUnited surgery onJanuary6. undergoing hearttransplant the hospitalninedaysafter lines CEOOscarMuñozleft reported thatUnitedAir- current president. by EdBastian,theairline’s The Associated Press The AssociatedPress oz expected oz expected Inalet- oz said oz said to Action. org/advocacy Safety Actbygoingtowww.alpa. cockpit doormustbeopened. airliners duringflightwhenthe fective, inexpensivewaytoprotect secondary cockpitbarriersareanef- United Flight175onSept.11,2001. pilots killedwhenterroristshijacked Victor Saracini,oneoftheUnited (H.R. 911,S.911),namedforCapt. ing theSaraciniAviationSafetyAct Mattson (United)onCapitolHill. wife ofCapt.VictorSaracini;andF/ODoug Rep. DanNewhouse(R-Wash.);EllenSaracini, ert Hamilton(PSA);F/OJoeMorowitz(United); 

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Left photo: Capt. Jerry Timmerman (Delta) Photo: iStockphoto.com Boeing reported that it proposed that the ban be Transport Canada an- will be airlines where we see delivered a company record lifted if new packaging can nounced that it intends to there is high potential and 762 airplanes in 2015, 39 be developed that provides introduce new regulatory that potential is not being more than in 2014. an acceptable level of safety. requirements later this year properly exercised.” Final approval from the ICAO for unmanned aircraft sys- Council is still needed. tems that weigh 25 kilograms According to the Interna- > INTERNATIONAL NEWS (55 pounds) or less and are tional Business Times, EasyJet Emirates plans to add operated “within visual line has announced plans this According to the Associ- 37 new airplanes to its fleet of sight.” year to test new hydrogen- ated Press, the International in the fiscal year beginning powered hybrid airplanes to Civil Aviation Organization’s April as it expands operations Per Bloomberg Business, save fuel and cut emissions. (ICAO) Air Navigation Com- in Asia with new destinations, Qatar Airways Chief Execu- The new airplanes would mission has recommended reported Bloomberg News. tive Officer Akbar Al Baker primarily be powered by jet that cargo shipments “We will continue to grow. said he intends to make fuel but would be supple- of rechargeable lithium We will continue to invest, more investments in other mented by a hydrogen fuel batteries be banned from innovate, have a younger airlines this year as the car- cell when taxiing, which passenger airliners because fleet. It’s about creating new rier seeks opportunities to would eliminate the use of jet the batteries can create fires markets,” said Emirates’ Chief expand. “We are looking at fuel while on the ground and capable of destroying the air- Commercial Officer Thierry many airlines. Either they will reduce greenhouse gas emis- plane. The commission also Antinori. be successful airlines or they sions and noise. The hybrid

 From left, FedEx Express pilots Capt. Russ Sklenka, FedEx Pilots Take On Capitol Capt. Rich Hughey, and F/O Bill Secord during their Hill visit to Washington, D.C. Members of the FedEx Express Master Executive Council (MEC) supported the PAC, an increase of more Legislative Affairs Committee were than 1,500 members from 2014 levels. in Washington, D.C., in late January Participation in the Behncke Circle club to speak with Members of Con- increased by more than 100 percent. gress about ALPA’s priorities for F/O Jolanda Witvliet (United) and the FAA reauthorization bill. FedEx Capt. Gary Weistroffer (Delta) were pilots Capt. Russ Sklenka, an ALPA the 2015 ALPA-PAC Project Wingman executive vice president; Capt. Rich winners. Together, last year the two Hughey, chairman of the Presi- started or made worse by lithium bat- recruited more than 1,000 new PAC dent’s Committee for Cargo; and teries in the cargo hold, including UPS contributors, who brought an extra F/O Bill Secord, his pilot group’s Flight 6, which crashed near Dubai in $8,500+ per month into the PAC. MEC Legislative Affairs Commit- the United Arab Emirates in 2010, killing More than 130 ALPA members tee chairman, have been working both pilots aboard. recruited their fellow pilots to join the with ALPA staff to inform decision- Help support this and other legislative PAC in 2015—with nearly 1,800 people makers about ALPA’s pilot-partisan and regulatory efforts by going to www. contributing $16,400+ per month— safety agenda. alpa.org/advocacy and participating in helping to achieve ALPA-PAC’s best The pilots emphasized the need ALPA’s Calls to Action. year to date. to properly regulate the air trans- The PAC’s goal for 2016 is to bring in port of lithium batteries shipped as 2015: ALPA-PAC’s Best Year to $2 million in receipts, which can only cargo. The batteries can self-ignite Date be achieved through robust member and are unresponsive to halon, ALPA-PAC had a stellar year in 2015, support. Thanks to all those ALPA mem- the primary fire-extinguishing raising $1,747,094, an increase of more bers who have given so generously to agent used aboard aircraft. Several than 20 percent from 2014 contribu- help back the Association’s pilot-parti- incidents have been linked to fires tions. Last year, 9,977 ALPA members san agenda.

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technology would be a first reasonable security proto- administrator of the Trans- Engineering & Air Safety De- for airliners. col, which is an effective, portation Security Adminis- partment—met in Las Vegas, inexpensive way to protect tration (TSA). The meeting fo- Nev., to review progress and Bloomberg News reported passengers, crew, and aircraft cused on a number of ALPA’s collaborate on the continu- that British Airways parent during flight when the cockpit security priorities, including ing mission of the Federal IAG SA edged past Deutsche door must be opened. secondary cockpit barriers, Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) Lufthansa AG to become “We’re disappointed, all-cargo security, the Known program. Highlighting the Europe’s second-biggest however, that the amend- Crewmember program, and event were special presenta- airline in 2015 in terms of ment offered by Rep. Pete other topics. tions honoring the FFDO of passenger traffic, spurred by DeFazio (D-Ore.) to allow the Neffenger succeeded John the quarter and FFDO of the its acquisition of Ireland’s Aer Department of Transporta- Pistole, who retired from year for 2015. Lingus. Lufthansa’s passenger tion to fully regulate lithium government service in 2014. ALPA pilots and staff main- traffic increased by 2.7 per- batteries as dangerous goods Neffenger was a career Coast tain a constant watch over cent to 220 billion revenue when shipped as cargo was Guard officer who served the FFDO program to ensure passenger kilometers (about not adopted. Lithium batter- most recently as vice com- that the pilot’s perspective 137 billion miles), while IAG ies shipped as cargo present a mandant before joining the is included in policy deci- posted a 9.6 percent increase known, well-documented risk. TSA. sions. The Transportation to 222 billion revenue pas- We continue to believe that Security Administration (TSA) senger kilometers (about 138 Congress has a responsibility \\ALPA, Stakeholders continues to encourage ad- billion miles). to ensure air travel is as safe Talk FFDO Program ditional pilot participation in as possible.” In mid-January, more than the program, which provides ALPA has long advocated 40 government, industry, a cost-effective, additional that all shipments of lithium and pilot representatives— layer of security to the U.S. batteries be fully regulated as including reps from ALPA’s air transportation system. If \\ALPA Comments on outlined in dangerous goods Air Safety Organization and you’re interested in becom- FAA Reauthorization standards and regulations, Markup by House Trans- to require labeling, quantity portation Committee limits, crew notification, and June 13–14, 2016 • Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. “We’re pleased that the packaging standards to miti- U.S. House of Representa- gate any risk a fire could pose tives Transportation and to passengers, crewmembers, Infrastructure Committee and the aircraft. passed an amendment of- “ALPA reiterates our 4th Annual fered by Rep. André Carson long-standing commitment (D-Ind.) that would require to working with industry GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS the installation of second- stakeholders and Members of LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT ary cockpit barriers on all Congress to ensure that the new commercial passenger United States continues to be COMING SOON: aircraft,” commented ALPA a leader in aviation safety and ALPA’s Fourth Annual Legislative Summit on February 11 after the in moving an FAA reauthoriza- ALPA’s Government Affairs Legislative Summit will take committee completed the tion bill that improves safety place June 13–14 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Wash- markup of the Aviation and provides long-term, reli- ington, D.C. The event offers pilot reps and pilot advocates Innovation, Reform, and Re- able funding.” an opportunity, no matter their experience level, to enhance authorization Act of 2016— their advocacy and PAC leadership skills through hands-on the FAA reauthorization bill \\ALPA Meets with TSA training. (H.R. 4441)—which in- Administrator The summit will feature legislative briefings, guest speak- cluded an amendment that Capt. Tim Canoll, ALPA’s ers, workshops, and a Capitol Hill reception with Members would mandate secondary president, and representa- of Congress and their staff. The event ends with a lobby cockpit barriers on all new tives from ALPA’s Engineer- day on Capitol Hill where participants will use their training airliners. ing & Air Safety Department in meetings with senators and representatives on relevant “ALPA has long been a met in mid-January with pilot-partisan legislative issues. strong advocate for this Adm. Peter Neffenger, the

8 » Air Line Pilot March 2016  Frontier Airlines Pilots Association board member F/O Tim Seigle, center, and F/O Jeff Carney, right, meet with Jonathan Cohen, ALPA's general counsel and director of the Legal Department.

ing an FFDO, visit www.tsa. ing & Air Safety Department recommendations to gov/for-industry/training to participated in the Air Carrier the FAA regarding air apply online. For additional Training Aviation Rulemak- carrier training under information, contact your pi- ing Committee’s (ACT ARC) FAR Parts 121 and 135. early February as the Frontier lot group’s master executive Steering Committee meeting The Steering Committee pilots prepare for contract ne- council security chairman/co- in late January in Atlanta, Ga. establishes and monitors the gotiations. FAPA’s Negotiating ordinator or ALPA’s Engineer- The Steering Committee re- efforts of the working groups Committee is working with ing & Air Safety Department ceived updates from its four tasked to develop recommen- ALPA’s professional negotia- at 1-800-424-2470 or e-mail working groups and voted on dations on initiatives that, tors under a service agree- [email protected]. recommendations and other if accepted by the Steering ment with the Association. issues. The committee also Committee, are forwarded to Frontier Communications \\ALPA Participates in heard briefings from the FAA the FAA for action. Committee volunteers also Air Carrier Training and academia on related air visited to learn more about Rulemaking Meeting carrier training topics. \\Frontier Pilots Visit ALPA’s communications and In ALPA’s ongoing efforts to The ACT ARC, which was ALPA Headquarters media services. uphold pilot training stan- established in 2014, provides Pilot volunteers from the FAPA’s Board of Direc- dards, representatives from a forum for the U.S. avia- Frontier Airlines Pilots Asso- tors unanimously voted to the Association’s Air Safety tion community to discuss, ciation (FAPA) were at ALPA’s approve a merger agreement Organization and Engineer- prioritize, and provide Herndon, Va., headquarters in with ALPA in January, a vote endorsed by ALPA’s Executive Council. Frontier’s 1,000 pilots will have the opportunity TakingOff to ratify the merger agreement and to join ALPA later Fulfilling ALPA’s Vision this spring. A few weeks ago, Capts. daily face-to-face interactions, phone calls, Tim Canoll, Joe DePete, and e-mails. We all learned so much and \\Waiting for Your ALPA Bill Couette, Randy were able to take that constructive dialogue Membership Card? Helling, and I had the and develop recommendations for ALPA’s Wondering why you haven’t privilege of leading the elected leaders who will engage in discus- received your ALPA mem- staff of the Air Line Pi- sions later this year on ALPA’s strategic plan. bership card in the mail? lots Association, Interna- During the meeting, we also had the It’s because ALPA no longer tional through a two-day honor of recognizing several members of automatically mails the cards All Hands on Deck meet- ALPA’s staff for their years of service to our to members. Last fall, ALPA ing to start the new year off with a renewed members. We commemorate longevity in introduced its e-membership sense of purpose and engagement. increments of five years, and in total we card, available as part of the The staff feedback and participation were recognized 65 staffers who share more than ALPA app that also includes even better than we imagined, and I truly 1,000 years of experience. In this month’s Known Crewmember infor- believe the time together was a worthwhile “The Landing” (see page 37), we highlight mation and maps, airline endeavor—reconnecting ALPA staff mem- three 35-year pin recipients! Please take a jumpseat policies, master bers who work in offices throughout Canada moment to read the brief article about the executive council and local and the United States to the vision of this ALPA staff who made career and life choices council contact informa- union: to promote, defend, and advance based on their nonstop commitment and tion, and more. Because the airline safety, pilot careers, and the airline dedication to ALPA members. Whether it’s card can now be accessed piloting profession. one year on the job or a 35-year career, all electronically, ALPA will mail The conference brought together staff ALPA staff members have a shared passion a card only at the request of a experts who all share the same goal—pro- to fulfill ALPA’s vision. member. viding outstanding support to ALPA mem- Visit www.alpa.org/apps bers. An outpouring of information took to download your e-mem- place, and we shared different perspectives Lori Garver, General Manager bership card. You can also regarding member feedback taken from our [email protected] print a copy of your card or request that a hard copy be

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mailed to you by logging on \\Sign Up to Become a agement. This deal and the the airline of choice for busi- to www.alpa.org/member- District Advocate short negotiating period ness and leisure travelers.” shipcard. ALPA is looking for volun- reflect our commitment to In other news, Capt. Todd teers who are interested in this company—and our Insler, a 22-year veteran of \\P4P Emergency promoting the union’s pilot- company’s commitment to United Airlines and longtime Relief Available for partisan agenda and want the pilots,” commented Capt. ALPA volunteer, was elected Jonas Victims to serve as representatives Dan Parnham, the pilots’ MEC chairman during the Much of the northeastern to their local congressional Master Executive Council pilots’ January 26 meeting. and mid-Atlantic regions offices. Volunteers should (MEC) chairman. “The MEC Insler, a B-767 pilot based of the United States were be willing to schedule and thanks all those who came to in New York, succeeds Hepp- affected by winter storm conduct in-district advocacy the road show, met in person, ner, who has served two Jonas, which produced visits with their Members of asked questions, and—most terms as MEC chairman. blizzard conditions, more Congress. importantly—voted.” Capt. Bob Fox, an Airbus than 30 inches of snow in If you’d like to be a part of A320 pilot and 19-year some areas, and devastat- enacting pro-pilot legislation \\United Pilots Ratify United veteran, was reelected ing coastal flooding. ALPA that will better your career Contract Extension vice chairman. F/O Bill Neveu, pilots adversely affected and the careers of future In late January, United Airlines an Airbus A320 pilot and by the storm are reminded airline pilots, contact Vanessa pilots approved a two-year 19-year United veteran, was that Pilots for Pilots (P4P) Kermick, ALPA’s grassroots extension to their collective elected secretary. F/O Rick is available to help. P4P coordinator, at Vanessa. bargaining agreement. Of the Cameron, a B-777 pilot and provides monetary relief [email protected] to sign up 10,569 eligible pilots, 90.94 20-year United veteran, was for the immediate needs for upcoming district advo- percent participated in the reelected treasurer. of ALPA members and their cate training. The training ratification vote; 79 percent “Defending pilot careers families who fall victim to webinar lasts an hour, and approved the agreement. is not just a job but a great widespread disasters. topics include the structure The agreement extends source of pride for me,” said P4P is funded primarily of ALPA’s grassroots program, the amendable date of the Insler, who previously served by contributions from ALPA how to set up and conduct pilots’ agreement to Jan. 31, the United pilots as MEC members and staff, and is local congressional visits, 2019, and provides increases Grievance Committee chair- one of the many benefits of and a briefing on current in compensation, which puts man. “Results are achieved belonging to the Associa- pilot-partisan issues. Current United pilots at the top of the through collaborative efforts. tion. For details about re- district advocates who want a industry; restores pay and Leadership and unity are key. questing a grant, visit www. refresher on ALPA’s legisla- vacation value to previously And, together, we must work alpa.org/relieffund. tive priorities are also encour- furloughed pilots; and en- to defend our agreement, aged to participate. hances the scheduling rules focus on unifying our pilots, \\Have You Checked for long-haul flights. and work to inspire the pilots Out Leadership From the \\Bearskin Pilots Ratify “This is an agreement that we represent. Cockpit? Agreement recognizes the professional- “We stand up for our pilots Want the latest information On January 28, 71 percent ism and contributions our to ensure our collective voice from ALPA on what the Asso- of the Bearskin pilots who pilots make each day to the is heard. We work to make ciation is doing to defend and participated in the ratifica- success of United Airlines,” people whole, to protect promote the airline piloting tion ballot voted in favor of said Capt. Jay Heppner, then profession? Check out ALPA’s a new five-year collective the pilots’ Master Executive Solution to this month’s ALPA sudoku on page 38. blog, Leadership From the agreement. The cooperatively Council (MEC) chairman. “It Cockpit, part of the Associa- negotiated agreement allows has long been our contention 7 5 3 1 9 4 6 8 2 tion’s continuing efforts to the company added flexibil- that this pilot group is among 9 8 4 5 2 6 7 3 1 give members multiple ways ity to some work rules while the most talented and experi- 2 1 6 3 8 7 9 5 4 to keep current with every- improving the pilots’ nontax- enced in the airline business. 5 6 1 8 3 2 4 7 9 thing ALPA is doing. able benefits and annual pay This agreement recognizes 4 3 7 6 1 9 5 2 8 To subscribe and receive increases. our contributions to making 8 9 2 4 7 5 1 6 3 notifications and updates “For many years, we’ve United Airlines a world-class 1 2 5 9 6 8 3 4 7 by e-mail, go to leadership- enjoyed a cooperative airline and acknowledges our 6 7 9 2 4 3 8 1 5 3 4 8 7 5 1 2 9 6 fromthecockpit.com. relationship with our man- commitment to making United Puzzle by websudoku.com

10 » Air Line Pilot March 2016 their livelihoods and thus them continue serving United have unanimously refused tive agreement expired on their families. At the end of pilots as effective leaders sending it out to our mem- April 30, 2015. Since then, the day, we work together to from day one.” bership for ratification,” said the pilots have continued to make people’s lives better. Capt. Patrice Roy, the pilots’ work under a contract that This is the opportunity we all \\Air Transat Pilots, Master Executive Council has seen no adjustments to have before us.” Company Still at Odds chairman. “Contrary to what allowances to pension or The new slate of officers Over New Contract we’d expected, this proposal benefits, and the pilots’ con- begin their two-year terms on Air Transat pilots announced doesn’t reflect the com- cessionary pay scales have March 1. on February 19 that they still pany’s purported interest in fallen well below the rate of “It has been a distinct hon- haven’t reached any agree- bringing pilot wages into line inflation. or for me to serve my fellow ment with the company on with our peers.” Roy says the pilots are still United pilots over the years, a new contract. Just days Although no agreement open to negotiating and hope including as chairman of the before the height of Canada’s has been reached, the union to avoid a strike. However, a United MEC,” said Heppner. spring break travel season, thanked the Ministry of mandated 21-day “cooling- “We faced some difficult union leaders and the airline Labour for its assistance. The off” period will end at 12:01 issues head on, perhaps none have yet to come to terms ministry coordinated a feder- a.m. on February 29 (as this more difficult than navigating after more than a year of di- ally mandated conciliation issue was being mailed), at this pilot group through the rect negotiations and federal period followed by mediation which point both parties will United/Continental merger. I conciliation. after distance between the gain the right to strike or am ready to work with Capt. “After reviewing the latest parties on many of the de- lockout. Insler and the other officers global proposal presented by mands led the pilots to seek Air Transat pilots joined to ensure that there is a the company, our local union intervention. However, on ALPA in 1999. The group’s 524 smooth transition and to help leadership and negotiators February 1, strained discus- members operate the fleet’s sions between the company A310-300s and A330-200s and the union led the pilots and -300s, plus B-737-700s to an overwhelming show and -800s from bases in Mon- WANTED: of unity, with 97 percent treal, Qué.; Toronto, Ont.; and voting in support of a strike Vancouver, B.C. Your Best “Office” Views if the two parties proved to be unable to reach a fair and \Atlantic Southeast Please share with us your photos of airplanes, airports, pilots, \ equitable contract. Pilots Approve Two- and anything else you see during your flight. Submit your “It’s with our help that Air Year Contract Extension high-quality prints from a developer or high-resolution digital Transat has remained profit- On February 17, Atlantic images from your DSL, etc., to [email protected] for able through the tough times Southeast pilots approved a possible use on the cover of Air Line Pilot, inside the company faced,” said Roy. two-year contract extension the magazine, or in a video. “It’s time for management to containing modest improve- Tell us who you are, who you now invest in pilots the same ments to their current collec- fly for, the names way they’ve invested in other tive bargaining agreement. of the pilots in Air Transat employees and With more than 74 percent of your photos, executives.” eligible pilots casting ballots, and what The conciliation period 84 percent of the pilots voted we’re look- ended on February 7, but was in favor of the agreement. ing at. extended when the media- “After nearly six years of Please remem- tor to the file summoned the unsuccessful negotiations ber to adhere to FARs or CARs parties for a meeting Febru- with the company, the pilots and company policy, including regulations ary 15–18. Unfortunately, have agreed to extend our regarding using personal wireless devices in the cockpit, after a week in mediation, current working agreement when taking photos. substantial issues remain for two years,” said Capt. open, particularly in the Tony Middendorff, the Atlan- Increase your odds of getting the coveted cover areas of working conditions tic Southeast pilots’ Master shot: Turn your camera sideways and take a vertical shot. and compensation, according Executive Council (MEC) to Roy. The current collec- chairman. “Although the

March 2016 Air Line Pilot » 11 » Front Lines

New ALPA current agreement does not sionary rates,” said Capt. Dave 2018 while requiring the Reps keep pace or meet the aver- Allen, the ExpressJet pilots’ pilot group to return to joint age cost-of-living increases Master Executive Council negotiations with Atlantic As of February 10, the over the past six years, our chairman. “We believe that Southeast management no Election Ballot and Certification Board certified hope is that it will give us the this agreement provides Sky- later than Oct. 1, 2017. election results for the opportunity for more flying West, Inc. [ExpressJet’s parent ExpressJet pilots operate following local councils: and enhanced job security company] the tools and sta- the world’s largest fleet of • First Air 240 F/O Steven moving forward.” bility it requires to return this Embraer 145 regional jets as Jones, Vice Chairman (F/O This agreement was a result airline to profitability. With United Express and American Rep) of a mutual decision made this agreement in place, and Eagle. by the MEC and ExpressJet the superior performance and • First Air 240 F/O James Keith, Secretary-Treasurer management to suspend efforts of our pilot group, we \\Negotiating Process • ExpressJet 180 Capt. joint negotiations for the next look forward to the opportu- Officially Begins at Jeffrey Peterson, Chair- two years. “By approving this nities available in the future.” Virgin America man (Capt. Rep) measure, this will allow the The ExpressJet and On January 11, Capt. Tim • ExpressJet 180 F/O Jared company an opportunity to Atlantic Southeast Airlines Canoll, ALPA’s president, Roberts, Vice Chairman secure flying that is profit- MECs had been negotiating sent a notice to bargain to (F/O Rep) able, putting this company’s for a joint collective bar- Virgin America CEO David success or failure in the gaining agreement (JCBA) Cush. The notice triggers the control of SkyWest, Inc.,” said since SkyWest Holdings, parties’ obligations under Middendorff. Inc. purchased ExpressJet the Railway Labor Act to Atlantic Southeast flies to in 2010. “After extensive start the process for negoti- more than 145 destinations negotiations, it was deter- ating a collective bargaining as a Delta Connection carrier. mined that the company was agreement. In early Janu- Canada Both Atlantic Southeast and not in a financial position to ary, the parties scheduled AIRLINE HOCKEY TOURNA- ExpressJet are part of Express- provide our combined pilot some negotiating dates and MENT TAKING PLACE Jet Airlines and owned by group with a JCBA that was discussed administrative The ALPA Canada Board is parent company SkyWest, Inc. nonconcessionary,” Allen matters when ALPA and helping to coordinate an The new extension is in effect said. “The decision was the company met with the airline hockey tournament until February 2018. Both pilot made to extend the current National Mediation Board in Toronto, Ont., on April groups are required to return contract with some modest (NMB) for interest-based 5–6. The games will be to joint negotiations no later pay and work rule improve- bargaining training in Wash- played at the old Maple than Oct. 1, 2017. ments while we wait for the ington, D.C. Leafs Garden in downtown company’s financial position The pilots’ Negotiating Toronto. Members of the \\ExpressJet Pilots to continue to improve.” Committee and Master Canada Board are inviting Ratify Contract The newly ratified agree- Executive Council are all ALPA members to take Extension ment extends the amend- committed to attaining the part in this recreational ExpressJet Airlines pilots able date of the ExpressJet contract that their pilots hockey tournament. For voted on February 17 to pilots’ contract to February have earned. more information, contact ratify a two-year contract Capt. Dave Peyton (Jazz extension that contains pay Aviation) at Dave.Pey- increases and work rule [email protected]. improvements. With 84 percent of eligible pilots participating in the ballot, 83 percent voted in favor of the agreement. “While this extension of  From left, Capt. Jay Rodgers, the Virgin America Negotiating Committee vice our collective bargaining chairman; Capt. Dave Libhart, Negotiating Committee chairman; F/O James Coffelt; agreement is a step forward, Capt. Keith Louis, Master Executive Council (MEC) vice chairman; Capt. Joe Younger- man, MEC chairman; Andrew Shostack, ALPA assistant director of Representation; it still doesn’t return Express- Lauren Reed, ALPA labor relations counsel; and Capt. Steve Darling, MEC secretary-

Jet pilots to our pre-conces- treasurer, meet with company reps and the National Mediation Board. Photo: Katy Adams

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1650_StayConnected_ad_fullpg.indd 2 3/30/2015 9:52:31 AM » ALPA News Roundup Negotiations Update The following is a summary of the status of ALPA contract negotiations by airline as of Mailbag Flying Tiger Reunion February 19: I’m writing to inform you that the 42nd An- Air Transat—A notice to bargain nual Reunion of the Flying Tiger Line Pilots was filed on Dec. 30, 2014. An application for conciliation was Thanks, ALPA Association (FTLPA) will take place April 20 filed on Nov. 20, 2015. Concilia- I want to thank ALPA for 31 years of great in Napa, Calif., at the Napa Valley Marriott tion continues. retirement. & Spa. All former employees of the Flying Air Transport International—A I had the privilege of being a member Tiger Line are invited to join our association Section 6 notice was received on Dec. 5, 2014. Negotiations have for 32 years, and I received the best pos- and attend this event. Guests are always been postponed until the first sible representation. welcome to accompany members. quarter of 2016. It’s encouraging to know that ALPA For more information, visit www.fly- Air Wisconsin—A Section 6 notice was filed on Oct. 1, 2010. Air Wis- is continuing to do the same for other ingtigerline.org or call me at 208-699-5909. consin filed for mediation on June members. Capt. John Dickson (FedEx Express), 17, 2013. Pilots and management reached a tentative agreement on Capt. Jay C. White (United, Ret.) President, FTLPA August 4. The pilots rejected the tentative agreement on October 7. Mediation continues March 21–23. In Memoriam Delta—A Section 6 notice “To fly west, my friend, is a flight we all must take for a final check.”—Author unknown was filed on April 6. Pilots and management reached a tentative Capt. Thurman G. Lucas Braniff November agreement on June 4. The pilots 2010 rejected the tentative agreement Capt. Timothy C. Bernacchi US Airways November Capt. Robert A. McCue Eastern November on July 10. Negotiations continue. 2011 Capt. Demico O. Black United December First Air—A notice to bargain was Capt. Charles M. Kieffer Braniff January F/O Bennett Bonomi FedEx Express December filed on Aug. 31, 2015. Negotia- Capt. John W. Willis II Braniff March Capt. Charles A. Fitz-Gerald Northwest December tions are under way. Capt. Edward W. Akeyson Braniff April Capt. Roger A. Green Delta December Hawaiian—A Section 6 notice was filed on Feb. 17, 2015. An ap- F/O Frank M. Pfeiffer Braniff April Capt. Emerson P. Kendall Delta December plication for joint mediation was Capt. Bruce D. Carrico Braniff May Capt. Robert E. Lawson Delta December filed on Oct. 23, 2015. Negotia- tions continue. S/O Thomas H. Valerga Eastern August Capt. Bryan K. Locke ATA December JetBlue—A Section 6 notice was Capt. Robert T. Stubbs Braniff October Capt. Norman A. Marshall United December filed on March 2, 2015. Negotia- S/O Clyde E. Williams Braniff October Capt. Gregory A. Martin Delta tions continue March 15–17. Capt. David P. Fraleigh Braniff November Capt. Hobart D. Moxness Eastern December Mesa—A Section 6 notice was S/O Garrel T. Morton Braniff December Capt. C.A. Neal Eastern December filed on Sept. 10, 2010. Pilots and management reached a tentative Capt. John C. Winthrop, Jr. Braniff December Capt. Wallace R. Partlow Northwest December agreement on July 23. The pilots 2012 Capt. Rodney W. Pippin Mesa December rejected the tentative agreement on Oct. 2, 2015. Capt. Donald R. Raulston US Airways January Capt. Dale A. Roach Delta December Capt. Aubrey H. Turner Braniff January Capt. Walter F. Rozycki Delta December Spirit—A Section 6 notice was filed on April 28, 2015. Negotia- Capt. Brian J. Wilson US Airways January Capt. Robert C. Steeneck United December tions are under way. Capt. Gary D. Alleman Braniff February Capt. James A. Terry, Jr. AirTran December Virgin America—A notice to Capt. Robert B. Howard Braniff February Capt. Jerome O. Thomas United December bargain was filed on January 11. Capt. James R. Hill Braniff March Negotiations continue March Capt. Edwin W. Utgard TWA December 14–17, April 18–21, May 23–26, Capt. Jess E. Stockstill III Braniff April 2016 June 22–24, and July 11–14. F/O Lawrence L. Jennings Braniff August Capt. David M. Boaz Delta January F/O Lewis R. Woolery Braniff August Capt. Gerald E. Conner Eastern January S/O Ward W. Miller Braniff December Capt. Charles M. Hill Delta January Capt. Robert. C. Nolden Braniff December Capt. Don L. Lloyd Eastern January F/O Carroll N. Rather Braniff December F/O Bobby L. Martin Delta January 2015 Capt. Walter M. Massey, Jr. Delta January Capt. Joseph A. Bordages, Jr. US Airways October Capt. Ted A. Neff Pan American January S/O Robert S. Craig Braniff October Capt. Thomas R. Spencer Delta January Capt. Gary O. Sharp Reno October Capt. Charles. M. Walther, Jr. United February Capt. George C. Boring Braniff November

Capt. John H. Gosney Eastern November Capt. Dennis P. Hillen US Airways November F/O Bobby L. James Braniff November Compiled from information provided by ALPA’s Membership F/O James T. Johnston Braniff November Administration Department

14 » Air Line Pilot March 2016 » Sharing Our Success

Highlighting ALPA pilots’ commitment to flying for SHARING OUR successful companies, the following is “good news” from SUCCESS our pilots’ airlines. To read these articles in their entirety, go to www.alpa.org/success.

ALASKA AIRLINES AND HORIZON AIR quarter grew to $37.9 million or $0.66 industry capacity growth between the EMPLOYEES RECEIVE NEARLY FIVE per diluted share, a year-over-year U.S. mainland and Hawaii in the sec- WEEKS’ EXTRA PAY IN BONUSES increase of $26.8 million or $0.49 per ond half of the year, and the wonder- Following a record fourth quarter and diluted share. For the full year, GAAP ful customer service delivered by my full-year earnings announcement, net income grew to $182.6 million or colleagues on the ground and in the employees at Alaska Airlines and $2.98 per diluted share, a year-over- air have combined for a record-setting Horizon Air received bonuses of more year increase of $113.7 million or 2015.” than 9 percent of their annual pay, or $1.88 per diluted share. nearly five weeks’ additional pay, for JAZZ AVIATION NAMED ONE OF most workers. For the past seven years, » Adjusted net income in the fourth CANADA’S TOP EMPLOYERS FOR YOUNG employees have received an average quarter grew to $48.5 million or PEOPLE FOR A FOURTH YEAR annual bonus equal to approximately $0.85 per diluted share, an increase Jazz Aviation has earned a spot on one month’s pay. of $22.4 million or $0.45 cents per Mediacorp Canada, Inc.’s Canada’s Top The company’s annual bonus, diluted share year-over-year. For Employers for Young People listing, an called Performance Based Pay (PBP), the full year, adjusted net income annual survey of Canadian businesses. is determined by meeting or exceed- grew to $189.3 million or $3.09 per “Jazz is honoured to be recognized ing specific company-wide goals for diluted share compared to $97.1 again as one of Canada’s top employ- safety, customer satisfaction, cost million or $1.55 per diluted share in ers for young people. We believe in control, and profit. The PBP bonus is in the prior year. our employees and the importance addition to the approximately $1,100 of creating a workplace where young in 2015 operational bonuses that » As of Dec. 31, 2015, unrestricted people can grow and thrive,” said most employees earned for achieving cash, cash equivalents, and short- Colin Copp, Jazz’s president. “Bringing monthly on-time and customer satis- term investments of $560 million. young people with new and innovative faction goals. The combined monthly ideas into our company is vital to our and annual 2015 bonuses paid to OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: growth.” employees totals $120 million. » Ranked #1 nationally for on-time Jazz was recognized for investing in “Our hardworking employees go be- performance for the 12 months pathway programs where top-perform- yond every day to deliver an outstand- ended November 2015 by the U.S. ing students of aviation colleges may ing on-time and hassle-free experi- Department of Transportation Air be selected for airline interviews and ence for our customers,” said Tammy Travel Consumer Report. provided with mentoring and support Young, vice president of Human and for offering scholarships to stu- Resources. “We’re thrilled to make » Flew a record 10.7 million passen- dents enrolled in aircraft maintenance the same commitment to them with a gers in 2015, a 4.7 percent increase engineer (AME) programs at local prompt delivery of their well-earned over the previous year. community colleges and for mentoring annual bonus.” apprentice AMEs. “Our fourth quarter results finish off HAWAIIAN HOLDINGS REPORTS 2015 a great year for Hawaiian,” said Mark FINANCIAL RESULTS Dunkerley, Hawaiian Airlines presi- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS: dent and chief executive officer. “The » GAAP [generally accepted accounting low cost of fuel, robust demand in all principles] net income in the fourth of our major geographies, manageable

March 2016 Air Line Pilot » 15 16 » growth.” system for future effective or efficient most havenot the clearit is we do system world, the in safestthe aviation have to continues U.S. the “While air.” by regulations batteries lithium for shipping States have must set afull of appropriate beneath the national airspace, the United cargo, air and public those and who live “We know that to protect the flying Air LinePilot March2016 Subcommittee, talking aboutreau- Representatives Transportation —Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), chairman of theU.S. Houseof and Infrastructure Aviation thorization of theFAA »

On the Record the On — Capt. TimCanoll , ALPA’s president, intheJanuary27 keeping it safe.” it keeping it, including UAS users, are responsible for system is agreat resource, and users all of toour register. call The national airspace “I pleased am the public responded to industry stakeholders. industry statements bysignificant informing membersofrecent these viewsbutratheris not necessarilyendorse documents. ALPAdoes clips, andotherpublic testimony, speeches,news compiled fromcongressional The quotesonthispageare —Anthony Foxx, U.S. Departmentof Transportation secretary, inaJanuary22press release regarding thenearly300,000owners of smallunmannedaircraft systems Leadership FromtheCockpitblog post who registered theirUAS in thefirst 30daysafter the FAA launched anonline

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46 Driver

By Capt. Arnold Reiner (Delta, Ret.) 46 driver reiner The kaleidoscopic tale of a Marine Corps CH-46 helicopter 46 driver n Aug. 1, 2015, a young U.S. Marine Medals, the Vietnampilot and Gallantry his comrades inMedal, Vietnam. and This memoir is a tour through a marine corps helicopter Corps pilot delivered a Boeing Vertol the Vietnam ServiceMarine Medal.Corps Of cer’s Candidate pilot’s vietnam memoir School, naval  ight training and the O CH-46 tandem rotor helicopter—the After serving hisquagmire hitch, of Vietnam. Reiner joined Pan very airframe her father flew in the early days American WorldReiner Airways describes aslanding a B-707 zones laced first with enemy  re, catastrophic in ight mechanical failures, exceptional of the Vietnam War—to the National Air and officer. Eventually ying he and became tragic blunders. director It’s about of life on the drab, hooch-lined bases of Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center flight safety at PanVietnam’s Am coastal and plain, a B-727 Khe Sanh’s and A310 “hill  ghts,” R&Rs and the crude in Chantilly, Va., on the south side of Washing- captain. He retired eshpots from of Da Delta Nang. in 2000.

ton Dulles Airport. One of Reiner’sBut central mostly it’s about themes  ying and in the 46 Driver missions that succeeded and those In dignified ceremonies marking the end of is that “human errorthat did andnot. mechanical failure an astonishing 51 years of CH-46 service in the are as dangerous as the enemy, often more U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the helicopter so.” The earliest version of the CH-46, the arnold reiner was added to the Udvar-Hazy’s exhibits. A model, “was a militarized and somewhat Capt. Arnold Reiner (Delta, Ret.) was there. beefed-up version of the Boeing Vertol 107 He might not have been. civilian helicopter which wasn’t designed Consider this excerpt from Reiner’s 46 Driver: for the stresses of military flying, and its Pages: 172 (softcover) A Marine Corps Helicopter Pilot’s Vietnam Mem- mechanical shortcomings would become ap- Publisher: BluewaterPress oir: “An axiom in war is to avoid repetition. parent in the years ahead. Eventually its flaws LLC Don’t go out the way you came in, and don’t go would be corrected through structural and Available at: Amazon.com in the same way twice. Unfortunately, there’s mechanical modifications, but the learning often no alternative, and in such circumstanc- curve was deadly.” es there often are consequences, especially if Reiner explains that the Navy called the the repetition isn’t the route but the point over CH-46A the Sea Knight, but no Marines called which a helicopter must hover. it that; the nickname “Phrog,” a nod to the CH- 46’s squat appearance (well, at least it looked “…[A]round came through the nose, as though it could leap off the ground!) was yet striking Jim’s rudder pedal. Another to come. “During my time in the Marines,” he recalls, “in response to the question, ‘What do came through the floor by my collec- you fly?’ the answer was simply, ‘Forty-sixes.’” tive pitch lever, splintering, striking The CH-46 was even more of a (double) handful than other helicopters: “The normally my left elbow and destroying my simple act of taxiing was an unexpected and wristwatch, which was in my left arm surprising challenge. Because of the helicopter’s tandem rotor configuration, taxiing pocket. The round continued into the required a deft combination of cyclic and cockpit overhead and stopped in the collective inputs sometimes coupled with dif- ferential braking.” forward transmission housing.” On top of all that, Reiner and his brothers in arms took these new helos, with inadequately Reiner and his crew escaped the ground fire; trained mechanics, to a war zone that was hot, later, a corpsman picked most of the shrapnel humid, salty, and sandy—the latter condition in out of his elbow, where several specks remain particular taking its toll on rotary-wing aircraft. today. 46 Driver takes the reader back into those Designated a naval aviator in 1965, Reiner sweaty, gritty, bloody days but also includes joined Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Reiner’s perhaps surprising long view of the HMM-265, which had recently received the Vietnam War and Vietnam’s past, present, and new CH-46A helicopters and deployed to Viet- future. nam in April 1966. He later served in-country with HMM-164. During his Vietnam tour, —Reviewed by ALPA Communications Reiner was awarded the Purple Heart, 11 Air Department Staff

March 2016 Air Line Pilot » 17 » Industry Stats

Returning Value to Shareholders Returning value to shareholders has become a primary goal for many U.S. publicly traded airlines. For 2015, profits reached 2015 Payouts record amounts, with passenger airlines generating more than Share buyback Dividends $23 billion in pretax income. Along with record profits, airlines $4,500 are generating strong levels of free cash flow (the amount of $4,000 cash generated from operations less capital expenditures during $3,500 $3,000 the year). In 2015, U.S. passenger airlines’ free cash flow was $ $2,500 approximately $15 billion, and airlines returned more than $10 $2,000

Millions $1,500 billion to shareholders in the form of stock repurchases and $1,000 $500 dividends (or nearly 7 percent of the U.S. industry market capi- $0 talization). The 2015 shareholder returns were nearly double the amount returned in 2014. FedEx Corporation has also returned value to shareholders in the form of share buybacks and dividends. Since FY2014, FedEx Corporation has returned almost $8 Source: Company press releases and ALPA Economic & Financial Analysis billion to its shareholders in stock repurchases and dividends. Department Analysis. Despite such large returns to shareholders, airline credit *FedEx data are shown for fiscal year 2015, ending May 31, 2015. ratings are still mostly speculative. Currently, Alaska, FedEx, Southwest, and most recently Delta are the only investment- CURRENT RATING TYPE OF grade stocks. The table at the right shows the most recent stock COMPANY RATING AGENCY DATE ACTION credit ratings for airlines. Increasing shareholder returns, however, is not a sure path to Alaska Air Group BBB- S&P 11/17/2015 Affirmed

a higher credit rating. For example, FedEx Corporation recently American Airlines Group BB- Fitch 12/7/2015 Upgraded announced a new share repurchase program of 25 million shares. Based on the current stock price, it would cost the Delta Air Lines Baa3 Moody’s 2/11/2016 Upgraded company more than $3 billion to complete the program. While FedEx Corporation BBB S&P 4/9/2015 Affirmed FedEx Corporation has been generating strong operating cash flows recently, it’s also been reinvesting back into the company Hawaiian Holdings B2 Moody’s 7/24/2015 Upgraded with capital expenditures. Therefore, free cash flow has been relatively minimal. Moody’s has reported that the planned JetBlue Airways Corporation BB- S&P 11/24/2015 Upgraded

share repurchase was “credit negative.” In fact, Moody’s has Southwest BBB+ Fitch 10/30/2015 Upgraded issued three credit-negative reports on FedEx Corporation in the last year, although Standard & Poor’s affirmed its rating on Spirit Airlines BB- S&P 7/21/2015 Initiated FedEx as recently as April 2015 when the company announced United Continental Holdings B+ S&P 6/12/2015 Raised its purchase of TNT Express.

MARKETWATCH AIRLINES PARENT COMPANY STOCK SYMBOL 1/30/15 1/29/16 % CHG. Hawaiian Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. NASDAQ: HA $19.44 $31.79 63.5% JetBlue JetBlue Airways Corporation NASDAQ: JBLU $16.79 $21.31 26.9% Atlantic Southeast, ExpressJet SkyWest, Inc. NASDAQ: SKYW $12.55 $15.02 19.7% Air Transport International Air Transport Services Group, Inc. NASDAQ: ATSG $8.33 $9.73 16.8% Bearskin, Calm Air Exchange Income Corporation TSX: EIF $22.13 $23.88 7.9% Jazz Aviation Chorus Aviation TSX: CHR.B $5.03 $5.37 6.8% Alaska Alaska Air Group, Inc. NYSE: ALK $67.87 $70.40 3.7% Air Transat Transat A.T., Inc. TSX: TRZ $7.49 $7.48 -0.1% Delta, Endeavor Air Delta Air Lines NYSE: DAL $47.31 $44.29 -6.4% Virgin America Virgin America, Inc. NASDAQ: VA $33.54 $30.85 -8.0% Envoy Air, Piedmont, PSA American Airlines Group, Inc. NASDAQ: AAL $48.98 $38.99 -20.4% FedEx Express FedEx Corporation NYSE: FDX $169.11 $132.88 -21.4% United United Continental Holdings, Inc. NYSE: UAL $69.37 $48.28 -30.4% Spirit Spirit Airlines, Inc. NASDAQ: SAVE $74.14 $41.80 -43.6%

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FAA Reauthorization Bill: Unsafe & Unfair By ALPA Staff

The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure ALPA MEETS WITH Committee has completed its markup of the Aviation Innovation, Re- NEWS MEDIA TO DISCUSS FAA form, and Reauthorization Act of 2016—the draft bill to reauthorize REAUTHORIZATION the FAA. ALPA analyzed the bill and found that provisions in it don’t Just days before the adequately ensure safety in the air transport industry. ALPA is pushing introduction of the FAA now, while the House considers a path forward, to address the concerns reauthorization, Capt. Tim posed by the bill and improve it for ALPA pilots and the safety of U.S. Canoll, ALPA’s president, airspace. The bill also creates an unfair funding system for the new air met with Washington, D.C.-based journalists traffic organization. who cover aviation for major international Although the draft does contain some 1. Participate in ALPA’s Call to Action and national news ALPA priorities (it maintains minimum first regarding lithium batteries. The outlets to highlight officer qualification rules and other vital, current effort doesn’t address established safety regulations), the good the serious risks presented ALPA’s priorities doesn’t outweigh the bad. The bill fails to by the unregulated carriage of for the final FAA address the air transport of lithium batteries lithium batteries. Go to www.alpa. reauthorization bill. in any meaningful way. Furthermore, general org/advocacy to participate. Reporters representing aviation is exempted from ever paying fees 2. Participate in the Association’s Flightglobal, Air toward a new air traffic organization, leav- Call to Action regarding the need Transport World, USA ing the airline industry to shoulder the vast for secondary cockpit barriers. majority of the costs. Today, the Associated ALPA must protect the gains it’s The effectiveness that ALPA can have on Press, CQ Roll Call, made to date in the House, and the this process was demonstrated when the Bloomberg, The Hill, ABC Senate still needs to act on the is- Transportation and Infrastructure Commit- sue. Make your voice heard by go- News, and CBS News tee amended the bill to include mandatory ing to www.alpa.org/advocacy. learned ALPA pilots’ secondary cockpit barriers for all new airlin- perspective on the ers. This victory is the result of the countless 3. Social media: Tweet a message hours ALPA staff and volunteers have put to your elected representative key legislation. into educating Members of Congress on this regarding these issues. #SafetyFirst issue. The Association’s strategy is working— #AIRRAct the more ALPA members who join the cause, 4. Support ALPA-PAC today and the more progress ALPA will make. help the Association fund its While ALPA will continue its work to education efforts by visiting ensure that more pilot priorities are included www.alpapac.org. in the final reauthorization, the Association is asking all members to advance the union’s Please help ALPA raise the safety bar goals by participating in the following efforts and advance a pilot-partisan FAA reautho- to bolster ALPA’s safety message: rization bill today.

20 » Air Line Pilot March 2016 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ALPA’S STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ach year the Association sponsors four those students who meet the eligibility requirement and $3,000 scholarships that are available to who wish to pursue a college education to apply for the the dependent children of medically retired, annual award. long-term disabled, or deceased ALPA Applications may be obtained from Yvonne Willits, E members. The vice president–administration/ Air Line Pilots Association, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, secretary and vice president–finance/treasurer review N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, and must be received no all applications, select the recipient, and report to the later than April 1, 2016. Executive Council on their selection. One scholarship Additionally, we would like to bring to your attention is granted to an enrolling college that, on several occasions, freshman and is renewable for contributions have been made three additional years, provided the to the ALPA Scholarship Fund in student maintains an adequate grade memory of a deceased member, or simply point average, and, under that proviso, as a kind gesture on the part of a member three scholarship renewals are made to a to further the financial assistance by sophomore, junior, and senior. the Association to a student. In the past, All applications received are carefully depending on the amount available, reviewed with serious consideration given these funds have been used to augment to financial need, as well as academic the awards of current recipients or as a performance, before a selection is made. At one-time financial assistance award to a the time new applications are reviewed, needy applicant. We ask that you forward the academic records of those this information to your master currently enrolled college executive council in case students are also anyone wants to make a reviewed to determine voluntary contribution to their eligibility to this separate fund. receive renewals of Sincerely, their scholarships. We want to remind you of this educational assistance Capt. Randy program and Helling to urge you Vice President– to encourage FinanceTreasurer Air Line Pilot Feature Article » PILOT SUPPLY No Excuses: Keep U.S. Airline Pilot Qualifications Strong

By ALPA Staff ertain airlines are claiming that a at smaller airports,” said Capt. Paul Ryder pilot shortage is currently caus- (ExpressJet), ALPA’s national resource C ing them to stop serving smaller coordinator. “Airlines make decisions Airline Business Decisions communities. These claims, however, about where they fly based on what’s best Determine Small Community aren’t supported by facts. The excuse is for their bottom line—namely how many also rightly being rejected as reason to passengers will buy tickets and how Air Service, Not Pilot Availability compromise safety in the pursuit of profit much they’re willing to pay.” by weakening the pilot qualification stan- Every day, airlines evaluate the routes dards that have made air travel safer. they fly based on whether the route is “Claims that a pilot shortage is behind profitable. Many factors influence profit- any changes in rural community air ser- ability, but it’s primarily based on pas- vice are easily dismissed when you look senger travel decisions. Such decisions at the facts of what’s actually happening include passengers’ driving to airports

No Excuses: Keep U.S. Airline Pilot Qualifications Strong Are the Airlines Really Abandoning Smaller U.S. Communities? Hint: Look at the Growing Numbers of Available Passenger Seats While the number of flights into and out of these and other communities may shift and even decrease with seasonal demand or new competition, the number of available seats in many areas is actually increasing due to the use of larger aircraft. Overall, the number of available seats nationwide for passengers at smaller community airports has remained constant.

Redding, CA Erie, PA No Excuses: Keep U.S. Airline Pilot Qualifications Strong 27.8% 7.7% West Yellowstone, MT 15.6% 4.3% 22.7% 28.9% How Airlines Decide Whether to Serve Small Communities EAT (Hint: It’s Based on Economics.) PUW YKM DVL TVF CIU OTH ALW LWS HIB WYS JMS How much are passengers HON willing to pay? TWF GCC DBQ ACK RDD JAC CPR BFF SUX DUJ LAR LBF ERI JST STS GRI ALO HDN Will passengers CDC MTJ PKB GUC HYS COU CKB MGW drive instead? GCK MHK SMX LBL JLN SWO ROW TXK Is there an alternate HOB GGG MEI airport nearby? ECP BPT LCH MLB Scottsbluff, NE How many passengers flow through the airport? Does the current aircraft 18.6% 30.1% size meet the passenger demand?

Parkersburg, WV Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l Liberal, KS Is the flight’s route profitable? Do Cities where seats www.alpa.org/noexcuses 20.1% 39.2% federal or local financial incentives exist? available increased 15.7% 2.9%

Source: OAG 22 » Air Line Pilot March 2016 with lower ticket prices or passengers’ ally result in fewer scheduled flights, an In some of the most recent evidence, deciding to drive to their destinations increase in available seats usually heralds a story in The Wall Street Journal titled instead of fly. growth opportunities for the local com- “Republic Airways CEO Says Labor Ac- Another significant consideration is munity. “When passengers have more cord Has Halved Pilot Losses” reported whether federal or local financial incen- seats available to fly to and from a smaller on January 19 that Republic, which had tives exist that would help make a route community airport, local business grows, “warned last year it could be forced to profitable. In a February 5 story titled the local economy gets stronger, more jobs file for bankruptcy-court protection “Bridgeport Council to Discuss Chipping are created, and ultimately more people amid a pressing pilot hiring and reten- in on Airport Incentive Package,” the Ex- have the resources and opportunity to tion challenge, has seen a significant ponent Telegram reported on the council’s travel and ship by air,” said Ryder. slowdown in pilot losses after sealing a plans to explore economic incentives to Many smaller communities under- new pay accord.” attract airlines to serve North Central stand the opportunity and work to West Virginia Airport. influence airlines’ routing decisions. In SAFETY RULES Airport Director Rick Rock was report- January 25 coverage of rising passenger The FAA’s first officer qualification and edly expected to ask the city council to numbers at Dubuque Regional Airport, training requirements were prompted by donate to the minimum revenue guar- the Telegraph Herald quoted Airport Congress in 2010 following multiple fatal antee fund for new air service. “Airlines Manager Robert Grierson as saying the airline accident investigations that iden- are very risk-averse, so basically what “increased passenger traffic should help tified the pilots’ lack of flight experience we’re trying to do is put a risk-mitigation Dubuque boost its standing in discus- and training as factors in the accidents. program together to get them to take a sions with airlines about expanding air The safety-focused FAA rules were the chance on rural West Virginia,” he said in service.” He told the Telegraph Herald, result of an industrywide effort led by the Exponent Telegram. “We can show them a continued pattern representatives of regional airlines, Airlines change the service they offer of growth, which sends a strong message which have had years to prepare for the to reflect changes in passenger demand. that we need additional service, addition- rules taking effect. For many U.S. communities, the number al aircraft, and larger aircraft.” “Given the evidence across the indus- No Excuses: Keep U.S. Airline Pilot Qualifications Strong of flights airlines offer each day may try, it’s clear that today’s safety rules shift with the seasons or because of new PILOTS AVAILABLE have no bearing on why some compa- Are the Airlines Really Abandoning Smaller U.S. Communities? competition at the airport. As ALPA has long maintained, many nies may not be able to attract qualified Hint: Look at the Growing Numbers of Available Passenger Seats At many rural airports, a growth in qualified pilots are currently available pilots,” said Capt. Tim Canoll, ALPA’s passenger traffic can result in passengers to fly for airlines that offer a defined president. “False claims of a current While the number of flights into and out of these and other communities may shift and even decrease with seasonal demand or new competition, the number of available seats in many areas is actually increasing due to the use of larger aircraft. having access to more seats and larger career path along with appropriate pay, pilot shortage are simply no excuse, and Overall, the number of available seats nationwide for passengers at smaller community airports has remained constant. aircraft. While the shifts may occasion- benefits, and work-life balance. ALPA won’t allow aviation safety to be compromised so that a few airlines can Redding, CA Erie, PA boost their profits.” No Excuses: Keep U.S. Airline Pilot Qualifications Strong 27.8% 7.7% West Yellowstone, MT 15.6% 4.3% 22.7% 28.9% How Airlines Decide Whether to Serve Small Communities EAT (Hint: It’s Based on Economics.) PUW YKM DVL TVF CIU OTH ALW LWS HIB WYS JMS How much are passengers HON willing to pay? TWF GCC DBQ ACK RDD JAC CPR BFF SUX DUJ LAR LBF ERI JST STS GRI ALO HDN Will passengers CDC MTJ PKB GUC HYS COU CKB MGW drive instead? GCK MHK SMX LBL JLN SWO ROW TXK Is there an alternate HOB GGG MEI airport nearby? ECP BPT LCH MLB Scottsbluff, NE How many passengers flow through the airport? Does the current aircraft 18.6% 30.1% size meet the passenger demand?

Source: OAG March 2016 Air Line Pilot » 23 24 » at These documentsareavailable Revenue Procedure2011–47. tion 1542,PerDiemRates;and and CarExpenses;IRSPublica- 463, Travel,Entertainment,Gift, contained inIRSPublication General informationisalso forth inIRSNotice2015–63. rules fortaxyear2015areset of yourtaxadvisers,theofficial April 15,2016).Forthebenefit tax returnsaredue,generally,by year 2015(forwhichindividual diem reimbursements,fortax travel expenses,includingper the taxationanddeductibilityof rules forU.S.pilotsregarding This articlereviewsthefederal Department Insurance & Retirement ALPA Attorney, Benefits Senior Fortuna, Victoria By Diem Per Pilot Travel Expenses and Air Line Pilot Article Feature Air LinePilot March2016 www.irs.gov. Update for 2015 for Update » PER DIEM UPDATE DIEM PER A consider asyouprepareyourtaxes. the followinginformationyoushould Insurance Departmenthasputtogether airline orthepilot.ALPA’sRetirement& sary businessexpenses,byeitherthe are deductibleasordinaryandneces- ployer, orreceives perdiempayments ments orreimbursements fromtheem- for theexpensesnotcovered. entitled toclaimanitemizeddeduction expenses. Inthosecases,pilots maybe to coverreasonablebusinesstravel airline paysorreimbursesisnotenough Frequently, theamountofperdiem are reportedonthepilot’sFormW-2. in theemployee’staxableincomeand the federalperdiemratesareincluded or rest)andamountspaidinexcessof trips (tripsthatdonotrequiresleep paid fordayorothernonovernight per diemrates.Perpayments the pilotthatdoesn’texceedfederal income generallyistheamountpaidto W-2. Theamountexcludedfromapilot’s pilot’s taxableincomereportedonForm payments orreimbursementsfroma line mayexcludealloraportionofthese burses pilotsfortravelexpenses),theair- per diempayments(orotherwisereim- on atrip.Whenanairlinemakesthese expenses (M&IE)thatpilotsincurwhile diem,” tocovermealsandincidental pilot afixedamount,oftencalled“per If apilotreceivesnoperdiem pay- or herqualifyingtravelexpenses on businesstravel,thereforehis U.S. pilotflyingthelineisalways

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for itseparately. lodging directlyorreimbursesthepilot expenses, becausetheairlinepaysfor the expensesatissueareusuallyM&IE not satisfythisrequirement.Forpilots, curred ontripsthatarenotovernightdo rest (an“overnighttrip”).Expensesin- on abusinesstripthatrequiressleepor pilot’s expensemustbeincurredwhile the pilotasanitemizeddeduction, business travel. expenses incurredwhileon an itemizeddeductionfor may beentitledtoclaim income, thepilot includes intaxable that theairline ment wouldpay itsownemployees standard amount thefederalgovern- substantiated isgenerallyequal tothe for M&IE.Theamountthatis deemed be deemedsubstantiatedarethose separately, thentheexpenses that may spent whileonthetrip. any recordsoftheamountsactually substantiated, pilotsneednotmaintain substantiated. Foramountsdeemed ing toovernighttripsmaybedeemed designated amountofexpensesrelat- If theemployerpaysforlodging or tobeclaimedby pilot’s taxableincome be excludedfromthe For travelexpensesto “OVERNIGHT TRIPS” EXPENSES FOR IRS providesthata ating expenses,the burden ofsubstanti- Recognizing the EXPENSES SUBSTANTIATING

Images: iStockphoto.com for M&IE when (airline or pilot) as business expenses be substantiated with records. (If the they travel to the (subject to applicable limits). expense is less than $75, the IRS won’t same locality or the require a receipt to substantiate the amount determined PRORATING THE M&IE amount spent on any single purchase. under special M&IE rates LIMIT But this rule doesn’t apply to lodging applicable to transportation The full M&IE amount expenses—receipts are necessary even if industry employees. is available only for the expense is less than $75.) The federal government a full calendar day of Generally, a pilot’s itemized deduc- publishes standard M&IE business travel, i.e., tion for M&IE is subject to an 80 percent rates for every locality in the from 12:01 a.m. through midnight. For a limit and a 2 percent threshold. Under world. The M&IE rates for CONUS (for partial day of travel, the taxpayer must a special rule applicable to pilots, 80 Continental United States) and OCONUS prorate the applicable M&IE amount. percent of the M&IE amount deemed (for Outside CONUS) can be found at The IRS allows 75 percent of the full substantiated is deductible in 2015. In www.gsa.gov. For 2015, the daily M&IE M&IE amount to be claimed. Assume, addition, no itemized deduction for rates for CONUS ranged from $46 to $71, for example, that a pilot’s trip begins at M&IE may be claimed unless the pilot’s and from $1 to $299 for OCONUS. These 11:55 p.m. on Monday and ends at 12:05 aggregate miscellaneous itemized deduc- rates may change on a monthly basis. a.m. on Wednesday and that the pilot’s tions (including business expenses) The IRS also provides special trans- required rest occurred in cities with an exceed 2 percent of his or her adjusted portation industry M&IE rates for applicable M&IE per diem rate of $46. gross income. Union dues constitute CONUS and OCONUS. For 2015, the Applying the IRS’s allowed method of deductible employee business expenses transportation industry M&IE rate is $63 proration, the amount deemed substan- and count toward the 2 percent thresh- for CONUS and $68 for OCONUS. tiated would be $34.50 (.75 x $46) for old. Pilots may use either the standard Monday, $46 for Tuesday, and $34.50 (.75 M&IE rates or the special transportation x $46) for Wednesday. APPLYING THE industry M&IE rates to determine the FEDERAL M&IE RATES amount deemed substantiated for claim- ITEMIZED USING THE STANDARD ing itemized tax deductions. For any DEDUCTIONS M&IE RATES calendar year, a pilot must use either If a pilot has business For an example of how the standard M&IE rates for all CONUS travel expenses that the federal M&IE rates travel or the special transportation in- the employer did not are applied, assume a collective bargain- dustry M&IE rates for all CONUS travel, reimburse, then the ing agreement entitles a pilot to per and the same applies for all OCONUS pilot may be able to claim an itemized diem payments equal to $3.50 per hour. travel. deduction on his or her tax return. If a Assume also that a pilot covered by the pilot claims this deduction, Form 2106, agreement flies a two-day trip in 2015, WHAT’S NOT Employee Business Expenses, must be with report for duty at 12:01 a.m. on the INCLUDED IN THE completed. This form, and all other IRS first day, an overnight stay in Chicago, M&IE RATES? forms and publications, may be ob- Ill., and release from duty at midnight The M&IE rates aren't tained at www.irs.gov or by calling the on the second day. reduced due to any IRS at 1-800-TAXFORM. The 2015 federal M&IE rate for Chi- meals that an airline To claim any business travel expense cago is $71, so the maximum excludable or a hotel provides a pilot. Furthermore, as an itemized deduction, a pilot must be amount for this trip is $142 ($71 x 2). the “incidental expense” portion of able to substantiate the time, place, and The pilot is actually paid per diem of the M&IE rates doesn’t include such business purpose of the business travel, $168 ($3.50/hour x 48 hours), so $142 is expenses as cab fares to and from lodg- and the amount of the expense. The excluded from the pilot’s taxable income ing and the business place and the place time, place, and business purpose must and is shown on the pilot’s Form W-2, where meals are taken, telephone calls, be substantiated with actual records, Box 12, Code L. The remaining $26 is laundry, cleaning and pressing, the mail- such as a pilot’s logbook. The amount of included in the pilot’s taxable income ing costs of filing travel vouchers, and the business expense must also be sub- and reported on Form W-2 in Box 1 (and payments for employer-sponsored credit stantiated; but in the case of M&IE, the Boxes 3 and 5, as applicable) as taxable card billings. These expenses, to the ex- amount may be deemed substantiated wages. tent they constitute reasonable business (no written records will be required). Alternatively, assume the collec- expenses, are deductible by the payor Other business travel expenses must tive bargaining agreement entitles the

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pilot to per diem payments equal to minus $48) without substantiating any cluded the pilot’s $48 per diem payment only $1 per hour, and the pilot makes expenses, since all expenses up to $94 from his or her income, rather than the same two-day trip in 2015. In this are deemed substantiated. (All of the including it as a taxable per diem allow- case, the entire per diem payment of pilot’s itemized deductions would be ance, he or she would be entitled to take $48 ($1 x 48 hours) would be excluded subject to the 80 percent limit and 2 an itemized M&IE deduction of $46.50 from the pilot’s taxable income because percent threshold.) ($94.50 minus $48) without substantia- this amount is less than the maximum tion, using the special transportation excludable amount of $142. However, in USING THE SPECIAL industry M&IE rates (subject to the 80 this case, the pilot may claim an item- TRANSPORTATION percent limit and 2 percent threshold). ized deduction of $94 for the difference INDUSTRY M&IE When a pilot uses the special trans- between the excluded payment of $48 RATES portation industry M&IE rates, the and the federal M&IE rate of $142, with- Assume a pilot travels deduction may be somewhat less than out needing to substantiate the M&IE away from home on if the standard M&IE rates are used, expenses actually incurred (subject business within CONUS. The airline especially if the pilot usually travels to to the 80 percent limit and 2 percent pays the pilot a standard taxable per higher-cost destinations. threshold discussed above). diem allowance of $2 for each hour the What if this pilot’s M&IE exceed $142? pilot is away from his or her domicile. WHAT IF A PILOT Regardless of the amount excluded from The pilot leaves the domicile at 9:00 REGULARLY TRAVELS the pilot’s income, if the pilot’s expenses a.m. on Monday and returns to the OUTSIDE THE U.S.? exceed the federal M&IE rate of $142, domicile at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday with If a pilot generally an itemized deduction is available for an overnight stay. The pilot receives travels to high-cost all reasonable amounts spent (less the $48 ($2 x 24) in taxable per diem. The areas of the world amount excluded from the pilot’s tax- CONUS special transportation industry away from home on business outside able income), but only if the pilot can M&IE rate is $63 per day, so the amount the U.S., he or she may be entitled to actually substantiate all expenses (both deemed substantiated using the special a larger deduction using the M&IE above and below the deemed substanti- transportation industry rate for these rates for the specific location of travel. ated amount of $142). days is $94.50 ($63 x 2 x .75), i.e., the total Assume, for example, that the airline For example, if the airline paid the per diem allowance under the special pays per diem at the rate of $68 per day pilot excluded (nontaxable) per diem CONUS rates for the transportation infor an overseas trip that is excluded for payments of $48, but the pilot’s actual, dustry, prorated as discussed above. The income tax purposes. If the pilot uses the reasonable M&IE were $200, the pilot pilot could claim an itemized deduction special transportation industry M&IE could claim an itemized deduction of $94.50 (subject to the 80 percent limit rate to calculate the itemized deductions $152 ($200 minus $48)—but only if the and 2 percent threshold). If the pilot uses for OCONUS for 2015, he or she won’t pilot could actually substantiate the the special CONUS rates for the trans- be entitled to any itemized deduction entire $200 in expenses. Alter- portation industry to calculate his or her since the special transportation indus- natively, the pilot could deduction for any CONUS trips in 2015, try M&IE rate for OCONUS is $68 per claim an itemized he or she must use the special CONUS day. However, by using the standard deduction of M&IE rate for all CONUS trips in 2015. M&IE rates for all OCONUS travel that $94 ($142 In this example, if the airline had ex- year, this pilot may be able to claim an itemized deduction for tax purposes. Assume the pilot travels to Narita, Japan; Tax Advice the standard OCONUS M&IE rate for Narita is $84 per day. Using the standard As with most matters concerning taxes, OCONUS M&IE rates, the pilot gener- the federal law governing the taxation ally would be able to claim an itemized of pilots’ expenses and per diem pay- deduction of $16 ($84 minus $68) for ments is complex. All pilots are urged to each full day of a trip to Narita, without obtain competent tax advice substantiation (subject to the 80 percent about applying the informa- limit and the 2 percent threshold). tion in this article to their own situation. Note: The examples in this article are for illustrative purposes only.

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By John Perkinson, Staff Writer should be made through the “ALPA’s participation in notice and comment process, pearheading counter- which affords stakeholders measures to terrorism ASAC enables us to keep the opportunity to provide S and other criminal acts our finger on the pulse input.” To read the complete in the U.S. airline industry is report, visit tsa.gov/for-indus- the mission of the Aviation of security-related issues try/aviation-security. Security Advisory Commit- affecting our industry in The “insider threat” and tee (ASAC), which is com- other airport security issues posed of an ALPA member general and our crew- have recently gained traction and other airline industry members in particular.” on Capitol Hill, as members stakeholders. Together, these of the House Oversight and 29 individuals advise the Government Reform Sub- CAPT. JOE DEPETE, ALPA'S FIRST VICE Transportation Security Ad- committee held a hearing PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL SAFETY ministration (TSA) adminis- titled “Securing Our Skies: COORDINATOR trator—currently Adm. Peter Oversight of Aviation Creden- Neffenger—on all matters tials” the day following the related to aviation security. ASAC’s International Avia- examine the issue. The result- ASAC meeting. In addition, The committee convened tion Subcommittee, a group ing proposals were based Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-N.J.) for a regularly scheduled that DePete co-chairs. on five areas of analysis, has sponsored the Partners meeting on February 2 to At the February meeting, including for Aviation Security Act receive briefings, assess work ASAC reviewed the status (H.R. 3144), which, if enacted, » security screening and projects, and continue the of 28 recommendations it would provide ASAC with inspection, dialogue of what it takes to submitted to the TSA last a greater role in helping effectively defend U.S. skies April to address potential » vetting of employees and determine the content of the and airports. vulnerabilities to sterile areas security threat assessment, prohibited items list, outlin- “ALPA’s participation in of U.S. airports. In late 2014, ing what passengers can pack » internal controls and ASAC enables us to keep federal agents uncovered a in their carry-on and checked auditing of airport-issued our finger on the pulse of gun-smuggling operation at baggage. credentials, security-related issues affect- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Because air transportation ing our industry in general International Airport. A bag- » risk-based security for relies heavily on computer- and our crewmembers in gage handler was charged higher-risk populations based and information particular,” said Capt. Joe with aiding another man in and intelligence, and technology systems for its DePete, the Association’s first transporting 18 handguns daily operations, the com- » security awareness and vice president and national aboard a flight from At- mittee discussed aircraft vigilance. safety coordinator. As a lanta, Ga., to New York, N.Y., system cybersecurity. In committee member, DePete renewing concerns about In its report, the committee August 2008, a Spanair MD- is assisted by Capt. Wolfgang potential security threats noted, “The unique differenc- 82 crashed after takeoff from Koch (Delta), ALPA’s Air posed by airline and airport es between airport and airline Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Bara- Safety Organization Aviation employees. necessitates a risk-based jas Airport. It was speculated Security chairman. Among ASAC convened its Work- approach. Any actions taken that the accident occurred his duties, Koch serves as ing Group on Airport Access by the TSA, absent specific, because the computer system

a subject-matter expert for and Control in early 2015 to credible threat information, responsible for monitoring Photo: Chris Weaver

28 » Air Line Pilot March 2016 Top photo: Chris Weaver; bottom photos: James Tavenner A By Kevin Cuddihy, Contributing Writer Contributing Cuddihy, Kevin By Ways Members in New Connecting with ALPA’s tion’s (NGPA)WinterWarm- National GayPilotsAssocia- January 21–24,attendingthe before ASACconvened,ALPA aviation, andothertopics. mercial airports,general addressing aircargo,com- reviewed securitymeasures tee paneldiscussionand Security AdvisoryCommit- a DepartmentofHomeland this matter. ASAC tofurtherdeliberateon systems haveprompted ing intotheFAA’scomputer incidents ofmalicioushack- malware. Inaddition,several the aircraftwasinfectedwith technical problemsonboard On January28,fivedays The committeealsoheard unity as a pilot group.” unity asapilot group.” proud thatALPAisparticipating inthisevent,fosteringour welcoming environmenttoour new-hirepilots.Itmakesme an opportunitytogiveback ourpilotfamilyandfostera nity,” hestated.“Therearemany ofuswho’vebeengiven Expo. “ALPAhasbeenverysupportive oftheLGBTcommu- Meet anALPAVolunteer its outreach efforts its outreachefforts Committee continued LPA’s Membership National Gay Pilots Association’s Industry National GayPilotsAssociation’sIndustry He explainedwhyhevolunteeredatthe tendant whileonfurloughfromExpressJet. tomer servicesupervisor,andaflightat- agent, gateticketcountercus- including timespentworkingasaramp airline industryformorethanadecade, F/O RobertCole(United)hasbeeninthe designed by pilots, for pilots. designed bypilots,forpilots. many resourcesandservices, information abouttheunion’s Springs, Calif.,andsharing Up andIndustryExpoinPalm would encouragebroader group believesthatdoingso screening standards.The internationally recognized to developcommensurate, Civil AviationOrganization International nations andthe work withother about theneedto talked atlength subcommittee Members ofthe Subcommittee. Aviation Security International ing ofthegroup’s hosted ameet- “This event is the perfect “This eventistheperfect CAPT. WOLFGANGKOCH(DELTA) 1,400 pilots—ALPAmem- and young,gaystraight.” grounds—male andfemale,old to bewelcomingofallback- to beinclusiveanddiverse, “It’s veryimportantforALPA ALPA’s Membership Committee. Witvliet (United),chairmanof Association,” statedF/OJolanda connect withtheAirLinePilots members withintheNGPAto opportunity toallowour security approach. on thecurrentrisk-based hanced coordinationtobuild tional cooperationanden- DePete, callingforinterna- pilots duringtheevent. National GayPilots Association’s IndustryExpo,speaking to morethan250 Robert Cole(United),andF/OBrentFarrar (ExpressJet)participateinthe Bomber (United),F/OKaoriParis F/OJolandaWitvliet(United),  At the expo, more than At theexpo,morethan Established in1989 From left, ALPA volunteers F/O Steve Reynolds (United), F/O Mark Fromleft,ALPAvolunteersF/OSteveReynolds (United),F/OMark from abroad,”said address threats our effortsto necessary, refocus expand and,when continue to tation. holder implemen- in greaterstake- velopment andaid research andde- “We must

aso.alpa.org. Safety Organization, visit For more info aboutALPA’s Air Learn More ALPA’s doing to advance the ALPA’s doingtoadvancethe who learnedmoreaboutwhat members andnonmembers), by morethan250pilots(both the Association’sbooth,visited knowledge andexperienceat ALPA memberssharedtheir ment withsuccessfulairlines. available toobtainemploy- about thecareerpathsthatare aviation—lined uptolearn corporate, andgeneral bers, nonmembers,military, again onMay10. The committeeplanstomeet other aviationorganizations. Transport Association,and tives, theInternationalAir Association ofAirportExecu- Association, theAmerican Aircraft OwnersandPilots Flight Attendants–CWA,the America, theAssociationof from ALPA,Airlinesfor consists ofrepresentatives Airline Association,and man, presidentoftheCargo chaired byStephenAlter- Lockerbie, Scotland,ASACis of PanAmFlight103over response tothebombing March 2016 AirLinePilot

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 Pilots wait in line for an airline interview during the National Gay Pilots As- sociation’s Industry Expo held in Palm Springs, Calif.

dard. “As a captain,” explained “I’m excited for the NGPA to Capt. Erika DeLong (Endeavor further develop a close work- Air), “I concentrate on leading ing relationship with ALPA.” through example, demonstrat- More than 600 people ing safety, professionalism, attended the networking and kindness…. With this ap- event, where a clear message proach, LGBT issues have not prevailed: although something been a problem.” might make you different from Issues still remain, however. your fellow pilots, there’s a Recke talked about discrimina- whole lot more that you have in tion throughout her career, common with them. “As avia- airline piloting profession. LGBT members,” commented even after being hired at her tion professionals, we all aspire “We heard everything from F/O Mark Bomber (United). dream airline. “Thankfully my to have long and fulfilling ‘I’m so glad ALPA is here’ to Others saw the benefit of the company rallied around me in careers,” Recke noted. “The fact ‘What is ALPA’ and ‘What can two organizations working a big way,” she said. And she that some of us happen to be ALPA do for me’ to basic ques- together. “As the largest and was inspired to develop “edu- LGBT ought to be incidental.” tions about change of address, most respected pilot union cation and training in Flight “In the end,” said Seider, getting a membership pin, in the world,” said F/O Erin Ops Departments at all airlines “we’re all pilots and have much ALPA insurance, and more,” Recke (Alaska), “ALPA can play as the Advocacy Committee more in common than not.” said Witvliet. an integral role in the areas of chairwoman of the NGPA.” Witvliet concurred, “No Many of the pilots who education and diversity inclu- “ALPA has served a critical matter the differences we all stopped at ALPA’s booth sion among its members.” role in helping eradicate have in our lives, when the were fee-for-departure pilots homophobia/transphobia on cockpit door closes, we are all looking for advice on how DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION the flight deck,” added F/O airline pilots with the same to get hired by a mainline Bomber has witnessed an David Pettet (Hawaiian), the goal: to do our job to the best carrier or by another airline evolution throughout his NGPA’s executive director. of our abilities.” with ALPA-represented pilots. career. “It was definitely a ALPA pilots steered them to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ environ- the Fee-for-Departure (FFD) ment concerning my sexual ALPA Resources Committee website (ffd.alpa. orientation” while he was One attendee at the Na- org), which provides resources in the Navy and early in his tional Gay Pilots Associa- and assistance—such as hir- career at United. But now, he tion’s Winter Warm-Up and ing webinars, interview prep said, “It’s legal to be LGBT in Industry Expo shared a workshops, and more—to FFD the military, and my airline very personal story of how pilots looking to take the next has a diversity department ALPA has directly affected step in their careers. and a business resource group her career. “ALPA helped “Our biggest success this for LGBT employees.” and led the process of my week,” Witvliet continued, Capt. Jason Seider (Envoy CAPT. ERIKA DELONG (ENDEAVOR AIR) transition at Endeavor Air,” “was the ability for ALPA Air) pointed to a new genera- said Capt. Erika DeLong pilot (and a long-standing volunteers to reach out to both tion that’s changing things. (Endeavor Air). She singled ALPA volunteer), was a “key ALPA members and non- “The first officers I work with out ALPA’s Representation player in helping me transi- now are part of a much more ALPA members. We were able Tavenner James Photos: Department and Aeromedi- tion without any issues.” to talk about ALPA’s resources, accepting generation.” And cal Office, saying, “ALPA Pilots at the event asked assistance, and strengths, and with growing ranks comes was a leader in guiding the about a number of pilot how ALPA can contribute to added comfort and confidence. company to follow federal resources available through them having a strong career.” “There are more and more and state laws and creating ALPA. Visit www.alpa.org/ And the attendees recog- LGBT-out people in the work- a plan for a seamless transi- resources to learn more nized and appreciated ALPA’s place,” said F/O J’son Burnett tion.” She said Capt. Tom about the resources avail- presence. “Being a sponsor and (FedEx Express), “so I’m not as Wychor, Endeavor Air’s chief able to ALPA members. vendor shows ALPA’s aware- isolated as I once was.” These ness and recognition of its pilots can help set the stan-

30 » Air Line Pilot March 2016 Bottom photo: Chris Weaver; top photo: Courtesy of the Delta Flight Museum Celebrating in ALPA’sHerndon, Va., offices. Above: piloting profession. today’s airlineindustryandthe and peoplewhohelpedshape a lookattheissues,events, Years,” aseriesofarticles,takes sary thisJuly,“Celebrating85 to celebrateits85thanniver- Editor’s note:AsALPAprepares Writer Staff Perkinson, John By Airline Game Changer Industry DC-3: The A model of a Western DC-3 on display A modelofaWestern DC-3ondisplay 8 5 I passenger serviceprofitable.Beforethe airlines, itwasthefirstairplanetomake New York,N.Y.Mostimportantlyfor of flyingnonstopfromChicago,Ill.,to was thefirstpassengeraircraftcapable never hadaccesstoairtravel.TheDC-3 to includecommunitiesthatpreviously rapidly expandtheirroutestructures air. Theseairplanesallowedairlinesto the waypublicviewedtravelby 21 passengers. 1930s, theoriginalmodelcarriedamere age andsize.Introducedinthemid- twin-engined taildraggerbecauseofits sonic Concorde,it’seasytodiscountthis like theB-747“jumbojet”andsuper- matched upagainsticonictransports airline travelastheDouglasDC-3.When still inoperation today. However, theDC-3wouldtransform the progressandadvancementof had suchadramaticinfluenceon t’s beensaidthat fewaircrafthave DC-3, carrierswereoftencompelled coast intheUnitedStatesas little as 18hours,anditquicklybecame ends meet. to relyonmailsubsidiesmake DC-3 couldflyfromcoastto the backboneofmanyairline With itsdurabledesign,the several hundred DC-3sare fleets. Anaircraftfortheages, as the DC-3, this remarkable aircraft took as theDC-3,this remarkableaircrafttook daytime operations. Otherwiseknown Transport (DST)anda21-seatversion for with the14-passengerDouglas Sleeper of theDC-2.Thecompanyresponded Douglas seekingalarger,faster version of otherairlines. performances quicklydrewtheattention spectively, andtheirimprovedoperating airplanes seated12and14passengers,re- integral componentofthefuselage.The the wingbelowcabin,makingitan flight. Withbothdesigns,Douglasmoved Trophy foroutstandingachievementin earned themanufactureraCollier and DC-2models,thelatterofwhich carrier’s networkusingasingleengine. ing takeofffromanyoftheairportsin need tobeablemaintaincontroldur- TWA stipulatedthatthemodelwould new airplane.Amongtherequirements, several manufacturerswithspecsfora wing structure.TWAsoonapproached attributed todeterioratingwoodinthe separated duringflight.Theaccidentwas one oftheaircraft’soverheadwings others, crashedineasternKansasafter football coachKnuteRockneandseven motor, carryinglegendaryNotreDame Western Air(TWA)FokkerF-10Atri- aircraft design.ATranscontinentaland compelled theairlineindustrytorethink A tragicaccidentonMarch31,1931, TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL

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32 » Celebrating In addition,thousands oftrainedpilots them toenlarge theirflyingnetworks. discount totheairlines,which bought sell manyoftheseusedairplanes ata the RoyalCanadianAirForce optedto war ended,theU.S.ArmyAir Forces and and otheralliedmilitaries.When that manufactured fortheU.S.,Canadian, Berlin Airliftafterthewar. France. TheC-47alsowasusedforthe of theD-DayinvasionNormandy, airplane wasanessentialcomponent and laterthemovieABridgeTooFar.The den, recalledintheCorneliusRyanbook paratroopers forOperationMarketGar- popularly, theGooneyBird. Skytrain, theDoug,andprobablymost a hostofnicknamesliketheDakota, sions includedtheC-47andC-53,with staple introoptransport.Militaryver- for WorldWarII,theaircraftbecamea unique circumstances.Mass-produced mental successcanbeattributedtoits In fairness,someoftheDC-3’smonu- OVER THERE up to6,000pounds. popular cargoaircraft,carryingloadsof able landinggear,theDC-3alsobecamea its cantileveredmetalwingsandretract- ens ofmetalboxesrivetedtogether.With spars andribswithahoneycombofdoz- DC-3 replacedthetraditionalsystemof costs. passengers withoutaddingtooperating version nearlydoubledthecapacityfor span andwas65feetlong.Thedaytime engines, theaircrafthada95-footwing- Powered bytwoWrightR-1820Cyclone flying atheightsofnearly20,000feet. marvel, reachingspeedsof230mphand sold tofilmstarShirleyTemple. American Airwaysflightwasreportedly ing summer,andthefirstticketonthis The DC-3beganairlineservicethefollow- Brothers’ firstflightatKittyHawk,N.C. after OrvilleWrightpilotedthe flight onDec.17,1935—32yearstotheday Air LinePilot March2016 Thousands oftheseaircraftwere The aircrafttotedglidersanddropped To strengthenitswingsupport,the The earlyDC-3Awasatechnological 8 5 conducting a maintenance check of a conducting amaintenance checkofa not sofortunate. unharmed. TheCessnaandits pilotwere with its23passengersandcrewmembers of aileron,butitwasabletoland safely one ofitswingsandmorethan fourfeet Cessna 140.TheDC-3lostfivefeetfrom experienced amid-aircollisionwith 19 nearMilwaukee,Wisc.,onAug.7,1949, ing storiestoshare.CapitalAirlinesFlight “could easilybemadetoflyagain.” that theairplaneshouldbeintactand that thesesameSwissglaciologistsclaim the glacierin600years.”Glinesnoted that itwillbespitoutatthebottomof the glacier.Swissglaciologistscalculate with snowandlefttosinkslowlyinto rescued; theGooneywassooncovered snowstorm. Allaboardwereeventually it slidtoaslowstopduringblinding 1946. Theaircraftwasnotdamagedas the RosenlaiGlacierinSwissAlps C-47 thatcrashlandedinfullflightatop He said,“Considerthistruestoryabouta November 1995issueofAviationHistory. provided aperfectexampleinthe Former AirLinePilotEditorC.V.Glines taken onalmostmythicproportions. Over theyears,talesofDC-3have LEGEND INTHEMAKING industry stillinitsformativeyears. work. Itwasaperfectopportunityforan came homefromthewarinsearchof Oakland, Calif.,in1940. Above: Southern Airways mechanics were Southern Airways mechanicswere Numerous carriershaveequallyamaz- A United Airlines DC-3A sits on the runway in A UnitedAirlinesDC-3Asitsontherunwayin proximately 8,430,000 miles. proximately 8,430,000miles. than 400,000passengerstravelingap- During thatperiod,ittransportedmore time theairplanewasretiredin1960. in 1942andlogged56,200hoursbythe of operationbeforeitbroke. hours, hadactuallyendured64,879hours bolt, whichhadatheoreticallifeof16,000 the aircraftwasbuilt22yearsearlier.The changed aviation. comfort manyyears agothatforever performance, reliability,andpassenger having setastandardforaircraft design, DC-3’s legacystandsthetestof time, North Carolinasands.Andtoday, the contraption thatcarriedhimabove the is afarcryfromthespruceandmuslin period. ress thathadbeenmadeinsuchashort many featuresandtheincredibleprog- for aride,hemarveledattheairplane’s without shouting.”Althoughhedidn’tgo the passengerscantalktoeachother that [theaircraft]issosoundproof told alocalnewsreporter,“Theytellme in hishometownofDayton,Ohio.He TWA DC-3thathadlandedattheairport 65-year-old OrvilleWrightinspecteda times. you traveledtothemoonandback175 miles—the samedistanceyou’dcoverif DC-3s rackedupatotalof83,584,318 determined that it was installed when determined thatitwasinstalledwhen neers wereaskedtoexaminetheboltand cracked boltwithinawing.Douglasengi- DC-3 in1959whentheydiscovereda Likewise, EasternAirLines’fleetof Delta AirLinespurchaseditsfirstDC-3 Orville was right. The DC-3 certainly Orville wasright.TheDC-3certainly Decades afterhishistoricfirstflight,

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Photo: iStock.com R By ALPA Staff ALPA By Travel Vital Other Your Zika for Source The CDC: ALPA members who fly internationally ALPA memberswhoflyinternationally GO TOTHESOURCE symptoms occur. areas tohealth-careprovidersshould ation andreporttheirtravelinendemic receive bitesneedtobeawareofthissitu- as welldevelopmentaldelays. in thebabyhavingasmallheadandbrain microcephaly. Thebirthdefectcanresult a seriouscongenitalbirthdefectcalled can passitalongtoherfetus,producing woman isinfectedwiththeZikavirus,she pregnant ortryingtogetpregnant.Ifa travel advisoryforwomenwhoare have beenreported. to press,nodeathsattributedthevirus toms areevendetectable.Asthisissuegoes 80 percentoftheseinfectionsnosymp- week. Symptomsareusuallymild,andin headache, andmusclepainlastinguptoa include fever,jointpains,rash,redeyes, mosquito bitesandthatsymptomsmay emergency onFeb.1,2016—isspreadby the agencydeclaredaglobalhealth www.cdc.gov, notingthatthevirus—which highlights theZikavirusonitswebsite, tion (CDC)inAtlanta,Ga.,prominently Centers forDiseaseControlandPreven- travelers totakespecialprecautions.The Pilots flying to the affected areas who Pilots flyingtotheaffectedareaswho However, theCDChasissuedaspecial should consult the CDC for the most should consulttheCDCformost tions in the Americas are warning tions intheAmericasarewarning outbreaks inMexicoandotherloca- ecent newsreportsofZikavirus current andauthoritativein-

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34 www.alpa.org/ourstories Stories Our » A By John Perkinson, Staff Writer Staff Perkinson, John By Career Flying Phenom a dayofflyingin thatDC-3,Iwashooked.” school. “Iwasonly eightornine,butafter Clark, whobegged hermomtoletskip time Iwentonatripwithmydad,” recalls airlines towomenpilots.” “opened theflightdecksof major pursuing herpassionforflying, shehelped “great personaladversity,”andthatin The trophypointsoutthatsheovercame aerobatic artists,”butitdoesn’tstopthere. as “oneoftheworld’sforemostairshow Northern CaliforniaacknowledgesClark tion ofanawardshereceivedin2012. legacy maybestbecapturedintheinscrip- hall-of-fame inductions.However,hertrue while assemblingscoresofaccoladesand and securedratingsfor66aircraft,all has loggedmorethan33,000hoursaloft maneuvers. Trojan throughcarefullychoreographed her Smokin’T-34MentororT-28 for decades,asshemeticulouslyflies audiences withheracrobaticprowess west AirlinesA320captainhaswowed the nameJulieClark.TheformerNorth- Air LinePilot March2016 “I’ve loved airplanes ever since the first “I’ve lovedairplaneseversince the first The CrystalEaglefromtheAeroClubof Nearly 68,the“firstlady”ofairshows American air show circuit knows American airshowcircuitknows precision aerobaticsintheNorth nyone remotelyfamiliarwith Continues to Soar Continues shows. the sameaircraft shefliesinmostofher $18,000. Remodeled andrefurbished,it’s surplus auctioninAnchorage,Alaska, for craft T-34,“sightunseen”atagovernment By 1977,shewasflyingforHughes Airwest. les, Calif.-basedairline’srosterof 110pilots. She wastheonlyfemaleonLosAnge- numerous timesbeforefinallybeinghired. for GoldenWestAirlines,havingapplied certified flightinstructorratings. attain herinstrument,commercial,and A seriesofjobshelpedherearnmoneyto fly. In1969,sheearnedherpilot’slicense. realized whatshereallywantedtodowas rarily groundedbyacaraccident,Clark flight attendantforTWA.Whiletempo- After graduating,shewenttoworkasa University ofCalifornia,SantaBarbara. and unclelatergraduatedfromthe both parents.Shemovedinwithheraunt during flight. ing anairliner’scockpitdoortobelocked to U.S.federalaviationregulationsrequir- pilot. Theeventresultedinanamendment Fairchild F27,shootinghimandtheother passenger burstintothecockpitofhis he diedonMay7,1964,whenasuicidal Clark, washergreatestinspiration.Sadly, Julie Clark’s That sameyear,sheboughtaBeech - In 1976,Clarkwenttoworkasapilot As ateenager,Clarkenduredthelossof Her dad,PacificAirLinesCapt.Ernie Julie Clarkperforms next. Visit julieclarkairshows.com tofindoutwhere Next Performance? with abetterview!” points out,“Nowhereistherean office of all,shestilllovestofly.Asreadily to pursueaviationasacareer.Butmost hoping thatherworkwillinspireothers International andotherorganizations, works closelywithWomeninAviation Clark alsospendstimementoring.She tional SocietyofWomenAirlinePilots, notes. AchartermemberoftheInterna- ratio showyouseefromsomeothers,”she ment program,notthequick,high-power air showsayear.“It’sanenergy-manage- critical elementofthestory. chuckling thathergenderwasthemost Believed toBeaWoman,’”sherecalls, of thepaperssaid,‘PilotDisabledJet descended ontheairport. media heardofthesituation,journalists was towedtothegate.Whennews no injuries,andthedamagedairplane first officerlandedtheairplanesafelywith would havetodo.”Eventuallysheandthe than anhourpreparingforwhatwe and itwasveryhot.Wecircledformore 9,” shesaid.“Wewereovergrossweight, side—stopped working. brakes, andflaps—everythingontheright right engine.Theairplane’shydraulics, hit theflapbeforebeingingestedinto her airplaneblewatire.Chunksofthetire ing atakeoffoutofLasVegas,Nev.,when she remembersaparticularincidentdur- that Clarkwouldeventuallyretirefrom. 1986 mergedwithNorthwest,theairline Hughes mergedwithRepublic,whichin remained focusedonherflying.In1980, pilots employedbyU.S.airlines,butshe at thetimeshewasoneofonly20women These days, Clark performs at a dozen These days,Clarkperformsatadozen “The nextdaytheheadlinesofone “We couldn’tdumpfuelinthatoldDC- Most ofClark’sflightswereroutine,but Clark generatedlotsofattentionbecause Mentor. Mentor. of herBeechcraftT-34 Left: Clarkbesidethecockpit West.” campaign, “TopBananaofthe Hughes Airwest’sadvertising “Top Banana,”namedafter North AmericanT-28Trojan Far left:Clarkpilotingher

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