Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)

The FAA’s move to address the growing frequency and complexity of public charter flights presents challenges and opportunities for the AAM industry.

An open letter calls for a pause in approvals for additional U.S.-China passenger flights, citing alleged anti-competitive policies by the Chinese government.

CEO Scott Kirby goes all in on a quest to make United Airlines the biggest and best.

The FAA’s draft rule on equipping new aircraft with cockpit voice recorders that capture at least 25 hr. of data has stakeholders sharply divided.

Rapid hiring of US pilots is hurting regionals and raises safety questions.

The airline operates exclusively as American Eagle under a partnership with American Airlines that began in March 2023.

With ratification of their tentative agreement, United Airlines pilots have obtained improvements to pay and benefits—and triggered competitive snap-up clauses.

Air Canada, like its native home, is transitioning.

“Controlled rest is not a solution for fatigue,” ALPA President Jason Ambrosi said during a break at the association’s annual safety forum.

A contract agreement for pilots at United Airlines is progressing, with a Tentative Agreement (TA) valued at $10 billion headed for a ratification vote.

FAA’s notice comes a little over a year after SkyWest Charter (SWC) applied for commuter air carrier authorization.

A wrong-runway landing by a FedEx crew last year underscores the value that benign incidents can play in flagging safety risks.

Agreements with pilots at American carriers have made great progress this year.

The Allied Pilots Association, ALPA, and Southwest Airlines Pilots Association wrote an open letter to Congress and President Joe Biden.

An agreement-in-principle reached for United Airlines pilots would provide cumulative 34.5%-40.2% increases in pay rates over four years.

“The pilot shortage has had devastating consequences for smaller communities ...," the Regional Airline Association (RAA) President Faye Malarkey Black said.

In a regulatory filing July 6, ALPA called on the DOT to close a loophole it says is being exploited by public charter operator JSX.

The carrier’s pilots officially joined the union on June 3.

Union negotiators from the pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), and FedEx management reached the tentative agreement on May 30.

With a busy summer travel season ahead, some pilot contracts remain under negotiation.

Invoking a clause in their current collective bargaining agreement, Air Canada’s pilots have decided to open contract negotiations a year early.

With just hours to spare before a work stoppage could begin, WestJet Group and its pilots reached a tentative agreement on a contract.

Air Canada has become ALPA's 40th pilot group, growing the union’s representation ranks to more than 73,000 members.

Summer readiness is something United Airlines says it is not taking lightly.

The carrier’s pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), issued a 72-hour strike notice on the evening of May 15.