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To US AIRWAVES Master Index
Volume 17
Number 4
June/July 2001

In This Issue . . .

With the merger uncertain, MEC Chairman Chris beebe explains how to get back on track with his Plan A.  This isn't our fallback position--it's the original plan for a viable airline that the pilots signed onto three years ago.

 

 

Contents:

(All files are in Adobe Acrobat format.  Download Acrobat Reader here.)

Dedication - In Memory of Captain Willis Petrie

Departments:

What’s Up

Your Union Needs You!
and you need your union!
Check it out!

Wear Your ALPA Wings

ALPA Wings

To get replacement wings or ALPA years of service wings, contact ALPA National’s Membership Services Dept. at 703-689-2270, or write them at 535 Herndon Parkway, PO Box 1169, Herndon, VA 20172-1169.

Are you willing to help returning furloughees and new-hire pilots accomplish the transition from initial training to flying the line?

Sign up for the Membership Services Committee's
Mentor Program

You'll simply contact a returning or newly-hired pilot and make yourself available to answer questions on day-to-day operations, such as bidding, scheduling, CATCREW, and other items that may arise.

To volunteer, call the MEC office at 800-USAIRMEC

If you would like to get involved in ALPA work but you aren’t exactly sure what kind of work would suit you best, contact your LEC reps or the Membership Services Committee through the MEC office.

2001 Quarterly US Airways MEC Meetings

                                                                  Third Quarter            September 17-21    BOS
                                                                  Fourth Quarter          November               PIT

 

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Editor: Roy Freundlich
Associate Editors: Parvin Belknap, Tom Borkowski, Glenn Gross, Dave Belastock
Admin. Assistance: Trish Schurman - ALPA Staff
Design & Layout: Dana Hardek - ALPA Staff
Tawnya Stanford - ALPA Staff