US AIRWAVES - April 1999

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Volume 14
Number4
April 1999

In This Issue . . .

It’s time, as MEC Chairman Chris Beebe emphasizes in his article, to focus on the future. To increase the effectiveness of our union, he writes, we need to do some strategic planning, increase our efficiency, enhance the MEC committees, improve the perception of ALPA, and develop a safety initiative that will keep our attention on safety in the midst of distractions caused by the growth of our airline.

Central Air Safety Committee Chairman John Cox also looks to the future as he expands on the safety initiative, which is called "Safety from the Ground Up."

 

Contents:

MEC Chairman - Focusing on the Future

Committees

Departments

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1999 Quarterly US Airways MEC Meetings

Second Quarter: June 7-11, PHL
Third Quarter: September 13-17, BWI
Fourth Quarter: December 7-10, PIT

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Editor: Roy Freundlich
Associate Editors: Parvin Belknap, Tom Borkowski, Glenn Gross, Tim Hartman, Dick Volkwein
Admin. Assistance: Trish Schurman - ALPA Staff