Air Line Pilots Association
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
ALPA Governing Bodies: Central Executive Council Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002439
Abstract
The Central Executive Council (CEC) was formed by the Board of Directors in 1932 and consisted of the President, First Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and regional Vice Presidents. The council functioned mainly as an advisory body to the President, and also worked on policies, planning, and programs for ALPA. The records are made up of minutes of CEC meetings from 1933-1946. Many of the subjects focus on the Council’s work interpreting and creating policies for the still new Association,...
Dates:
1933 - 1946
ALPA Miami Joint Council Office Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002510
Abstract
The ALPA Miami Joint Council Office (JCO) was a regional office for ALPA Region II and councils in the Southeast United States. It was home to several Master Executive Councils (MEC) and Local Executive Councils (LEC) including: Braniff Airways MEC and Council 29, Delta Airlines Council 71, Eastern Airlines MEC and Council 18, National Airlines MEC and Councils 8 and 73, Pan American Airways (PAA) Council 10, Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra, PNG) MEC and Councils 38 and 83 and Riddle...
Dates:
1935 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1960
ALPA Miami PAA MEC Records
Collection
Identifier: LR002506
Abstract
(MEC) span from the 1970s to 1991 when Pan Am ceased operations. The PAA MEC worked to ensure its pilots had fair working agreements, and focused on retirement and insurance for all levels of cockpit crew. In 1980, Pan Am bought National Airlines (NAL) in an attempt to expand their domestic routes and increase revenue. The MEC pursued an evenhanded merging of the two seniority lists, however the end product caused some frustration among the pilot group, particularly those lower on the seniority...
Dates:
1961 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1990
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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ALPA Miami PAA MEC Records
ALPA President's Department Records
Collection
Identifier: LR000247
Abstract
The President's Department records are arranged in three parts.
Part I: The Air Line Pilots Association was formed in secret in 1930 by a group of “Key Men” from each airline, they formed openly and affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in 1931. In that same year David Behncke was elected president of ALPA, an office he held twenty years, until being recalled in 1951 (and off and on through 1952 during his legal battle with ALPA). His successor, Clarence Sayen, held...
Dates:
1931 - 1998
ALPA Publications
Collection
Identifier: LR002495
Abstract
The ALPA Publications is a collection of pamphlets, newsletters, magazines, bulletins, manuals, constitutions and by-laws, arbitration transcripts, and research reports produced by, or involving ALPA from 1933-2006. ALPA’s main publication, Air Line Pilot, is still in print and so not included here, but both ALPA national, and individual
Master Executive Councils (MEC) also produced a wide variety of publications during
the past 80 years which are included in this collection.
Dates:
1933 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1968
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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ALPA Publications
ALPA Publications: Air Line Pilot
Collection
Identifier: LR002500
Abstract
Air Line Pilot is ALPA’s main publication and has been in continuous print since April
1932. The first volumes were published twice a month, and came in newspaper form,
running about 4 pages each. ALPA soon began to produce Air Line Pilot monthly and
steadily increased the page count, eventually publishing in the present magazine form in
1949. Air Line Pilot covers a variety of topics relevant to pilots such as news in the
airline industry, ALPA structure and Association news, technical...
Dates:
1931 - 2019