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The Alaska Pilots Podcast — 98 episodes
ALA-HAL: JCBA Negotiations Update (Sept. 2026)
ALA-HAL: Grievance and Contract Enforcement
JCBA Update & Fleet Announcement
JCBA Update: Where We Are and What Remains
ALPA's Role Behind the KEF Launch
Where We Stand/Officer Update
San Diego Base & Bid
ALA-HAL: State of the Merger After SOC
Summer 2025 State of the Union
ALA-HAL: Aircraft Orders, New Base, and JCBA
2025 Mid Year Update
ALA-HAL Merger Status Update (May 2025)
Joint MEC Meeting, Merger Update, and OTRPB
Merger Update
Meet the Negotiating Committee Chairs of the Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines Pilots
First Joint Alaska/Hawaiian MEC Episode
Tentative Agreement Reached on Contract Extension and Additional Annual Pay Increases
Transition Process Agreement Reached
MEC Officer Round Table
Voluntary Reduced Bid Options (VRBO) & PBS
Transitions
State of the Union, February 2024
Alaska Pilots Get Ready for PBS
Merger: Process Discussion
State of the Union, November 2023
Alaska Pilots’ MEC Committee Profiles: Professional Standards and DEBI
Elevate Your Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Spill Solutions
State of The Union: SFO Base, 2024 Vacation
Market Rate Adjusted Pay
Market Rate Adjustment
State of the Union, June 2023
Implementation Update and State of the Union
2023 State of the Union and New LOAs
Reassignment, Cancelation, Delay, and Severe Irregular Operations
CBA 2022 Implementation: When and Why
Contract 2022 Implementation
TA 8: Ratification Process, What Happens Next
TA 7: Vacation
TA 6: Reserve
TA 5: Trip Ownership, Displacement, and Commuting
TA 4: Trading
TA 3: PBS and Trip Construction
TA 2: Scope and Career Security
Tentative Agreement Reached
Negotiations Update September 9, 2022
Negotiations Update
Negotiations Update
Special MEC Meeting Recap
Negotiations Post April 1 Informational Picket
Alaska Pilots Vote to Authorize Strike
Strike Authorization Ballot Approved by Alaska Airlines MEC
ALPA’s Comprehensive Term Sheet
The Importance of Informational Picketing on April 1
The Power of Picketing
Mediation Under the Railway Labor Act (RLA)
Company Failures Over Holiday Weather Impacts Pilots
Company Failures Over Holiday Weather Impacts Pilots
The Year in Review and What’s Ahead
November MEC Meeting Recap and More
Alaska Airlines: Do the Right Thing-Value Your Pilots
Private Mediated Negotiations End
MEC Proposes Limited Private Mediation
Pilots Hold Fast to their Bargaining Expectations
State of the Union, June 2021
SCOPE: Protect, Provide, Prepare
Look for the MEC in a City Near You
Alaska MEC’s Strategic Plan
Leading the Puck
Facing Forward: 2021
Important Holiday Message for Pilots and Families During What May Be a Stressful Holiday: CALL ALPA FIRST
End of 2020 and Look to the Future
Management’s Unapproved Changes to Vacation Open Time Trading
The Turning Point Represented by October 1
August MEC Meeting Recap
Bid Award Results Discussed
Honoring Seniority, Bidding Pitfalls, And What You Need to Know about Bid 2020-11a
Position Bid 2020-11a
EIL, REIL, ELOA, EO Awards and What Comes Next
Bidding for EIL, REIL, VELOA, EO
Bidding and Bid Award Process for EIL, REIL, ELOA, and EO Retirement
Voluntary Leave and Incentive Line Letters of Agreement
Two Minute Episode
Management Predicts Cancelation of Position Bid, Exits COVID-19 Protections MOU
Position Bid Concerns, Update on Pandemic Response, Negotiations, Aeromedical Resources and More
Scheduling Issues, Status of CARES Act Grant, and Other Issues Discussed
Continuing Work in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
MEC Recap of the Week of March 23rd
Job Protection During the Time of COVID-19
Your MEC’s Response to the Coronavirus: MOU 20-01 COVID-19 Protections
State of the Union, January
State of the Union
Negotiations Continue into Significant Contract Cornerstone Issues
Uniform Litigation Update
What Uniform and HIMS Negotiations Reveal About Alaska Airlines: Part II
What Uniform and HIMS Negotiations Reveal About Alaska Airlines; Part I
Alaska MEC’s Strategic Planning Document Discussed
Negotiating Committee Chairman, F/O Chris Gruner speaks with host Strategic Communications Chairman Capt. David Campbell.
A conversation among your MEC Officers.