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The Alaska Pilots Podcast — 92 episodes

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Title
1

Where We Stand/Officer Update

2

San Diego Base & Bid

3

ALA-HAL: State of the Merger After SOC

4

Summer 2025 State of the Union

5

ALA-HAL: Aircraft Orders, New Base, and JCBA

6

2025 Mid Year Update

7

ALA-HAL Merger Status Update (May 2025)

8

Joint MEC Meeting, Merger Update, and OTRPB

9

Merger Update

10

Meet the Negotiating Committee Chairs of the Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines Pilots

11

First Joint Alaska/Hawaiian MEC Episode

12

Tentative Agreement Reached on Contract Extension and Additional Annual Pay Increases

13

Transition Process Agreement Reached

14

MEC Officer Round Table

15

Voluntary Reduced Bid Options (VRBO) & PBS

16

Transitions

17

State of the Union, February 2024

18

Alaska Pilots Get Ready for PBS

19

Merger: Process Discussion

20

State of the Union, November 2023

21

Alaska Pilots’ MEC Committee Profiles: Professional Standards and DEBI

22

Elevate Your Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Spill Solutions

23

State of The Union: SFO Base, 2024 Vacation

24

Market Rate Adjusted Pay

25

Market Rate Adjustment

26

State of the Union, June 2023

27

Implementation Update and State of the Union

28

2023 State of the Union and New LOAs

29

Reassignment, Cancelation, Delay, and Severe Irregular Operations

30

CBA 2022 Implementation: When and Why

31

Contract 2022 Implementation

32

TA 8: Ratification Process, What Happens Next

33

TA 7: Vacation

34

TA 6: Reserve

35

TA 5: Trip Ownership, Displacement, and Commuting

36

TA 4: Trading

37

TA 3: PBS and Trip Construction

38

TA 2: Scope and Career Security

39

Tentative Agreement Reached

40

Negotiations Update September 9, 2022

41

Negotiations Update

42

Negotiations Update

43

Special MEC Meeting Recap

44

Negotiations Post April 1 Informational Picket

45

Alaska Pilots Vote to Authorize Strike

46

Strike Authorization Ballot Approved by Alaska Airlines MEC

47

ALPA’s Comprehensive Term Sheet

48

The Importance of Informational Picketing on April 1

49

The Power of Picketing

50

Mediation Under the Railway Labor Act (RLA)

51

Company Failures Over Holiday Weather Impacts Pilots

52

The Year in Review and What’s Ahead

53

November MEC Meeting Recap and More

54

Alaska Airlines: Do the Right Thing-Value Your Pilots

55

Private Mediated Negotiations End

56

MEC Proposes Limited Private Mediation

57

Pilots Hold Fast to their Bargaining Expectations

58

State of the Union, June 2021

59

SCOPE: Protect, Provide, Prepare

60

Look for the MEC in a City Near You

61

Alaska MEC’s Strategic Plan

62

Leading the Puck

63

Facing Forward: 2021

64

Important Holiday Message for Pilots and Families During What May Be a Stressful Holiday: CALL ALPA FIRST

65

End of 2020 and Look to the Future

66

Management’s Unapproved Changes to Vacation Open Time Trading

67

The Turning Point Represented by October 1

68

August MEC Meeting Recap

69

Bid Award Results Discussed

70

Honoring Seniority, Bidding Pitfalls, And What You Need to Know about Bid 2020-11a

71

Position Bid 2020-11a

72

EIL, REIL, ELOA, EO Awards and What Comes Next

73

Bidding for EIL, REIL, VELOA, EO

74

Bidding and Bid Award Process for EIL, REIL, ELOA, and EO Retirement

75

Voluntary Leave and Incentive Line Letters of Agreement

76

Two Minute Episode

77

Management Predicts Cancelation of Position Bid, Exits COVID-19 Protections MOU

78

Position Bid Concerns, Update on Pandemic Response, Negotiations, Aeromedical Resources and More

79

Scheduling Issues, Status of CARES Act Grant, and Other Issues Discussed

80

Continuing Work in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

81

MEC Recap of the Week of March 23rd

82

Job Protection During the Time of COVID-19

83

Your MEC’s Response to the Coronavirus: MOU 20-01 COVID-19 Protections

84

State of the Union, January

85

State of the Union

86

Negotiations Continue into Significant Contract Cornerstone Issues

87

Uniform Litigation Update

88

What Uniform and HIMS Negotiations Reveal About Alaska Airlines: Part II

89

What Uniform and HIMS Negotiations Reveal About Alaska Airlines; Part I

90

Alaska MEC’s Strategic Planning Document Discussed

91

Negotiating Committee Chairman, F/O Chris Gruner speaks with host Strategic Communications Chairman Capt. David Campbell.

92

A conversation among your MEC Officers.