APA INFORMATION HOTLINE: April 2, 2012
This is APA Communications Group Supervisor First Officer David Hitte with the APA Information Hotline for Monday, April 2
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP ACTIVATION: In response to management’s blatant attack on our contract through their filing of an 1113(c) motion, the Allied Pilots Association leadership has directed full activation of the communications group committees to engage the membership.
We are in the fight of our professional lives. From this point forward, we will be directing you as to what is expected of you as an individual APA member. Beginning immediately we need you to do the following:
--Attend APA domicile meetings and APA-directed events. There is no substitute for first-person contact with your domicile representatives and local and national committee volunteers. Domicile meetings are the only place where we can provide sensitive details on the issues we face. Attendance is mandatory from receipt of this message until otherwise instructed.
--Volunteer. Your domicile committee structures are in constant need of help. Service to your fellow pilots takes many forms and there is always a place for your individual talents.
--Log into the members’ side of alliedpilots.org at least twice each week. The members’ side of our site is the most efficient means of mass communication we have with our membership.
--Update your contact information via alliedpilots.org. It is critical that your local and national volunteers have the ability to contact you in real time. During the past several years, APA has made a significant investment in communications equipment and techniques, but this investment will be effective only if we have valid membership contact information.
The APA leadership will provide specific instructions in the coming days and weeks concerning other ways you can participate in supporting your union. Let no one who witnesses our conduct question our professional resolve, our desire for a prosperous company, or our unity of purpose in protecting our profession. Our ability to prevail rests largely in our ability to maintain faith and fidelity with each other.
This is APA Communications Group Supervisor First Officer David Hitte with the APA Information Hotline for Monday, April 2
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP ACTIVATION: In response to management’s blatant attack on our contract through their filing of an 1113(c) motion, the Allied Pilots Association leadership has directed full activation of the communications group committees to engage the membership.
We are in the fight of our professional lives. From this point forward, we will be directing you as to what is expected of you as an individual APA member. Beginning immediately we need you to do the following:
--Attend APA domicile meetings and APA-directed events. There is no substitute for first-person contact with your domicile representatives and local and national committee volunteers. Domicile meetings are the only place where we can provide sensitive details on the issues we face. Attendance is mandatory from receipt of this message until otherwise instructed.
--Volunteer. Your domicile committee structures are in constant need of help. Service to your fellow pilots takes many forms and there is always a place for your individual talents.
--Log into the members’ side of alliedpilots.org at least twice each week. The members’ side of our site is the most efficient means of mass communication we have with our membership.
--Update your contact information via alliedpilots.org. It is critical that your local and national volunteers have the ability to contact you in real time. During the past several years, APA has made a significant investment in communications equipment and techniques, but this investment will be effective only if we have valid membership contact information.
The APA leadership will provide specific instructions in the coming days and weeks concerning other ways you can participate in supporting your union. Let no one who witnesses our conduct question our professional resolve, our desire for a prosperous company, or our unity of purpose in protecting our profession. Our ability to prevail rests largely in our ability to maintain faith and fidelity with each other.
