WELCOME TO ALPA, PASCAN AVIATION PILOTS!

ABOUT ALPA

OUR FOUNDATION

The mission of the Air Line Pilots Association is to promote and champion all aspects of aviation safety throughout all segments of the aviation community; to represent, in both specific and general respects, the collective interests of all pilots in commercial aviation; to assist in collective bargaining activities on behalf of all pilots represented by the Association; to promote the health and welfare of the members of the Association before all governmental agencies; to be a strong, forceful advocate of the airline piloting profession, through all forms of media, and with the public at large; and to be the ultimate guardian and defender of the rights and privileges of the professional pilots who are members of the Association.

OUR HISTORY

Learn more about ALPA's history by reading "Flying the Line: The First Half Century of the Air Line Pilots Association" and "Flying the Line Volume II: The Line Pilots in Crisis: ALPA Battles Airline Deregulation and Other Forces"

Volume I: 1931 - 2010 (PDF)
Volume II: 2010 - 2020 (PDF) 

Listen to the Podcast: Join us as we recount an exciting chapter in aviation history and the beginnings of the Air Line Pilots Association, the world's largest pilot union and nongovernmental air safety organization, through an abridged retelling of the book by George E. Hopkins, "Flying the Line."