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Here's some information we believe you'll find interesting.
SHOW TIME
There was a misunderstanding regarding Nicolas' email yesterday. It was intended as a reminder of the procedure: to check in via VMO before travelling to the airport. If you forget, the dispatch will call you. You must answer this question. This allows them to confirm that all the crew members will be there in time for the flight. If you haven't done your VMO check-in and don't answer the dispatch call, the dispatch will call a reserve pilot in your place. This is what must be avoided and has repercussions on the operation. As long as everyone checks in VMO or answers the phone if they forget, there's no problem. So, Nicolas's email can be ignored, but you can continue to follow this procedure.
SAFETY JACKET (yellow waistcoat)/ Suspenders:
Recently, several safety vests and braces have mysteriously disappeared from the loft. If you have forgotten yours and are borrowing someone else's, please make sure they know and put them back. It's frustrating not being able to find your equipment when needed...
LIFE INSURANCE
Alpa offers free life insurance. Fill in the form by following this link:
Canadian Coverage - ALPA
MEC IN TRAINING
Over the past month, your CEP has attended 3 training courses offered by Alpa Int'l.: Leadership, Foundational ALPA Service Training (FAST) + Series and Leadership and Advanced Safety Training (LAST) Course. Below is what we learned:
Leadership
- Tour of Alpa's offices and departments, and meetings with the various resource personnel
- How to prepare a meeting and ensure it runs smoothly
- How to properly represent a pilot when called to the Chief Pilot's office and the associated resources available to us
- The resources available for negotiations
- How to balance our time between family, work, and the union
- The legal status of our written communications, including social networks
- The various management tools available concerning budget, membership, etc.
FAST +
- ALPA's various missions: Championing safety, Representing the collective interest, collective bargaining, health and welfare, defending the profession and defending pilots' rights.
- ALPA's strategic plan (available to all members on the ALPA website)
- The history of ALPA
- Based on the 4 pillars of the Air Safety Organization (ASO): safety, security, pilot assistance, and Jumpseat
- The ALPA code of ethics
- The chain of action when a pilot calls the emergency number in the event of an incident or accident.
- The existence of the Airport Safety Liaison (ASL) program and our contribution to it.
- The structure and plan of the Jumpseat Council, as well as the instructions to follow and have followed, as well as both legal and etiquette for users of the Jumpseat Agreements system.
LAST
- Transport Canada came to give us a presentation on SMS and the changes they are planning.
- How to prepare for a media interview and the resources available to us
- How the American SMS works and the mentality behind it (which is very different from the Canadian way), including ASAP, FOQA and ERC
- Alpa's values and guidelines regarding SMS
- Artificial intelligence in aviation and what we can expect from it in the coming years
This training enables us to implement and develop strategies and systems in line with ALPA's values and resources, to improve the resources available to our group.
We are always open and looking for new ideas and, above all, volunteers to make our projects a success for all of us.
Let us know if you'd like to learn more and/or get involved.
In unity,
Your MEC
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