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This is APA Communications Deputy Chairman First Officer Scott Shankland with the APA Information Hotline for Friday, March 12.
APRIL 1 FURLOUGHS CANCELED: Management informed Negotiating Committee Chairman First Officer Neil Roghair this morning that they have decided to cancel the furloughs that had been scheduled for April 1. First Officer Roghair reports that the reasons management gave for rethinking the April 1 furloughs are “an uptick in interest in retirements and the level of interest in the February 28 furlough mitigation.”
We will share with you any additional relevant information we receive concerning this welcome reversal. If this news affects your own plans in any way, we encourage you to contact First Officer Roghair or Membership/Furlough Committee Chairman Captain Rusty McDaniels.
APA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING: Following a strategy session in the DFW-area with the APA Negotiating Committee that began at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 8 and continued through mid-day on Thursday, March 11, the Board of Directors convened on the afternoon of the 11th for a brief meeting. During this meeting, the Board took the following actions:
• Approved a motion increasing the Negotiating Committee’s fiscal year 2010 budget by $180,000.
• Elected DFW Captain Dave Brown and DFW First Officer Per Lovfald to the Negotiating Committee.
• Appointed Negotiating Committee member First Officer Neil Roghair to serve as chairman of that committee. First Officer Roghair succeeds Captain Wilson, who recently resigned from the committee.
• Approved a motion increasing the System Board’s budget by $157,425 to cover expenses incurred in the joint business agreement mediation and arbitration processes.
• Approved a motion waiving policy governing the site of the spring Board meeting in order to hold the meeting at APA headquarters. The meeting is scheduled for May 17-21.
IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE ALERT: We would like to thank those of you who have already responded by the legislative alert we issued on Tuesday, March 9 concerning the FAA appropriations bill now being debated by the U.S. Senate. This legislative alert asks each of you to take a couple of minutes to urge your two U.S. senators to pass an appropriations bill that includes language raising the minimum new-hire standards for Part 121 pilots. For those of you who haven’t yet responded to this important legislative alert, click here to do so now.
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Domicile Meetings
ORD
Monday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., doors open at 9:30 a.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3579, 10 West Higgins Road, Park Ridge, IL 60068, tel. 847-825-4588. Contact Mark Placey with any questions, tel. 630-936-9509, e-mail apa.mark@gmail.com.
DFW
Monday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S. Main Street, Grapevine, TX 76051, tel. 817-410-3459.
SFO
Friday, March 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., doors open at 9:30 a.m., lunch will be served, Hilton Airport South, RSVP to SFO-chair@alliedpilots.org if you plan to attend.
LGA
Thursday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., coffee and bagels will be served, LGA Courtyard Marriott, 90-10 Grand Central Parkway, East Elmhurst, NY 11369, tel. 718-446-4800.
DFW
Monday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S. Main Street, Grapevine, TX 76051, tel. 817-410-3459.
FAMILY AWARENESS DCA
Friday, March 19 beginning at 11 a.m., Annapolis-area lunch at Gordon Biersch, 1906 Towne Centre Blvd., Ste. 155, Annapolis, MD 21401. RSVP to Greg Baur at baurg@verizon.net or tel. 410-721-4675.
FAMILY AWARENESS BOS
Annual Cabin Fever Dinner and Dance on Saturday, March 20 from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Sheraton Hotel, 250 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. Cost is $40 per person, which includes cocktail hour, dinner, live music and dancing. Make checks payable to Family Awareness and send c/o Captain Paul Maurer, 3115 Route 51, Hannacroix, NY 12087. The Sheraton is offering a special nightly room rate of $129 plus tax. To obtain the discounted room rate, call 603-431-2300 and mention “Family Awareness.” For more information, contact Captain Maurer at 603-380-1840 or FO Kelly Jeffries at 603-491-4110. RSVP by March 1 to: kav8tor@aol.com.
FAMILY AWARENESS LAX
Bimonthly lunch on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month beginning at 11 a.m., Brent’s Deli, 2799 Townsgate Rd., Westlake Village, tel. 805-557-1882. All active members, spouses and other family members are welcome to attend.
FAMILY AWARENESS MIA
First Wednesday of every month, happy hour at Snapper’s Turtle Club waterfront bar from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Snapper’s is at MM 94.5 ocean side, 94.5 miles away from where Hwy. 1 ends in Key West. Any questions, please contact Ray Nemura, tel. 305-664-2807 or capnemo@bellsouth.net.
FAMILY AWARENESS MIA
Dinner at the Baja Café every third Tuesday beginning at 6:30 p.m., 1310 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, Fla., tel. 954-596-1305. Note: March 16 dinner canceled.
FAMILY AWARENESS DCA
Breakfast at the Silver Diner every second Monday from 10 a.m. to noon, 12250 Fair Lakes Parkway, Fairfax, Va. RSVP to Thaura Jeffreys, av8rx@hotmail.com or call 571-212-1901.
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