This is APA Communications Committee Chairman Captain Sam Mayer with the APA Information Hotline for Thursday, March 19.
APA BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING: The APA Board of Directors met this week at union headquarters in Fort Worth. The special session began Tuesday and adjourned today at 5:15 p.m.
Prior to adjourning, the Board of Directors passed a motion to censure APA President Captain Lloyd Hill and Vice President Captain Tom Westbrook for "frequently failing to adhere to the policies, directives, and resolutions of the Board of Directors."
The Board also approved several resolutions.
R2009-11, Rev. 2, "Strategic Planning Committee," modifies APA Policy Manual Section 4.24, changing the structure of the committee, as well as the process for member selection and term of committee members. The resolution also stipulates that the Strategic Planning Committee shall have access to all resources available to APA.
R2009-14, Rev. 1, "APA support for JAL pilots -- an OCCC member," the Board expressed its "unwavering" support for the Japan Airlines pilot unions and committed resources as directed by the Board to assist them in their struggle to stop JAL management from outsourcing their jobs to non-union contract pilots.
R2009-15, Rev. 3, "Self-Help Work Stoppages," amends APA Policy Manual Section 9 to specifically outline the process whereby a membership strike vote will be conducted. The amendment also states that if a membership strike vote is in the affirmative and if the Board, by majority vote, determines that it is necessary to initiate self-help actions, that the Board will consider all legal work stoppages, up to and including a general strike. The Board will also vote to determine how self-help will be initiated and for how long it will continue.
R2009-16, Rev. 2, "Synopsis of the Business of the Day," amends the APA Policy Manual to state that at the end of each day that the Board is in session, each Board member will be provided a written synopsis of the business of the day, including approved motions and resolutions and the results of all votes.
R2009-19, Rev. 2, "Policy Manual 4.10 Communications Committee and Department," changes APA Policy Manual Section 4.10 to stipulate that all members of the Communications Committee be elected by the APA Board of Directors at its fall meeting for a 12-month term. The changed policy also specifies that the Board-elected Communications Committee chairman will work for the benefit of the membership at the direction of the Board and in coordination with the president.
R2009-25, "Submission of Agenda Items," amends APA Policy Manual Section 1.02a to include the National Officers and national committee chairmen as recipients of all regular Board of Directors meeting notices and agendas.
R2009-26, "BODDO Scheduling," outlines the process by which the Board of Directors Duty Officer is randomly chosen. The resolution also stipulates that the first duty officer will assume their duty on Monday, March 30. The Board of Directors Duty Officer is an APA Board member who is present each week at APA headquarters “following up on BOD policy, directives and resolutions.”
R2009-27, "Master Trust Asset Allocation Change," amends the APA Master Trust Investment Policy to increase the allocation of cash equivalents from 2 percent to 6 percent and decreasing the fixed income from 38 percent to 34 percent, based on a recommendation from portfolio manager Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc.
R2009-28, "Scheduled Time for Board Resolutions," amends APA Policy Manual Section 1.02a K to include a minimum of 120 minutes each day of any Board meeting scheduled for the consideration of resolutions. The amendment also stipulates that no resolutions will be scheduled for consideration on the last scheduled meeting day.
R2009-29, "Legislative Improvements to Bankruptcy Code and Railway Labor Act," directs the National Officers and Government Affairs Committee to support all legislative and executive efforts to modify the Bankruptcy Code and Railway Labor Act to protect and enhance the collective bargaining process during bankruptcy proceedings and to develop statutory and/or executive timelines for the bargaining process under the Railway Labor Act.
R2009-30, "Strategic Planning Committee Union Leave," amends APA Policy Manual Section 6.05 to include the ability for the chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee to submit leave requests for members of his committee or any other APA member who the chairman deems is required to adequately develop a long-term strategic plan for APA. The amendment further states that the leave requests are not subject to National Officer approval.
The full text of every resolution the Board voted to approve this week will be available on the alliedpilots.org Web site by 12 p.m. Friday. To view the resolutions, click on the “National Information” tab at the top of the members’ home page of alliedpilots.org and go to the “Resolutions” link.
ARBITRATION UPDATE -- EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD ON 7,300 COCKPIT CREWMEMBER FLOOR ARBITRATION: An “executive session” of the System Board of Arbitration requested by APA was held today between Arbitrator Herbert Fishgold and System Board members from APA and AMR. At the conclusion of the session, the arbitrator indicated he will consider the final inputs of both parties and execute the final ruling within the next few days. We will keep you updated as this arbitration concludes.
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