Part 70, page 66

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PHIL SALK NATIONAL NEWS EDITOR

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PILOT BULLETIN INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS ONLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, 1329 E STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004, EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS

VOL. 31, NO. 1 JANUARY 1972

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ALPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS

[photograph of group meeting]

The Executive Board of the Association resolved at its 14th meeting (Dec. 7-10) in Washington to register "total opposition" to FAA's proposal to impose responsibility for medical certification and surveillance of flight crew members upon the individual air carriers. The Board directed the Aeromedical-Flight Time/Duty Time Committee "to take any and all steps it feels are necessary to prevent the adoption" of the proposal and instructed the Association's President to "provide the necessary support and resources," and including "if necessary" reconvening the Executive Board for consideration "of other appropriate courses of action."

The Board, after lengthy discussion concerning the impact of the Aloha arbitration award on ALPA's crew complement policy, reaffirmed its "full and vigorous support of the crew complement policy and of all existing agreements and awards establishing the same." The Board said that consistent with the Nov. 23 arbitration award (which it noted "applied and interpreted the Association's policy as being founded on safety as related to the operating conditions and enviroment of the carrier involved") and consistent with past practice, the Boeing 737 crew complement policy is interpreted to require "with the concurrence of the Executive Committee and the President" that the MEC on each airline involved assess that airline's conditions and enviromental factors "and reach a determination as to the basis of implementation" of the crew complement policy. The Board ordered the President to "cause the Association to provide full support to such determinations" and to conclude agreements that give full effect to such determinations.

Finally, the Board said the President and the Executive Committee should study and evaluate "crew coordination and operating techniques on all airline jet aircraft."

Other actions taken by the Executive Board include the following: ▶ Supported the Airworthiness and Performance Committee in its concern over the use of reduced-thrust takeoff procedures. ▶ Referred a proposal that ALPA initiate an aggressive policy with FAA to establish positive control, climb and descent corridors, "a high-

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WARNING - NO IMMUNITY!

Pilots are warned that, effective Dec. 31, 1971, they are no longer provided with immunity when Near Mid-air Collision Reports (FAA Form 8020-I) are filed.

President John J. O'Donnell attempted to persuade FAA to retain the immunity provision, but so far, without success. The ATC Committee will again seek to convince FAA that the near mid-air reporting program is useless without some protection being given to the pilot and controller, alike. As additional information becomes available, it will be reported in ALPA publications.

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ly complicated subject," to the National ATC Committee, the national committee involved with this problem. ▶ Noted that "it is in the best interest of" ALPA "to present a unified position to the government and industry on those subject areas which affect the entire membership" and resolved "that before any pilot group or representing body of the Association takes action on subjects under the perview of an ALPA national committee and not covered by ALPA policy, the proposed action be brought to the attention of the responsible national committees for their review and analysis to ensure a coordinated position." ▶ Directed the President "to actively pursue" ALPA policy, adopted in 1962, "to work to bring international flight duty time limits into line with domestic FAR limits." ▶ Directed the Association to institute a procedure of withholding dues from flight pay loss checks. ▶ Noted that the use of "Air Line Pilots" in the name of any organization, other than ALPA "is confusing and misleading to the membership, the public, the government and the industry and might be harmful to the public image of the Association," and resolved "that all members so involved refrain from any activities which generate the impression that they or their organization, association or firm acts in behalf of or under the jurisdiction

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LATE NEWS ROUND-UP

● Revised ALPA merger policy has been adopted by the Executive Board (see page 2).

● The Department of Transportation is investigating the manner in which a Delta 880 was contaminated by radioactive leakage. DOT is attempting to determine whether the cause was from faulty packaging or from handling damage.

● CAB examiner is against AAL-WAL merger plan (see page 4).

● PATCO says FAA has fired four more controllers for their actions during a "sickout" in March 1970, bringing the number of dismissed controllers to 80. Thirty-eight of the 80 have won their jobs back through appeals procedures and the courts.

● ALPA opposes DOT action in AAL-WAL merger case (see page 5).

● "Cooper" is no Robin Hood (see page 7).

● NTSB and FAA officials say that a National Airlines 747, which ran afoul of turbulence, did so as the crew picked its way through thunderstorm cells using airborne radar.

● Pilots should specify payments (see page 8).

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