FAPA to ALPA

Yep. About a year ago, the FAPA BOD was directed by the membership to establish contact with ALPA to explore a "Union Merger". After several meetings/ communications with ALPA, the FAPA BOD and ALPA determined that funding of LTD (a C/B issue) represented a significant roadblock and essentially "killed" the issue. Last week, ALPA reps came and gave a presentIon at a FAPA town hall and answered questions of FAPA members in attendance.

It has been concluded that there is significant interest in the FAPA membership to reopen the LTD funding issue in exchange for a possible merger with ALPA. Sounds like an agreement is being drawn up for a membership vote. If it is passed, it will reopen the FAPA/ALPA merger talks...

I'm not an expert, but this is my understanding...
 
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Long-Term Disability. Ours is presently funded by FAPA for 3 years whereas ALPA could only provide 1....

Don't quote me, but it's close...
 
For more accuracy, an excerpt from a FAPA email 11/11:

"FAPA identified differences in the way our Association pays for the pilot share of Long Term Disability that would present a challenge to adequately funding a Frontier MEC under ALPA budgetary requirements. ALPA indicated its willingness to absorb some costs over a short period of time, suggesting that negotiations could eventually provide the necessary changes to LTD funding which would address the MEC budget issue. The FAPA BOD sought a longer term solution that would avoid additional assessments on our Pilots or placing our Negotiating Committee in a less than desirable position going into negotiations.

As the process progressed, both parties exchanged merger agreement proposals that could be presented to Frontier Pilots for consideration. The FAPA BOD recently rejected an ALPA proposal that we felt inadequately addressed the possible Frontier MEC budget concerns. We were particularly concerned that the merger agreement, as written, did not address the long-term nature of the budgetary issue.

In an effort to continue the process and work towards an agreement the FAPA BOD voted 7-2 for a counter proposal to have ALPA pay the “FAPA” portion of disability payments for period of up to three (3) years.
The ALPA Executive Council considered FAPA’s counter proposal at its meeting held in October, but was unwilling to extend the shorter period of time they proposed to cover the costs, arguing it was inconsistent with how they treat their other member airlines. "
 
It's 90% company, 10% FAPA. Soon a vote will go to the pilot group to sign a LOA for the pilots to cover their 10% directly eliminating that issue. The vote, from my understanding is for a transition from FAPA to ALPA.
 
ALPA represents and advocates for more than 52,000 pilots at 30 U.S. and Canadian airlines, making it the world’s largest airline pilot union. ALPA provides three critical services to its members as airline safety, security & pilot assistance.
 
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"And now it's my turn to talk"
 
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