ALPA   1625 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20036

Air Line Pilots Association, International

Founded in 1931 by United States Air Lines Captain David L. Behncke, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) aggressively fights for the rights and needs of airline pilots. According to the ALPA Vision Statement, this organization is "committed to the principle that our profession is best served by unifying all pilots within our union and organizing all pilots within our profession."

ALPA member pilots embody the values of solidarity, integrity, and tenacity while working to accomplish the goals of the union. These goals include improving the wages, benefits, and working conditions of ALPA members and reducing risk in the airline industry in order to ensure that members have the ability to operate safely and protect the traveling public.

The ALPA serves its members in three key areas:

• Airline Safety and Security: The ALPA has helped to make airline travel the safest mode of transportation in human history. The organization's commitment to unbiased, fact-based evaluation of airline safety and security issues has won it a reputation for excellence throughout the airline industry.
• Pilot Representation: ALPA pilot groups have negotiated contracts with hundreds of airlines, advocating on behalf of members in order to secure favorable salaries, benefits, and working conditions.
• Advocacy: ALPA lobbyists successfully promote legislation that is beneficial to pilots and work to stop policies that harm pilot interests. In addition, the ALPA regularly represent pilots’ views to all airline industry decision-makers.

All ALPA decisions are made through the democratic process and start with a pilot group, which consists of all the pilots at a given airline. Pilot groups exercise considerable autonomy in governing their own internal affairs and have the power to negotiate and enforce contracts and discuss issues of concern with their companies.