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Labor union representing American Airlines pilots
APA
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Founded
| 1963
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Headquarters
| Fort Worth, Texas
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Location
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Members
| 14,000
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Key people
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- Captain Edward Sicher (APA President)
- Captain Chris Torres (APA Vice President)
- First Officer Patrick Clark (APA Secretary-Treasurer)
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Affiliations
| Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations
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Website
| www
.alliedpilots
.org
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The
Allied Pilots Association
(
APA
) is the
labor union
representing
American Airlines
pilots
. APA was founded in 1963 by a group of American Airlines pilots who broke away from the
Air Line Pilots Association
(ALPA). The five founding pilots of APA, Nick O'Connell, Paul Atkins, Bob Guba, Joe Garvey, and Dick Lyons, were expelled for life from ALPA.
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The first headquarters was located in
New York City
before it moved to
Fort Worth, Texas
.
History
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edit
]
In 2001, on its pilots' behalf, APA filed a lawsuit against American Airlines. The airline attempted to circumvent
scope clause
that placed limits on regional flying. It did so by altering the
AmericanConnection
IATA code to
AX
for flights operated by
Chautauqua
and
Trans States
. The issue was settled in 2007 when a federal arbitrator ordered American to pay $23 million to APA members for violating the scope clause.
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citation needed
]
The merger of American and
US Airways
resulted in the carriers' pilot labor organizations to be combined. In 2014,
USAPA
merged into the much larger APA. At the time, USAPA had been under a permanent federal injunction but asked the judge to have the injunction lifted, as the merger brought an industry standard contract.
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The protagonist organization that opposed USAPA, known as America West Airlines Pilots Protective Alliance (AWAPPA), was dissolved.
References
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External links
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- American Pilots Act to Form New Union
. //
Aviation Week & Space Technology
, April 15, 1963, v. 78, no. 15, p. 41.
- Court Delays Stall New Pilot Union
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
, July 8, 1963, v. 79, no. 2, p. 28.
- Allied Pilots' Association website
- American Airlines website
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Mergers and
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Facilities
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Programs
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Brands
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Incidents
| American
Airlines
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American
Eagle
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American
Connection
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People
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