The Alaska Pilots Podcast

One of the major items of focus in this negotiation was adopting new cancellation and reassignment protections relative to the current Alaska CBA. In this episode, we detail how those provisions apply under the current Tentative Agreement (TA), including when a schedule change constitutes a reassignment and what a pilot is paid when they are reassigned. Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Co-Chair David Wilhelm and JNC Member Brandon West explain the new proposed language.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

This is the first in a two-part breakdown of Section 25 (Scheduling) of the new Tentative Agreement (TA) from an Alaska pilots’ perspective. This episode covers specifically in-month scheduling: how pilots can adjust their schedules, how reserves get assigned, and the new system of recall. Discussing these topics and more, we have Joint Negotiating Committee Members Brandon West and Israel Young.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

With the negotiation of the ALA-HAL Tentative Agreement (TA), Hawaiian pilots will be moving to a system of bidding and scheduling patterned off of the existing Alaska pilots’ system. To cover this new system in more depth and provide Hawaiian pilots with greater background and context, we’ve dedicated this episode to covering monthly bidding from a Hawaiian perspective. Helping to explain the new system, we have Joint Negotiating Committee Members Brandon West and Travis Kilcommons.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

For the bidding and scheduling segments in our Tentative Agreement (TA) podcast series, we’ll be covering the important changes from the Alaska and Hawaiian perspectives separately. In this episode, we’re tackling monthly bidding from the Alaska pilots’ point of view, looking into the changes from the current bidding system and what pilots need to know. Covering these topics, we have Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Co-Chair David Wilhelm and JNC Member Travis Kilcommons.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

In this episode we’re combining two sections of the new ALA-HAL Tentative Agreement (TA): Section 8 (Deadheading) and Section 9 (Passes & Jumpseat). Deadheading covers circumstances when pilots are traveling on company business, and Passes & Jumpseat addresses either leisure travel or jumpseating travel as pilots commute to or from work. To discuss these topics, including changes to our deadhead seating requirements and commuter policy, we have Joint Negotiating Committee Co-Chairs David Wilhelm and Doug Grant.

Click here for a flow chart outlining our deadhead seat protections.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

The new ALA-HAL Tentative Agreement (TA) contains some significant changes for our pilots on the subject of Vacation. The Alaska system of vacation represents something entirely new for Hawaiian pilots, and there are also changes that affect both pilot groups, like the increased value for each vacation day. To help analyze how the Alaska system works, and what’s been changed through the TA, we have Israel Young and Travis Kilcommons of the Joint Negotiating Committee.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

In this episode, we’re combining two sections of our Tentative Agreement (TA) into one podcast: Section 5 (Expenses) and Section 6 (General). Expenses can cover everything from per diem to hotels to crew meals, while General is a catch-all for items like crew rest facilities and crew lounges. Breaking down these sections, we have Joint Negotiating Committee Co-Chairs David Wilhelm and Doug Grant.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

Vacancies determine how pilots change from flying one aircraft type to another, how they change bases, and when they upgrade from First Officer to Captain. Our new ALA-HAL Tentative Agreement (TA) offers new revisions to the system by which pilots make those changes. To discuss the new language, we have Joint Negotiating Committee members Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz and Israel Young.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

In this episode of our Tentative Agreement (TA) explainer series, our Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) members explain how our pay rates were determined, what new pay overrides our pilots will be eligible for, and the nuances in how the rates and overrides are applied. Join JNC members Israel Young and Brandon West as they outline Section 3: Compensation.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.

In our first episode breaking down specific sections of our new ALA-HAL Tentative Agreement (TA), Joint Negotiating Committee members David Wilhelm and Brandon West discuss the topic of Scope. Section 1 of the TA outlines multiple protections to our flying as pilots. In this episode, we cover the ways that our small aircraft restrictions, code share and joint venture protections, and mandatory minimum crew limits all work together to ensure our jobs are secure.

For Alaska and Hawaiian pilots who would like more details on the proposed TA, please visit our Alaska-Hawaiian joint contract site for all our current contract resources.