July 27, 2000 Hotline

  July 27, 2000

Airmen’s Addresses

If you want your address available to
the aviation industry and others, you don’t have to do anything. But, if you do not
want your address made public, you need to send a letter saying so, along with your
complete name, permanent mailing address, and FAA certificate number to the following
address:

Department of Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration, Airmen Certification Branch, AFS-760, PO Box 268872, Oklahoma
City, OK 73126-8872.

ALPA Scholarship

Upcoming Meetings

The Latest Plan to Fix the Airline

America West has always been long on
plans and short on execution. With all due respect, the three officers who are designated
to lead the latest plan have never turned a wheel on a commercial airliner. Have the
people who are supposed to carry out these plans agreed that they’re adequate and
reasonable?

Customers aren’t inconvenienced,
they’re irate. Employees aren’t resources, they’re people. This a people
business. People are important. You haven’t convinced any of the people here that
your plan is going to work any better than any previous plan. You’re going to have to
get off the ninth floor and out to the airport; you’re going to have to look people
in the eye and get on the firing line if you expect anybody to execute any of this.
You’re going to have to make people believe.

You can start with me.

That’s it for this week. The next
hotline update will be on Thursday, August 3. Thanks for listening.

  • Airmen’s Addresses
  • ALPA Scholarship
  • Upcoming Meetings
  • The Latest Plan to Fix the Airline
  MEC Hotline

Good evening, this is MEC Chairman Roger Cox
with the hotline message for Thursday, July 27th. Tonight’s topics are:


Recently, you received a letter from the FAA notifying you of the enactment of Section
715, which allows the FAA to make airmen’s addresses available to the public. Under the
Act, your name, address, and ratings will be made available to the public effective August
4, 2000.


If you have a son or daughter who’s about to go off to college, ALPA is offering a
scholarship to help offset your costs. There are actually four $3,000 scholarships
available for the 2001-2002 school year. Dependents of ALPA members who are
medically-retired, on long-term disability, or deceased are eligible to apply. If
you’re interested, contact Jan Redden, manager of ALPA’s Governing Bodies
Support, at 202-797-4050.

The next local council meeting will be held Tuesday, August 8 at 6pm at the Doubletree.
The next MEC meeting will be held on August 14th and 15th at the MEC
offices. Selected committee chairmen will be asked to attend or to submit written reports.

President Doug Parker issued a press release and letter to employees timed to coincide
with today’s Board meeting. It is a masterpiece of obscurity. Have you ever heard
these phrases before? “..actions that will have a meaningful impact”;
“enabling us to reduce customer inconvenience”; “a restructured
approach”; “a new team”; “planning, support and resources ..will be
materially increased”; “an increase in our capacity to perform.” 1984 has
come and gone but corporatespeak lives on. Doug, if Stanford taught you this, I’m
going to turn my diploma to the wall.