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VOL, 31, NO, ] ALPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS The Executive Board of the Assoc iation resolved at its 14th meeting (Dec. 7+10) in Washington to register “total opposition® to FAA's proposal to impose responsibility for medical certification and surveillance of flight crew members upon the individuel oir carriers. The Board directed the Aero« medical-Flight Time/Duty Time Com- mittee "to take any and all steps it feels ore necessary to prevent the adoption® of the proposal and instruct« ed the Association's President to “pro- Vide the necessary support and resoure ces," ond including "if necessary" re« convening the Executive Board for consideration “of other appropriate courses of action.® The Board, ofter lengthy discussion concerning the Impact of the Aloha arbitration award on ALPA's crew com= plement policy, reaffirmed its “full and vigorous support of the crew come Ploment policy and of all existing LATE NEWS PILOT: BULLEVIN INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS ONLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, 1329 E STREET, N.W, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004, EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS agreements and owerds establishing the same." The Board scid that consistent with the Nov. 23 orbitrotion award (which it noted “applied ond interpret= ed the Associstion's policy os being founded on safety os related to the operating conditions and enviroment of the carrier Involved") and consistent with past practice, the Boeing 737 crew complement policy is interpreted to require “with the concurrence of the Executive Committee and the Pre= sident® that the MEC on each airline Involved assess that airline's conditions and enviromental factors “ond reach a determination as to the bosis of imple= mentation® of the crew complement policy. The Boord ordered the Prest- dent to “cause the Association to pro= vide full support to such determina= tions" and to conclude agreements thet give full effect to such determi~ Finally, the Board soid the Pre« sident and the Executive Committee should study and evalucte “crew co= ordination and operating techniques on oll girline jet cireraft.° Other actions token by the Exe= cutive Board include the following: > Supported the Airworthiness ond Performance Committee in its concern over the use of reduced-thrust takeoff procedures. P Referred a proposal that ALPA initiote an aggressive policy with FAA ta estoblish positive control, climb and descent corridors, °a high ROUND-UP @ Revised ALPA merger policy hos ' been adopted by the Executive Board (see page 2), @ The Department of Transportation is investigating the manner in which @ Delta 880 wes contaminated by radioactive leakage. DOT is attempt- ing to determine whether the cayse was from foylty packaging or from handling damage. @ CAB examiner is against AAL-WAL merger plan (see page 4). @ PATCO says FAA has fired four more controllers for theie actions dure ing a “sickout® in March 1970, bring« ing the number of dismissed controllers to 80. Thirty-eight of the 80 have won their fobs back through appeals proce= dures and the courts, ; @ ALPA opposes DOT action in AAL= WAL merger cose (see page 5), @ “°Cooper® is no Robin Hood (see page @ NTSB and FAA officials say that a Notional Airlines 747, which ran afoul of turbulence, did so os the crew picked its way through thunder« storm cells using airborne rador, @ Pilots should specify payments (see page 8), JANUARY 1972 reer TPeeeeyt ee seme momar ect) woe meee ne bidh seated heel ve main anes i} WARNING s: NO. IMMUNITYE i = Pilots ‘Gre worned ‘that, effective, , ‘Dege Bl, 1971, they.< ore ne toriger © provided: with’ immunity'when Near Mid-air Colliston Reports {FAA Form . 4 “B020-1) ore Filed. Oo ' \ + Pradident John Jy-O'Donnall “hee * ottempted to persuade FAA to'yetaln we * the'tmmunity provision, but te far, ., bi twithoug: + ‘The ATC ‘Comalttee : val agein seek'to > convince FAA thot : L the near midqoir reporting program js. ‘useless without fome protection being b, “given to the ‘pilot ond ‘controller, alike. 7 ‘As odditional Information becomes. i i bh : & bY a qvaitoble, it wilt be f ted ja. ALPA’ publtcatfonsy re ete v's ee 204 om Jy complicated subject," fo the No- tional ATC Committee, the national committee involved with this problem, > Noted thot “it is in the best ine: terest of ALPA °to present a unified ‘ position fo the government and indus- try on those subject areas which of- fect the entire membership" and re< solved “that before any pilot group or representing body of the Association takes action on subjects under the per- view of an ALPA notional committee and not covered by ALPA policy, the proposed action be brought to the of= tention of the responsible notional committees for their review and anc~ lysis fo ensure a coordinated position.” > Directed the President "to ac- tively pursue" ALPA policy, adopted in 1962, “to work to bring inter= national flight duty time limits Into line with domestic FAR limits.” Directed the Association to insti« tute a procedure of witholding dues from flight pay loss checks. > Noted that the use of “Air Line Pilots" in the name of any organiza- tion, other than ALPA “is confusing and misleading to the membership, the public, the government and the Industry and might be harmful to the public image of the Association," and resolved "that all members so involved refrain from any activities which gen- erate the impression that they or their organization, association or firm octs in beholf of or under the furisdiction (Continued on page 2) DB Cooper-618 sii”