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The Air Line Pilots Association, International, is the collective bargaining
Collective bargaining
In organized labor, collective bargaining is the method whereby workers organize together to meet, converse, and negotiate upon the work conditions with their employers normally resulting in a written contract setting forth the wages, hours, and other conditions to be observed for a stipulated...

 representative for over 66,000 pilots of 42 U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and Canadian
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 airlines. ALPA was formed in 1931 and is a member of the AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States and Canada, made up of 65 national and international unions, together representing more than 10 million workers. It...

 and the Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC is a national trade union center, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.- Formation :...

. Its headquarters is located at 1625 Massachusetts Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
Massachusetts Avenue, abbreviated Mass Ave, is a major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C. Appearing in Pierre L'Enfant's original plan, it is the longest thoroughfare in the capital, crossing three of its four quadrants. It intersects every major north-south street and passes numerous...

, NW, in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790...


Member Pilot Groups

  • Air Canada Jazz
    Air Canada Jazz
    Air Canada Jazz is a Canadian regional airline based at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, Nova Scotia, that is operated by Jazz Air Income Fund ....

  • Air Midwest
    Air Midwest
    Air Midwest, Inc. was a Federal Aviation Administration Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number AMWA510A issued on May 15, 1965. It was headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, United States and was a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. It operated flights as US...

  • Air Transat
    Air Transat
    Air Transat A.T. Inc. is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated by Transat A.T. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and domestic flights within Canada...

  • Air Wisconsin
    Air Wisconsin
    Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, trading as "Air Wisconsin Airlines" and "United Airlines/HDNOZ", is an airline based at Outagamie County Regional Airport in the town of Greenville, Wisconsin, United States, near Appleton. Air Wisconsin is the largest privately held regional airline in the...

  • Alaska Airlines
    Alaska Airlines
    Alaska Airlines, is an airline based in SeaTac, Washington, United States, near Seattle. It operates four hubs located at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Portland International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport- History :The airline...

  • Aloha Airlines
    Aloha Airlines
    Aloha Airlines was an American airline headquartered in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport...

     (defunct - passenger division only)
  • American Eagle
    American Eagle Airlines
    American Eagle Airlines is a brand name used by American Eagle Airlines, Inc. , based in Fort Worth, Texas, and Executive Airlines based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the operation of passenger air service as regional affiliates of American Airlines. All three airlines are wholly-owned subsidiaries...

  • American Trans Air (ATA) (defunct)
  • ASTAR Air Cargo
    Astar Air Cargo
    ASTAR Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates regularly scheduled cargo charter services to over 34 US airports and nine international airports, as well as worldwide charter freight services. It provides air freight services to six domestic and foreign...

  • Atlantic Southeast Airlines
    Atlantic Southeast Airlines
    Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. is an American airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. All flights are operated as Delta flights numbered 4915-5722...

  • Atlas Air
    Atlas Air
    Atlas Air is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, United States. It operates scheduled freight flights on an ACMI contract basis for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. Its crew bases include: Miami International Airport, New York John F...

  • Bearskin Airlines
    Bearskin Airlines
    Bearskin Lake Air Services Ltd., trading as Bearskin Airlines, is a regional airline based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. It operates services in northern Ontario and Manitoba...

  • Calm Air
    Calm Air
    Calm Air International Ltd. is an airline based in Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. It operates services in northern Manitoba and the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. Charter and freight services are also undertaken. Its main base is Thompson Airport.- History :...

  • CanJet
    CanJet
    CanJet Airlines is a low-cost chartered airline based in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada at the Halifax International Airport. It operates contract and ad hoc charters throughout Canada and the United States...

  • Champion Air
    Champion Air
    Champion Air was an airline based in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. It operated general charter services to sports teams, vacation wholesalers and government agencies. It also offered limited scheduled service...

     (defunct)
  • Colgan Air
    Colgan Air
    Colgan Air, Inc. is an American fully certificated regional airline subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. The headquarters of Colgan Air are located at the grounds of the Manassas Regional Airport in Manassas, Virginia....

  • Comair
    Comair
    Comair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines headquartered on the grounds of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport in unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States, west of Erlanger, and south of Cincinnati, Ohio....

  • Commutair
    CommutAir
    Champlain Enterprises, Inc., operating name CommutAir, is an American regional airline with its headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont and its operations center in North Olmsted, Ohio. It operates under the name Continental Connection for Continental Airlines, with its main bases at Cleveland...

  • Continental Airlines
    Continental Airlines
    Continental Airlines is a United States certificated air carrier. Based in Downtown Houston, Texas, it is the fourth-largest airline in the US based on revenue passenger miles. Since 1998, Continental's marketing slogan has been "Work Hard, Fly Right."Continental operates flights to destinations...

  • Delta Air Lines
    Delta Air Lines
    Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a United States airline based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Delta operates an extensive domestic and international network, spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Australia...

  • ExpressJet
  • First Air
    First Air
    Bradley Air Services Limited, operating as First Air, is an airline headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. It operates services to 24 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik and the Northwest Territories. It also charters its fleet worldwide through brokers, freight forwarders and alliances with other...

  • FedEx Express

  • Freedom Airlines
    Freedom Airlines
    Freedom Airlines, Inc. is an American FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number FDKA087K issued on April 1, 2002. The Nevada Corporation is headquartered in Irving, Texas and is a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group...

  • Gemini Air Cargo
    Gemini Air Cargo
    Gemini Air Cargo was an American ACMI cargo airline headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, USA. It operated worldwide cargo schedules and charters on a wet-lease basis....

  • Hawaiian Airlines
    Hawaiian Airlines
    Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is the 11th largest commercial airline in the United States. It is the largest airline based in the State of Hawai'i. Hawaiian Airlines, based in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, operates its main hub at Honolulu International Airport and also operates a secondary...

  • Island Air
    Island Air
    Island Air is an independent American commuter airline based in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. It operates scheduled inter-island passenger services in Hawaii...

  • Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.
    Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd.
    Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd. is an Approved Maintenance Organization which operates two Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facilities in Canada, one in Kelowna, British Columbia, and the other in Hamilton, Ontario....

  • Kitty Hawk Aircargo
    Kitty Hawk Aircargo
    Kitty Hawk Aircargo was an American cargo airline based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It operated domestic scheduled overnight freight services, as well as aircraft charters. Its main base was Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, with a hub at Fort Wayne International Airport.- History...

  • Mesa Airlines
    Mesa Airlines
    Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29, 1979. It is a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. It was known briefly as Mountain West...

  • Mesaba Airlines
    Mesaba Airlines
    Mesaba Airlines is an American regional airline based in Eagan, Minnesota. The airline operates under Mesaba Aviation, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines...

  • Midway Airlines
    Midway Airlines
    Midway Airlines was the name of two different defunct airlines:*Midway Airlines , an airline based in Chicago, Illinois and operating out of Chicago Midway International Airport between 1976 and 1991...

     (defunct)
  • Midwest Airlines
    Midwest Airlines
    Midwest Airlines is an airline subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, operating from the city's General Mitchell International Airport...

  • Northwest Airlines
    Northwest Airlines
    Northwest Airlines, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a major United States airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport...

  • Pan American World Airways
    Pan American World Airways
    Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the "flagship" international airline of the United States from the 1930s until its collapse on December 4, 1991...

     (defunct)
  • Piedmont Airlines
    Piedmont Airlines
    Piedmont Airlines is an American regional airline operating for US Airways Express. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the US Airways Group. Headquartered in unincorporated Wicomico County, Maryland, near the City of Salisbury, it conducts flight operations using De Havilland Canada Dash 8 aircraft...

  • Pinnacle Airlines
    Pinnacle Airlines
    Pinnacle Airlines is an American regional airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, operating Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines...

  • Polar Air Cargo
    Polar Air Cargo
    Polar Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, USA. It operates scheduled all-cargo services to Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, with hubs at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and Ted...

  • PSA Airlines
    PSA Airlines
    PSA Airlines is an American regional airline headquartered at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, that flies under US Airways Express brand for US Airways. PSA is wholly owned by US Airways Group. PSA has crew bases in Knoxville, Tennessee, Charlotte, North Carolina and Dayton, Ohio...

  • Ryan International Airlines
    Ryan International Airlines
    Ryan International Airlines, Inc. is an American FAR 121 airline with domestic, flag, and supplemental authority.Based in Rockford, Illinois, the US Postal Service was once their main customer, flying Boeing 727 aircraft on scheduled cargo flights...

  • Skyway Airlines
    Skyway Airlines
    Skyway Airlines is an American ramp and aircraft ground handling services and catering company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Until April 5, 2008, it operated as a regional airline under the business name Midwest Connect, feeding Midwest Airlines's hub at General Mitchell International Airport with...

     (defunct)
  • Spirit Airlines
    Spirit Airlines
    Spirit Airlines is a United States ultra-low-cost airline operating scheduled flights throughout the Americas. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Spirit currently maintains bases in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Detroit, Michigan; and Atlantic City, New...

  • Sun Country Airlines
    Sun Country Airlines
    MN Airlines, LLC, operating as Sun Country Airlines, is an American low-cost airline headquartered in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Mendota Heights, Minnesota...

  • Trans States Airlines
    Trans States Airlines
    Trans States Airlines is the thirteenth largest American regional airline and is headquartered in Bridgeton, Missouri. It operates as United Express for United Airlines and US Airways Express for US Airways.- History :...

  • United Airlines
    United Airlines
    United Air Lines, Inc., trading as United Airlines , is a major airline of the United States. It is a subsidiary of UAL Corporation with corporate offices in Chicago at 77 West Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. United's largest hub is O'Hare International Airport, where it has more than 550 daily...


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