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Talk Story - A production by the Pilots of Hawaiian Airlines and the Hawaiian Airlines Master Executive Council - ALPA.
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Talk Story: TPA Negotiations and MEC Elections
In this episode, we'll be covering two separate developments coming in the next two weeks: the beginning of negotiations for a Transition and Process Agreement (TPA) and Hawaiian MEC Officer elections, both happening in early May. Discussing both topics are HAL MEC Chair Larry Payne and Joint Negotiating Committee member Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz, along with HAL Communications Chair Mike Davis.
Through the discussion, the group tackles a number of questions, including:
What are the next steps in the strategic plan? [1:37]
What’s in a TPA and why is it important? [2:42]
How does the new CVG LEC affect the seniority block system? [16:18]
Why are we changing how MEC Officer elections are conducted? [19:03]
How do the MEC Officer elections work? [21:00]
With TPA negotiations beginning May 1, and MEC Officer elections May 6-8, now is a great time to listen and learn more about the upcoming events. -
Talk Story: Strategic Planning
This episode, Hawaiian Airlines MEC Chair Larry Payne, ALPA National SPSC Chair Ronan O’Donoghue, and HAL Strategic Planning Committee Chair Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz sit down with HAL Communications Chair Mike Davis for a roundtable discussion of strategic planning. The group gives their thoughts on the purpose of strategic planning and a synopsis of the various methods involved. They also give an overview of the major takeaways from the latest round of joint Alaska-Hawaiian strategic planning sessions, which were facilitated by the ALPA National SPSC team and focused on the ongoing merger process.
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Talk Story: Hawaiian-Alaska Merger Overview
On December 3, Hawaiian Airlines announced a merger agreement with Alaska Airlines. To talk about what the merger process will look like going forward for our pilot group, MEC Chair Larry Payne, Joint Negotiating Committee appointee Rob Willoughby, and Merger Committee Chair Eric Thorstad joined Communications Chair Mike Davis for an in-depth discussion of the merger.
Among the topics discussed: an overview of the merger process, preparations for Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA) negotiations, major tenets of ALPA Merger Policy, and the logistics of Seniority List Integration.
Episode recorded December 22, 2023 -
HAL Contract Explained: Vacancies
Listen as HAL MEC Strategic Planning Chair Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz discusses our contractual vacancy language with HAL Vacancy Committee Chair Chad Holcomb. The two cover a broad range of topics within vacancies, including bidding timelines, category freezes, activation and effective dates, and much more.
To summarize some of the concepts discussed in the podcast, we’ve put together the following helpful infographics:
Vacancies (Part 1): http://tinyurl.com/ms26zt8e
Vacancies (Part 2): http://tinyurl.com/etdtxput -
HAL Contract Explained: Vacation
This month, we're taking the scenic route on our HAL Contract Explained series, as Block 3 Rep. Sean Kimura is joined by Negotiating Committee Member Rob Willoughby and Secretary Treasurer Sean Lee to dive into the details of PWA Section 6: Vacation! Listen as Rob explains the finer points of our vacation contract language: how we accrue and use vacation, how the number of slots is determined, how vacation can be cancelled, and more!
For more information, check out our custom HCE: Vacation infographics:
Vacation Bidding: https://tinyurl.com/bde43khs
Vacation Accrual: https://tinyurl.com/4cspjkxw
Vacation Modification: https://tinyurl.com/yu9762tt -
HAL Contract Explained: Scope - Mergers and Fragmentation
Host Sean Lee is joined by Negotiating Committee member Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz to discuss all the protections our PWA provides in the case of a merger or acquisition. To see the topics summarized, please check out our infographic on the subject:
Mergers and Fragmentation: https://tinyurl.com/ydd9tv37
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