Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
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Talk Story - A production by the Pilots of Hawaiian Airlines and the Hawaiian Airlines Master Executive Council - ALPA.
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
3w ago
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 proc ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
3M ago
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.
Episo ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
3M ago
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 ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
4M ago
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/mr3c65e2
Vacation Accrual: https://tinyurl.com/fa4b2x ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
6M ago
Everything you should know about Section 1 within the HAL PWA ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
7M ago
Listen to the second episode of our HAL Contract Explained series, covering the topic of scope! Scope is the foundation of an airline union contract, ensuring our job security. In this episode, Secretary-Treasurer Sean Lee sits down with Scope Chair Doug Brayham and Negotiating Committee Member Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz to discuss protections surrounding feeder carriers, code shares, and joint ventures.
To help summarize the topics discussed, we’ve provided the following infographics for handy reference:
Scope – Feeder Carriers and Code Shares: https://tinyurl.com/26yh8st8
Scope ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
8M ago
This week, we Talk Story with HAL Managing Director of Safety and Security Bennet Walsh. HAL MEC Central Air Safety Chair Captain Scott Clark and HAL MEC Member F/O Sean Lee discuss the new FOQA crosstalk LOA.
See more of HAL Contract Explained here: https://www.alpa.org/hal/contract/contract-explained ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
8M ago
This episode kicks off our brand new "HAL Contract Explained" series, where we break down one contract subject each month with our contract experts. The first episode features Ethan Pearson-Pomerantz from the Negotiating Committee, as we discuss the subject of Deadheads. We also recommend looking at these handy infographics, which help break down the subjects covered in the episode: HCE Deadhead - General: https://tinyurl.com/42c7actw
HCE Deadhead - Seating Assignments: https://tinyurl.com/wje8dzua Please send any feedback on our new series to halcommunicat ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
2y ago
This month we talk to P2P Chairman Sam Strobel as well as National P2P Chair CA Wes Reed and CA Sean Creed, ALPA Executive Vice President.
Talk Story is a Production of The Hawaiian Airlines Master Executive Council (ALPA ..read more
Talk Story - The Hawaiian Airlines Pilot Podcast
2y ago
In this episode of Talk Story, we discuss the start of Section Six Negotiations. We're joined by ALPA's Chief Negotiator Bruce York as well as HAL MEC Negotiating Committee Chair Doug Grant.
Talk Story is produced by the pilots of Hawaiian Airlines, as represented by the Air Line Pilots Association/HAL MEC in Honolulu, Hawaii.  ..read more