Western Global

Master Executive Council


1. ALPA's team approach to negotiations

ALPA’s team approach to negotiations will secure a better collective bargaining agreement for you and your pilot group, helping achieve your goals of fair pay, improved work rules, and a better quality of life.

2. Making your job safer and more secure

ALPA is the world’s largest non-governmental aviation safety organization that makes your job safer and more secure, in the air and on the ground. We play a key role in government and industry efforts.

3. ALPA's voice in Washington

ALPA, recognized as the voice of airline pilots in Washington, D.C., has established the rapport you need with members of Parliament, Congress, and other government officials—powerful people who make decisions that directly affect your career.

4. ALPA's products and services give you peace of mind and protection

ALPA is the world’s largest pilot union, in the best position to take care of you and your family. With programs and products tailored specifically to your needs, we provide products and services that independent unions could never match.

5.  ALPA's global presence benefits you in many ways

Only ALPA, the sole representative for pilots in both the U.S. and Canada for the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Association (IFALPA), can represent you and your interests at significant international and regional forums—including ICAO, the aviation arm of the United Nations.


“I could see that unless we got a pilots’ association with real power, there wouldn’t be enough money in airline flying to make it worth my effort. I would have to go back to slipsticking at a desk, and I didn’t want that; I wanted to keep flying.”

Byron S. “Pop” Warner, one of the 24 “Key Men” who founded ALPA

Air Line Pilots Association, International
7950 Jones Branch Dr, Suite 400S
McLean, VA 22102 | 703-689-4179
www.alpa.org