Statement of Principles

for

Alliance Coalition

　

1. This Statement of Principles is entered into by and between a Coalition of Cockpit Crew Associations listed in the Appendix.

2. The Member Associations recognise that the airline industry in general, and our airlines in particular, are rapidly evolving toward a global airline network. We recognise our airlines desire to maximise the potential of their Alliances with each other. We understand this will have significant long-term effects on the pilots and flight engineers we represent, the airlines we fly for, and our fellow employees.

3. We also understand the vital importance of ensuring that the management of airlines do not use these Alliances to leverage one pilot group against other pilot groups, or as a tool to diminish the legitimate career expectations of the pilots and flight engineers represented by our Member Associations, or as a tool to transfer the work currently done by pilots and flight engineers represented by one Member Association to pilots and flight engineers in another Member Association, or as a means to weaken the bargaining position or unity of the coalition or strike or other industrial action by our Member Associations.

4. We agree that each Member Association should continue to protect the reasonable current career expectations of its members. We agree that the increased future job opportunities which may arise from successful Alliances, should be shared in a reasonable, fair and equitable manner. We agree that the members of our Member Associations should not suffer a loss of current expectations or future opportunities as a result of their airlines participation in Alliances.

5. The objectives of the coalition are:

a) To establish an ongoing exchange of information;

b) To share our knowledge and experience in the airline industry, including details of our collective bargaining agreements, national laws and regulations

c) To share other information important to protect and enhance our professional interests; and

d) To avoid any action that could reduce the leverage available to another Member Association.

6. The Member Associations and the pilots and flight engineers we represent believe that mutual co-operation and unity of purpose are essential to protect our mutual professional interests. To further our mutual goals, the Member Associations commit to:

a) Establish the necessary procedures for a timely exchange of information between our Member Associations and to meet on a regular basis and as events require to protect and further our mutual professional interests;

b) Develop a common strategy to protect the professional interests of our pilots and flight engineers.

c) Produce written protocols between our Member Associations that further our common professional objectives.

d) Make management at each Alliance airline aware of this Statement of Principles.

e) Use all lawful, reasonable and appropriate actions to protect our members’ contractual and lawful rights, career expectations and professional interests, including the negotiation into our respective labour agreements of jointly fashioned provisions designed to protect our stated goals; and

f) Work together to prepare for the many challenges that our Member Associations and our members are certain to face in the future.

7. We agree to respect the legitimate efforts of each Member Association to secure fair agreements with their respective airlines. It is understood that an objective of future agreements between our Member Associations and management should be to acknowledge the rights of our Member Associations to negotiate with their respective Alliance airline without interference or influence from other Alliance partners.

8. As a fundamental principle, our Member Associations pledge to use all lawful, reasonable and appropriate actions to resist any effort by any Alliance airline to cause any Member Association to perform work normally done by the pilots and flight engineers represented by another Member Association. We agree to seek provisions in our respective agreements with management that prevent our airlines from requiring any member Association’s pilots and flight engineers to perform the work normally done by pilots and flight engineers represented by another Member Association. In the event such protective provisions are not secured or are breached after they have been secured, the Member Associations agree to take all lawful, reasonable and appropriate actions to refrain from performing the work normally done by another Member Association.

9. Each Member Association shall designate an official who shall have primary responsibility for liaison within the Coalition.

　

Signed on the 26th August 1998

Captain Richard T. LaVoy - President

Allied Pilots Association

Captain Guillermo J. C. Rodger ? Alliance Coalition Liaison

Asociacion de Pilotos de Lineas Aereas

Captain Colin E. Adams - President

Australian & International Pilots Association

                    Captain Mike Oldham - Chairman BACC

British Air Line Pilots Association

Captain Jay Slot - MEC Chairman

Canadian Air Line International Ltd

Captain Rudy Stange - Board of Directors

Sindicato de Pilotos de Lan-Chile S.A.

FO Heikki Tolvanen ? International Liaison

Finnish Air Line Pilots Association

Captain John S. Warham - President

Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association

FO Shinji Noguchi - Chairman

Japan Airlines Flight Crew Union

Captain Norio Okazaki - Chairman

Japan Airlines Captains Association

SFE Shiro Matsuda - Chairman

Japan Airlines Senior Flight Engineers Union

FO Miguel A. Diaz ? S.S. de SEPLA en Iberia

Sindicato Espanol de Pilotos de Lineas Aereas