Sat, Jan 29, 2011
Officers Elected, First Officer Marcin Kolodziejczyk Will Serve
As Chairman Of The Alliance
Leaders from the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l
(ALPA) US Airways Express carriers took significant steps Friday
toward finalizing an alliance to address matters of primary
interest to the careers of “express level” pilots
within the US Airways brand. Union leaders from the seven pilot
groups, all represented by ALPA,formalized an alliance– the
US Airways Express Pilots Alliance (USEPA) – by electing
officers to spearhead their efforts and prioritizing critical
issues they will address in the coming year. USEPA members include
ALPA pilots from Air Wisconsin, Colgan, Mesaba Airlines, Mesa Air
Group, Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines, and Trans States
Airlines.
Specifically, the pilots are working to promote, coordinate, and
maintain the highest level of safety in the US Airways Express
brand, improve pilot contract standards, and protect jobs for
pilots who fly for US Airways Express carriers. The alliance was
built on existing levels of cooperation and would allow each pilot
group to be more effective in areas of safety, security, collective
bargaining, and job preservation.
Members of USEPA established a governing structure and elected
the following pilots to serve as the group’s officers:
- First Officer Marcin Kolodziejczyk will serve as chairman of
the alliance. He has spent the past five years as a Phoenix-based
CRJ pilot for Mesa Air Group. F/O Kolodziejczyk currently holds the
position of chairman of the ALPA unit at Mesa Air Group. In
addition to his executive role as the pilots’ chairman, he
serves as the first officer representative for pilots based in
Phoenix and Hawaii. He has also served as the pilots’
vice-chairman, executive administrator, and on several ALPA
committees.
- Capt. Richard Swindell was elected to serve as vice-chairman.
Capt. Swindell is currently a Washington, DC-based CRJ200 pilot for
Air Wisconsin Airlines, where he has been employed for seven years.
He is currently the vice-chairman for the ALPA unit at Air
Wisconsin and had previously served as the pilot group’s
communications chairman.
- First Officer Mark Hinczynski will serve as secretary-treasurer
for the alliance. F/O Hinczynski has been with PSA Airlines for
four years where he is a Charlotte-based CRJ200/700 pilot. He
currently serves as the secretary-treasurer for the ALPA unit at
PSA Airlines. He has also served on the Hotel Committee for the
pilot group.
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