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The Trusted ALPA-produced podcast brings the pilots of Frontier Airlines reliable membership news and information. Additional Search Terms: Five by Five, 5 by 5, 5X5, Five X Five
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Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Saturday Nov 11, 2023
Today’s episode of Five by Five, Military Affairs Chair- Stephen Sorbie
Hosted by Captain Jason DuVernay
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Today’s episode of Five by Five is the second episode of a multi-part series. We bring Captain Jeff Hicks and Celeste Sweeney onto the show. Jeff discusses why he stays so involved with ALPA, 401K cash over cap, LTD and high deductible health plans. Celeste adds some great tips and tricks and brings added depth to the discussion.
Hosted by Captain Jason DuVernay
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Today’s episode of Five by Five is the first episode of a multi-part series. We bring Captain Jeff Hicks and Celeste Sweeney onto the show. Jeff discusses his career in the insurance sector prior to being a pilot and how it helped him make changes on a national level. We learn how Celeste's role at ALPA National as a Benefits Specialist benefits our pilot group. We go in-depth on a few often overlooked but incredibly important benefits and how they are available for you. Stay tuned to the show's end for updates on upcoming SPSC events.
Time Stamps
01:32 - Meet EVP Jeff Hicks
08:12 - Meet Celeste Sweeney
13:26 - How ALPA National Assists
17:54 - The Importance of Using the DART System
20:27 - Controlling Insurance Costs
25:02 - How The Possibility of a Merger Changed Perspective
27:31 - FMLA
31:28 - PTO/Sick Time Trends Across the Industry
Hosted by Captain Jason DuVernay
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Today’s episode of Five by Five brings Captain Chad Whittington and Captain Tradd Gralak onto the show. We discuss the importance of our ALPA mentorship program, better understand the membership committee, and learn about SPSC events. Stay tuned to the show's end for updates on swag, upcoming SPSC events, contract negotiations, and where you can talk to a small group of ALPA leaders immediately following our first meeting with the company.
Time Stamps
01:09 - Introduction
05:16 - Mentorship Program and Open Climb
09:26 - Mentor Cards
11:40 - Maintaining Confidentiality
14:09 - Mentorship Timelines
16:05 - Improving Mentorship Through Technology
19:36 - How to get Involved
22:30 - Training Issues
31:04 - SPSC Events
36:34 - Closing Remarks
Interested in being an ALPA Mentor? Email Chad.Whittington@ALPA.org
Hosted by Captain Jason DuVernay
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
Captain Jason DuVernay sits down with PBS Chairman, Captain Matt Pease and PBS Committee Member, Captain Dave Coons to discuss our NavBlue PBS System. This wide-ranging conversation covers questions for novice and expert bidders. Common mistakes, vacation intricacies, and training bids are a small part of what we cover. Learn how to better avoid redeyes, maximize your vacation months and make PBS work for you.
Time Stamps
00:47 - What does the PBS Committee do?
01:38 - How the PBS Committee is involved in bid runs
02:24 - Committee input on pairing construction
03:09 - Using the Dart system properly
04:43 - How PBS is different from our old process
05:47 - Transparency in the bidding process
07:19 - Unstacking/Coverage - How it works and who it effects
09:18 - Biggest mistakes, setting a backstop
12:01 - Avoiding redeye flights
13:26 - Waiving
15:05 - Denial mode
15:53 - The importance of proper negative bid preferences
16:38 - Understanding credit windows
18:43 - Transitioning from one bid group to another
20:18 - Training videos on ALPA website
21:00 - "RLL" Reduced Lower Limit Lines
22:38 - Importance of default bid
23:30 - Syncing more than two bid periods and why you might want to do it
25:38 - How reserve bidding works
31:44 - Pattern bidding, common mistakes leading to frustration
34:05 - Vacation Adjustment Period
39:25 - Vacation Any and further sliding in NavBlue
44:14 - Bidding for training
49:27 - What Golden Days are and how they work
Friday Apr 28, 2023
Friday Apr 28, 2023
On this episode of Five by Five host Jason DuVernay and Gary Michalk from the Negotiating Committee introduce a conversation between Delta Air Lines First Officer Ryan Argenta and Attorney Marcus Migliore. Marcus has nearly 30 years of experience with ALPA and currently serves as General Counsel & Director, Legal Department.
Ryan and Marcus discuss the implications of the Railway Labor Act (RLA) on Section 6 negotiations and how pilot-coordinated self-help actions can adversely derail progress at the table. Digging into a number of cases where pilot actions, such as refusing to pick up open time trips, premium trips, and coordinating sick outs we learn about court actions and stiff sanctions for individual pilots and the union. We learn what self-help actions pilots can take under the RLA and how pilot unity, wearing lanyards, and informational picketing make a huge impact at the negotiating table. As things heat up in negotiations and this summer, Mr. Migliore explains how important it is for ALPA pilots to keep cool, follow the rules and laws imposed by the RLA, and let ALPA and elected representatives follow the defined flow process. (Recorded June 9, 2022)
Time Stamps
01:57 - Understanding Marcus and his ALPA involvement
04:23 - Why you should not engage in illegal work actions
06:42 - Importance of Unity
08:33 - Protections provided by the RLA
10:41 - Begining of Delta Podcast: 'Status Quo'
14:37 - What if management violates 'Status Quo'
16:30 - Previous 'Status Quo' violations and their resulting penalties
18:20 - Dangers of 'grass-roots' work actions
20:26 - Digital Trails
22:50 - Individual pilot penalization in previous cases
23:47 - Does the RLA need to be changed or updated?
26:05 - Meaningful and proper actions
27:45 - Using the current environment to our advantage
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Saturday Apr 22, 2023
Host Jason DuVernay sits down with your Negotiating Committee (NC) chairman and members to discuss our upcoming Section 6 negotiation process.
Chair Captain Jim Lally, Captain Mark Manausa, and Captain Gary Michalk chat with Jason about early openers, surveys, communications, pay disparity, your participation and more.
Time Stamps
03:05 - Introductions and background of the committee members
07:41 - How to engage with the NC through your representatives
09:59 - How the negotiation process has changed now that ALPA has been fully implemented
15:10 - What is an Early opener?
15:55 - Professional help; negotiating with an experienced team
17:44 - How committees contribute to the negotiation process
19:32 - Where does the negotiating team draw their direction from?
28:32 - How to bake a "negotiation pie"
29:52 - Addressing pay disparity
35:52 - Contract Compliance
37:02 - Does flying for an Ultra-Low-Cost-Carrier mean we should expect less?
38:06 - Scope
40:28 - Communications from the committee
44:12 - Being Professional
Monday Feb 13, 2023
Monday Feb 13, 2023
In our latest Frontier pilot podcast, our host Jason DuVernay has a wide-ranging conversation with Communications Committee Chairman Todd Bole and MEC Chairman Alan Christie.
We haven’t done a podcast in a while, so we cover a lot of ground, including why we decided to re-launch the podcast. We also talk about:
- a refresher on ways to interact with the union
- Volunteer opportunities
- the various communication channels available to pilots
- our RGS visits and other opportunities to interact face-to-face, including our upcoming pub events.
With the MEC meeting and elections coming up, we discussed how the LEC & MEC meetings are structured, and how the nomination and election process works for executive positions including the Negotiating Committee.
You should have heard by now that the MEC is doing another round of telephone polling conducted by the University of New Hampshire, but if you haven’t, we discuss the upcoming survey, how the questions are created and how the process works, as well as additional tools the union will use to understand the desires of the pilot population as we get closer to entering negotiations.
Time Stamps
01:49 - Introductions
04:57 - Why we are re-launching the podcast and how it will be different
07:56 - Existing Channels for Union Communications
10:31 - RGS Visits and other face-to-face opportunities to meet
16:19 - Volunteer needs and opportunities
22:23 - Social media
32:04 - MEC/LEC meetings and elections
39:43 - How the Merger and Negotiations committees are different
42:16 -Section Six polling and pilot participation
48:52 - National Support and Leadership
56:10 - Dealing with inflation
57:50 - Pilot Centric or Punitive - How a cultural shift could fill classes and slow attrition