ORD Domicile

My plans for ORD as Chair:

•   LISTEN to our pilots and RESPECT each pilot’s opinions/views. Everyone should be heard!

•   Represent our ORD voice at the board table and represent pilots when dealing with management.

•   Use the knowledge of our subject matter experts during union meetings/town halls.

•   Maintain communication to a few times per month, or as much as needed when pertinent issues arise.

•   Increase membership unity by being transparent and accountable, through listening and honesty.

•   Having more informal, cost-efficient unity events around Chicagoland and surrounding areas.

•   Increase membership participation, with emphasis on voting, through education, and unity events.

•   Continue the great ORD Chief pilot relationship we have at our base!

•   Work together with our newly elected Vice Chair: Unity starts in leadership! 

•   Lead by example and remain accountable for my actions as an elected official of APA.

• Respond to ORD pilot calls, texts and emails in a TIMELY manner.

• Advocate for alternative pilot employee parking.

Accomplishments as ORD Domicile Representatives:

• Increased funding and resources for Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) for APA's Pilot facing application (APA Pilot).

• Struck items that were not needed from the budget including removal of "Seven Letter" funding.

• Returning multiple unused union days (Domicile Days).

• Re-organized ORD local committees and volunteers by adding more volunteers to assist our pilots and allowing them to update the ORD pilots in our domicile meetings.

• Sucessfully added multiple ORD pilots to National Committees including the Negotiating Committee and Appeal Board.

• Leaving personal opinions and emotions out of our decision making process.

• Successfully handled every section 21 case with a positive outcome at the end of the hearing.

• Established a more rubost and effective Strategic Planning Committee.

• Lowered both Domicile Represenative and National Officer recall threshold from 30% to 25%.

• Moved the assoication to electronic voting for all elections.

• Lowered officer term lengths from 8 years total to 6 years total.

• Successfully completed governance reform  project of APA.

• Successfully closed out a Section 6 negotiation allowing pilots to vote on a contract.

• Successfully completed a domicile picketing event, day one of our term.

• Successfully designed and installed an Electronic Bulletin Board in the ORD pilot lounge enabling timely communcations for important items