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international affiliations of alpa

Air transportation knows no boundaries. It is world-wide in nature.
More and more of the problems affecting pilots are international in scope. More and more of the technical operational, and economic standards of aviation are being determined on an international basis. More pilots of the air carriers of the United States are flying international routes. Due to this, ALPA's affiliations, particularly in air safety, have extended to the international and intercontinental level.
The affiliations include the International Federation of Air Line Pilots and the International Transport Worker's Federation.

IFALPA: Why and What...

The International of Air Line Pilots Association (IFALPA) is a federation of all the Air Line Pilots Associations of the free world, each autonomous but mutually active in solving air line pilot problems of international scope. It is in this way that ALPA is represented on international pilot problems at ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). The secretariat offices of IFALPA are maintained in London. An annual meeting is held of representatives of the twenty-two member organizations. In 1953 ALPA was the host in Chicago. Interim liaison is maintained by normal correspondence channels and standing study groups on specific problems and in worldwide geographic regions.
Through IFALPA, the airline pilots of the world are able to bring their collective opinion to bear on aviation problems anywhere in the world.
President Sayen, of ALPA, has been president of IFALPA for the past two years.

ALPA and the ITWF...

The international Transport Workers' Federation, founded in 1896, is a federation of transport workers of the various transport industries of the world. Like IFALPA, member organizations, do not sacrifice their autonomy nor are in any way governed by the ITWF. It is, in reality, mutual pooling of common interests in the achievement of a common goal. Its prime purposes: (1) To protect and further the social and economic interests of all transport workers; (2) To establish and maintain friendly relations among the trade union organizations of transport workers of all countries. One of its greatest contributions has been its fight against communistic encroachment in the transport industry. ALPA comes under the Federation's Civil Aviation Section.

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[[caption]] 1954 IFALPA meeting-the pilots' channel to international decisions [[/caption]]

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