ALPA FastRead Podcast

Thanks for listening to the FastRead podcast where we save you the time by doing the talking, bringing you the latest ALPA and industry headlines each week.  

Here’s more on what’s inside this week’s episode:  

• Preventing the Next Tragedy: Investigation of the 2025 Midair Collision at DCA
• Include Pilots in Virginia Sick Leave Legislation!

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastRead at this link.

February 20, 2026 Show Notes

Thanks for listening to the FastRead podcast where we save you the time by doing the talking, bringing you the latest ALPA and industry headlines each week.  

Here’s more on what’s inside this week’s episode:  

• Join our Call to Action: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the ROTOR Act!
• House Legislation Falls Short on Safety After Deadly DCA Crash
• Solidarity as Aviation Workers Endure Another Shutdown
• Building on a 95-Year Legacy: ALPA President Inspires Students with a Look Back and a Vision Forward

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastRead at this link.

Thanks for listening to the FastRead podcast where we save you the time by doing the talking, bringing you the latest ALPA and industry headlines each week.  

Here’s more on what’s inside this week’s episode:  

• Join our Call to Action: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the ROTOR Act!
• Ahead of 17th Anniversary of Flight 3407 Crash, Kennedy and Langworthy Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Airline Safety
• Workforce Alignment is a Key Execution Factor, Pilots Say Ahead of FedEx Investor Day
• Remembering ALPA’s Only Tuskegee Airman

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastRead at this link.

February 6, 2026 Show Notes

Thanks for listening to the FastRead podcast where we save you the time by doing the talking, bringing you the latest ALPA and industry headlines each week.  

Here’s more on what’s inside this week’s episode:  

• Congress Ends Shutdown, Passes Landmark Aviation Safety Bill with Key Pilot Provisions
• Join our Call to Action: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the ROTOR Act!
• Olympic Bobsledder Coaches Former Team

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastRead at this link.

Thanks for listening to the FastRead podcast where we save you the time by doing the talking, bringing you the latest ALPA and industry headlines each week.  

Here’s more on what’s inside this week’s episode:  

• Remembering PSA Flight 5342, One Year Later
  • ALPA President Capt. Jason Ambrosi’s message
  • Watch the memorial service on YouTube
• Join our Call to Action: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the ROTOR Act!
• JetBlue Pilots Respond to Company’s Disappointing Fourth Quarter Financial Results
• Call to action for Virginia-based pilots: Contact your state legislators to help ensure that you enjoy the same access to paid sick leave as other workers in Virginia

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastRead at this link.

Thanks for listening to the inaugural episode of the FastRead podcast where we save you the time by doing the talking, bringing you the latest ALPA and industry headlines each week.  

Here’s more on what’s inside this week’s episode:  

• Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the ROTOR Act!
• Memorial honoring PSA 5342 victims, including Capt. Jonathan Campos and Capt. Sam Lilley:
  • Thursday, January 29, 2026
  • 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  • ALPA Offices in McLean, VA
  • RSVP

• WestJet Pilots Welcome Seat Reconfiguration Reversal Following Employee and Public Backlash
• Captain Christina Thomson ALPA Scholarship

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastRead at this link.

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