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CAPA is a trade association comprised of over 25,000 professional airline pilots. CAPA's purpose is to address safety, security, legislative and regulatory issues affecting the professional flight deck crew member on matters of common interest to the individual member unions. The four members of CAPA are:

Allied Pilots Association (APA), Independent Pilots Association (IPA), Teamsters Local 1224, and Teamsters Local 357.

Visit the CAPA website at: http://www.capapilots.org/


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  CAPA KCM Update 31March2016

02-29-16

The following is an update on government and safety issues discussed at a recent CAPA meeting.

The plan to privatize the Air Traffic Control system has failed. A4A, most Republicans and the Controllers’ Union were in favor of the plan. Delta, the RAA and those in business aviation opposed the plan. The plan which House Transportation Committee Chairman Shuster supported would have closely mirrored Nav Canada. However, the plan had almost no chance of clearing the Senate, so the House had to back down. FAA funding runs out March 31, so there will likely be a short-term funding bill passed with no major reforms. 

Several congressmen have expressed the need to better integrate Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System. The concern is that China may be moving ahead of the US in the application of drone technology. Concurrently, any commercial drone operator must seek a "333 Exception" from the FAA to operate UAS for compensation or hire. Some legislators believe that this process is too onerous and want streamlined regulations addressing commercial operators. It's possible that the FAA may develop a "drone pilot certificate." CAPA has formed a UAS Committee chaired by an Air Force Reserve M9 Reaper pilot to monitor any future regulation. CAPA's goal is to ensure that UAS are operated in a manner that does not pose a safety risk to our day-to-day operations. 

CAPA is also trying to codify into law a requirement that all safety programs (ASAP, LOSA, etc.) require three-party participation (FAA, company, and labor). Some airlines and executive personnel in the FAA are advocating a two-party approach which would leave labor organizations excluded from the process. CAPA strongly opposes the two-party approach and will lobby Congress and the FAA aggressively on this issue.

Another issue of concern for CAPA relates to the transportation of lithium ion and lithium metal batteries. Both ion and metal batteries are banned from the cargo compartments of passenger aircraft. Our colleagues and UPS are very concerned about lithium metal batteries. (These are the type of batteries found in e-cigarettes.) Metal batteries burn at 3000F while ion batteries burn at 1500F. There is no current technology that can contain a lithium metal fire. There is a stipulation in the proposed FAA re-authorization bill that would prevent the FAA from developing lithium battery standards more stringent than ICAO standards. The obvious concern is that ICAO could come out with more relaxed safety regulations which may not be in the best interest of flight crew and the flying public.