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aaca virtual aNNUAL cONVENTION - fEBRUARY 15-19, 2021

11/6/2020

 
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corona Virus update from nata

7/21/2020

 
The Department of Treasury published payroll support and loan program guidance documents that address many members’ specific questions. Follow the links to learn more.
 
 https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/PSP-FAQs-7-14-20.pdf

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/CARES-Airline-Loan-Support-Q-and-A-national-security-7-15-20.pdf
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Merrill Field office space for rent

7/13/2020

 

Office space available to rent on Merrill Field just minutes from downtown Anchorage.
1025 ft² on the second floor
Includes two private offices, bathroom, kitchenette, off-street parking
$1250 per month
​utilities not included
Call 907-277-0071 to schedule a viewing

JBER TFR

6/30/2020

 
​!FDC Y/NNNN ZAN AK. AIRSPACE ANCHORAGE, ELMENDORF AFB, AK. TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS. PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.145, MANAGEMENT OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF AERIAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ARE PROHIBITED  WITHIN AN AREA DEFINED AS AN ARC CENTERED AT 611510N 1494736W (TED025007.0) ALONG THE 5 NM RADIUS ARC STARTING AT THE 260 DEGREE RADIAL THENCE CLOCKWISE TO THE 80 DEGREE RADIAL SFC-16000 FT MSL; WITHIN AN AREA DEFINED AS AN ARC CENTERED AT 611510N 1494736W (TED025007.0) ALONG THE 2.5 NM RADIUS ARC STARTING AT THE 80 DEGREE RADIAL THENCE CLOCKWISE TO THE 260 DEGREE RADIAL SFC-16000 FT MSL   EFFECTIVE 2007100000 UTC UNTIL 2007100100 UTC, AND    2007100000 UTC UNTIL 2007100100 UTC.  UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY ATC. ELMENDORF ATCT, PHONE 907-551-2728, IS THE POINT OF CONTACT.  THE ANCHORAGE /A11/ TRACON, PHONE 907-271-2711, IS THE COORDINATION FACILITY.  2007100000-2007100100
 
 

ALASKA AIR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION 2020 ANNUAL CONVENTION OFFER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE!  JOIN US QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL 907.277.0071

1/20/2020

 
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Alaska Air Carriers Association - 2020 Convention  Training GHS Aviation Group - Introduction to SMS, March 2-3, 2020      GHS Aviation Group - Emergency Response Planninng for Alaska Operators, March 6, 2020

1/20/2020

 
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https://introductiontosmsthealaskaconnection.eventbrite.com
  
https://emergencyresponseplanningforalaskanoperators.eventbrite.com
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ALASKA AIR CARRIERS ASSOCIATION OFFERS FREE WORKPLACE WELLNESS TRAINING - LUNCH INCLUDED

1/20/2020

 
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Alaska Air Carriers Association  2020 Convention Training opportunities:  Aviation Fuels - Quality Assurance  & Quality Control

1/20/2020

 
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AACA 2020 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND TRADESHOW

11/27/2019

 
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Nominate today!  AACA Service Awards

10/24/2019

 
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It's Easy to Nominate - Just send us an Email!

Apply Now for aaca scholarships!

10/21/2019

 
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APPLY NOW!
Scholarships Available for Air Carriers and
Transportation Careers

Do you know someone who needs funds for education? 
Please share this post!
Applications due January 1, 2020 – Apply Now!

Apply Now for AACA Scholarships!

10/17/2019

 
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Apply Now:  $’s Available for Your Air and Transportation Careers!  
Do you know someone who needs funds for education?
​Please share this post!
More information at AACA Scholarships
Applications due January 1, 2020 – Apply Now!
We have some great scholarships!

AACA 2020 Annual Convention and Trade show

9/24/2019

 
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Join AACA
along with our
Aviation Partners as they

​TAKE US AROUND ALASKA!



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Join us March 4-5, 2020 at the AACA Annual Convention & Trade Show
Anchorage International Airport – Concourse A.

Pilots, aviation companies and aviation-oriented organizations come together from all corners of Alaska to network and learn from guest speakers and each other.  
​Share with your employees, vendors and aviation partners!
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Safety and Continuing Ed Workshops
Industry Awards
Silent and Live Auctions
Guest Speakers

Scholarship Awards for future pilots, mechanics and transportation specialists.

​ Online registration, sponsorship opportunities, and trade show schedule:    www.alaskaaircarriers.org 

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WELCOME NEW AACA MEMBER - OMNI AIR GROUP

8/30/2019

 

 
Omni Air Group’s principals have over 35 years’ combined experience as key managers under Parts 135 and 121. They began their aviation careers flying DC-3s off the beaches of Bristol Bay in 1980. Today, almost 40 years later, they have created the most advanced integrated SMS/QMS available anywhere.
 
These folks have taken SMS to a new level! Purpose-built to meet the needs of 121 air carriers and 135 commercial operators, OmniSMS:
  • Meets Part 5 and SMS Voluntary Program standards;
  • Aligns with FAA’s SAS Systems and Elements;
  • Includes an in-house ASAP that does not require a 3rd-party facilitator;
  • Is harmonized with full documentation, web application, training and support;
  • Uses ARMS Event Risk Classification for better, less subjective risk assessments;
  • Incorporates Boeing’s Maintenance Error Decision aid (MEDA);
  • Supports your CASS with Mx system monitoring and measurement;
  • Is customizable, scalable, and facilitated with expert SMS / QMS mentoring!
 
Omni’s president, Paul Salerno, is extending an open invitation to all AACA members for free consulting on where to take their safety programs in the wake of Medallion Foundation’s closing.
 
For more information, please call Paul Salerno at +1 (760) 239-7895 or email: paul@omnisms.aero

Commercial Air Tour Bill PROPOSED

8/30/2019

 
Congressman Ed Case, D-Hawaii, announced his intentions to introduce a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives designed to tighten regulations for commercial air tours on Thursday. Citing the recent fatal crashes of a tour helicopter in Kailua and a skydiving flight at Mokuleia’s Dillingham Airfield, Case says his proposed “Safe and Quiet Skies Act” will direct the FAA to “adopt tighter safety recommendations long advanced by the [NTSB].”

“This current situation is not acceptable for both safety and community impact concerns,” Case wrote in a letter seeking support for the bill. “Regarding ground disruption and risk, the FAA takes the position that its responsibility is strictly operational safety and national airspace efficiency and does not extend to ground disruption and other negative impacts. As a result, the operators, aside from strict takeoff and approach, avoidance of established flight paths and other limited circumstances, are virtually free to fly wherever, whenever and as often as they want. And they do, with little to no self-regulation.”
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According to Case, the bill will include requirements that tour flights maintain an altitude of 1,500 feet AGL other than for takeoff and landing, be no louder than 55 dbA above occupied areas and follow sterile cockpit procedures. It would also allow states and localities to impose additional requirements and prohibit tour flights over military installations, national cemeteries, national wilderness areas, national parks and national wildlife refuges. No timeline for the introduction of the bill has been made public.

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NTSB Part 135 Round table

8/30/2019

 
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NTSB Annual air carrier Family Assistance Meeting

8/28/2019

 
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NTSB Annual Air Carrier Family Assistance Meeting
When: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
Add to Calendar
 
Where: NTSB Board Room & Conference Center
420 10th Street SW
Washington, DC 20594
Driving DirectionsGreetings! 

Please join the Transportation Disaster Assistance (TDA) staff for this year's annual Air Carrier Meeting to be held at the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, DC on October 15, 2019.  
Get more information
Register Now!
I can't make it
If you have any questions about the event or how to register, please contact Kim Frierson via email at assistance@ntsb.gov.
 
Thank you for your time and we hope to see you on October 15 in DC.
 
Contact: Kim Frierson
NTSB TDA
assistance@ntsb.gov
202-314-6139

new Kenai Waypoint

8/8/2019

 

​RavnAir Alaska Creates New Waypoint to Improve Aviation Safety

​Recently,  Corvus Airlines d.b.a. RavnAir Alaska, a 121 Certificate holder, experienced an increase of TCAS Resolution Advisories (RAs) flying between Anchorage and Kenai. The primary concern for RavnAir was along the Victor 334-456 airway with northbound traffic before communications with Anchorage Approach are established.

To mitigate the number of TCAS RAs received, RavnAir Alaska worked with ANC Center to create a new waypoint off of the ENA 012 radial at 17nm. This location allows RavnAir Alaska to fly west of the traditional route without interfering with the AMOTT arrivals.

The following Event Schedule include all TCAS RA's reported by RAVN pilots in the area between Anchorage and Kenai.
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Prime air

6/21/2019

 

Ted stevens anchorage international airport welcomes 
Amazon Air to alaska.

Beginning Thursday, June 27th, Alaskans may notice their Amazon.com Prime  packages arriving a little sooner than normal. Amazon Air is beginning #B767 ✈️ flights to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Amazon Air will be utilizing the Airport’s Kulis Business Park.

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NTSB Roundtable on Alaska Part 135 flight operations Safety

6/20/2019

 
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April 18th, 2019

4/18/2019

 
​University of Alaska and Ravn Air Group Announce Nation’s First Aviation Degree & Airline Pilot Employment Program
                                        
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The University of Alaska, Anchorage (“UAA”) and Ravn Air Group (“Ravn”), Alaska’s largest regional airline, today announced the launch of the country’s first-ever program that allows students to simultaneously complete their aviation degree (by earning final course credits in the air) at the same time they get jobs and are paid to fly as regional airline pilots.  
 
In this innovative new college degree/paid employee job program, local Alaska-based students who are in UAA’s accredited aviation program, and at the point where they are already certified through their college studies and aviation training to fly passengers, can now put those skills into practical use as full-time Ravn second-in-command pilots while earning their final semester of course credits required for graduation. 
 
The innovative program is an unprecedented partnership between a university and airline and is the first and only program in the nation for providing students with paid airline pilot jobs while they complete their undergraduate education.
 
“We are thrilled to work with the University of Alaska to provide a new pathway that can accelerate careers in Alaska commercial aviation,” said Dave Pflieger, Ravn Air Group President & CEO. “A program like this will not only contribute to great, local jobs for Alaskans, it will provide eligible students with an expedited career path into the rewarding and exciting airline industry. Given the current nationwide and world-wide pilot shortage, it’s a win-win for aspiring commercial pilots and our aviation industry here in Alaska.”
 
Another key objective of the UAA-Ravn internship program is to train applicants in “industry best practice” safety processes and procedures with the goal of making aviation safer in Alaska. With its own top priority of aviation safety, Ravn not only has an FAA-approved Safety Management System (“SMS”), it is Alaska’s first regional airline to be accredited by the International Air Transportation Association (IATA), the global standard for airline safety and operations management.
 
“We are extremely excited to partner with Ravn on this ground-breaking new program that benefits our students, our local economy, and our State,” said Denise Runge, Dean of the UAA Community and Technical College. “Having the opportunity to get an education in the classroom coupled with practical industry experience with Alaska’s largest regional airline and one of the largest employers here in the State is invaluable.”
 
Pilots in the new UAA –Ravn paid internship program will be able to move from a classroom and flight school setting to actual commercial pilot flying with the opportunity to fly regularly scheduled flights while being supervised by highly experienced airline pilots, check airmen, and UAA program faculty members.
 
Those who enroll in the UAA/Ravn pilot training program and get simultaneously hired by Ravn will be added to the Ravn pilot seniority list where they will be eligible for salaries starting of $36,000 per year; $15,000 annual retention bonuses; and Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Certification Training Program (CTP) reimbursement. 
 
For information on the ATA A295 and ATA A495 Aviation / Pilot Internship Programs, please visit: https://catalog.uaa.alaska.edu/coursedescriptions/ata/#sthash.QPluplDl.dpuf

AACA Annual Aviation Convention and Tradeshow

2/24/2019

 
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    Many Great Opportunities

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   Maintenance Team

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  CEO's

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  And Everyone in Between!


   



AACA Leasing Tutorial

2/18/2019

 
Steve Pavish,  the principal at Northern Horizon Company began his professional experience in Alaskan airports and aviation  after signing on with the former Alaska Division of Aviation in 1973. From 1975 until his retirement from state service in 1999, Steve Pavish supervised the property leasing functions for state airports, including the rural airport system.

From 1985 through retirement, Steve also managed projects to update airport regulations and airport user fees. From retirement until the present time, Steve Pavish operated an aviation consulting firm, providing services to the AACA, air carriers, private pilots, hunting guides, municipalities, Alaska Native corporations, private sector law firms, the Alaska Department of Law, and the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF). My principal areas of expertise are airport property leasing, airport operating regulations, and airport land use planning.

Recently, Mr. Pavish published an Aviation Leasing Tutorial.  This is a must read for anyone leasing property on  State of Alaska,  Rural Airport System property.  

The term “rural airport system” encompasses all state-operated airports, except the international airports at Anchorage and Fairbanks. The latter are operated under a separate set of regulations and are outside the scope of this paper.

Leasing state airport land can be a complicated affair, especially for air carriers based in rural locations where law firms and other professional assistance may not be locally available. Navigating the jungle of rural airport leasing agreements, policies, procedures, forms, and regulations, can be a nightmare for anyone trying to make a living in the flying business. Steve decided to write this tutorial in the hope that he might be able to bring some order out of this apparent chaos and make it a little easier for AACA members to coexist with the state’s rural airport land leasing program.


AACA Annual Aviation Convention and Tradeshow AACA February 27-28, 2019     There is something for Everyone!

2/12/2019

 
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Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association Presents Aviation Film Festival - April 30, 2019

2/12/2019

 
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