Safety 101 Initial Safety Training

Course Description & Objectives

Safety 101 Initial Safety Training (IST) provides new air safety representatives training on Air Safety Organization (ASO) and Central Air Safety Committee functions and resources. The one- and one-half day course provides an introduction to representing ALPA on ASAP ERCs, Accident/ Incident Investigations, and through other various ASO Industry/Government activities. Safety 101 IST equips attendees with the skills to confidently work within the ASO or their CASC to effectively support their own pilot group and ALPA National while working effectively with representatives from government and management.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Pilots who attend SAF101 IST should be pro-active and in need of gaining familiarity with ALPA’s Air Safety Organization (ASO).  Those pilots who have been extensively involved in ALPA air safety work at the local or national level, or who have already attended the Basic Accident Investigation Course or previous BSS programs will not likely benefit from this training enough to warrant displacing a new representative. 

At an MEC’s request, airline management representatives may attend SAF101 IST on a space-available basis.  We recommend you invite only those individuals who have duties related to aviation safety and whose participation would enhance safety at your airline, such as the Director of Operations or Director of Safety. Approval is required by your MEC and ALPA’s National Safety Coordinator (NSC) before management representatives may attend. Normally airline management representatives are responsible for payment of the $500 course fee and for their transportation and lodging expenses. A waiver of the course fee may be obtained from the ALPA National Safety Coordinator using established procedures.

Ana McAhron-Schulz

Ms. Ana McAhron-Schulz is the Director of the Economic and Financial Analysis Department (E&FA) for the Air Line Pilots Association, International. She is responsible for all economic and financial analyses in support of ALPA’s efforts in collective bargaining, strategic planning, litigation, public relations and legislative activities, including: evaluation of corporate financial results and business plans; development of bargaining strategies and contract proposals on economic issues; economic modeling and forecasting, including the valuation of contract proposals; advice on financial matters to union members on corporate boards of directors; and industry and labor research and analysis.

Ms. McAhron-Schulz serves as a primary financial advisor for ALPA carriers regarding contract negotiations, restructuring transactions, corporate buyouts and airline bankruptcies. Ms. McAhron-Schulz has also provided expert testimony at various arbitrations and bankruptcy court hearings on behalf of the Association and its members. She and her department also provide significant support on regional and international code sharing issues to member airlines, as well as on other issues related to airline globalization.

Over the course of her career and through ALPA’s former subsidiary, the International Pilot Services Corporation, Ms. McAhron-Schulz has also served as financial advisor to the pilots of Aer Lingus, KLM, Air France, Cathay Pacific, TAP Air Portugal, SAS, South African Airways, Spanair and Sabena, among others. She is an industrial advisor to the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA) and participates at various training seminars and conferences for IFALPA. She was awarded a Presidential Citation from IFALPA for her extensive work and counsel in the field of industrial relations. In February, 2013, Ms. McAhron-Schulz represented IFALPA at the International Labor Organization’s Global Dialogue Forum on Aviation.

In 2010, the US Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, appointed Ms. McAhron-Schulz to serve on the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee which was tasked to to provide information, advice and recommendations to the DOT to ensure the competitiveness of the U.S. aviation industry and its capability to address the evolving transportation needs, challenges, and opportunities of the U.S. and global economies.

Ms. McAhron-Schulz has a B.A. in International Studies and Economics and an M.B.A. from The American University in Washington, D.C. She has worked for ALPA for 32 years.

Andrew Shostack

Andrew joined the Air Line Pilots Association in 1996 as an attorney in the Representation Department where he served as the senior contract administrator in the Association’s Phoenix, Arizona, office. As a senior contract administrator Andrew served as the staff negotiator and assisted with negotiations and writing contract language. Andrew represented pilots involved in various disputes, counseled pilots on contractual, operational, medical, and insurance issues, and worked closely with the pilot group's elected leaders.

In 2006, Andrew was promoted to supervisor in the Representation Department, and in 2015 was promoted to Assistant Director. As an Assistant Director, Andrew helps oversee and coordinate the Representation Department’s work in negotiations, which includes bargaining pilot agreements, assisting negotiating committees and pilot leaders in strategizing for and managing negotiations, interacting with government mediators, and lecturing at ALPA and IFALPA negotiation seminars. Andrew also assists with administering the department’s contract enforcement efforts, organizing initiatives and FAA enforcement and medical case handling. Andrew works out of the Association’s Herndon, Virginia and Washington, DC offices.

Andrew received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Arizona. He is a cum laude graduate with his Juris Doctorate from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he was an associate editor of the Law Review. He graduated with distinction from the Georgetown University Law Center’s Master’s in Law program, concentrating on labor and employment law.

ALPA

Conference Room IAD, Valo Park

7950 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 400S

McLean, VA 20122

The Embassy Suites, Tysons Corner                        

8517 Leesburg Pike

Vienna, VA 22182

703-883-0707

Hotel check-in time is normally 3:00 p.m. Check-out time is 12:00 noon. The hotel will do its best to accommodate arrivals before 3:00 p.m. on a space available basis. Guest room rate of $199.00.

Attendees should not call the hotel directly for reservations; we have reserved a block of rooms and will provide the hotel a rooming list prior to the course dates.  The hotel will not issue individual confirmation numbers.  Rooms will be guaranteed for late arrival.  Please make sure that each of your attendees correctly indicates the desired check-in and check-out dates in order to avoid unnecessary hotel charges

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