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:  

• KCM OUTAGE: As of Wednesday, August 5th TSA advises the following locations have at least one operational KCM laptop:
  • ANC - South Terminal Checkpoint
  • ATL - T-South Checkpoint
  • B...

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:  

• Celebrating 95 Years of ALPA
• [Former] Endeavor Pilot Performs on the Flight Deck and Concert Stage
• For Awareness: Temporary Cranes Near DCA (ALPA Recommendations)
  • Understand th...

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:  

• Participate in the ALPA National Member Tracking Poll
  • All calls will come from 603-397-0660. On a landline phone, the caller ID will say “UNH Surv Ctr,” and on a ce...

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:  

• Crewmember Access Point Update
• Coalition Calls for Funding for Brand New Air Traffic Control System
• New Study Examines Flightcrew Radiation Exposure Assessment

As always, you ...

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:  

• Participate in the ALPA National Member Tracking Poll
  • All calls will come from 603-397-0660. On a landline phone, the caller ID will say “UNH Surv Ctr,” and on a ce...

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:  

• Delta Pilots Help Passengers Navigate Busy Summer Flying Season
• Flying While Pregnant: Flight Planning for Childbearing
• Volunteer with Us, Reserve Your Spot for Dinner, and More at ...

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:  

• "Good Enough Is No Longer Good Enough" on Aviation Safety
• FedEx Pilots: Efficiency Requires More Than Cost-Cutting
• Land and Hold Short Operations Reminder from the Air Safety Organi...

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:  

• TSA to Start Testing CMAP at D.C. Airports Soon
• Volunteer to Work the ALPA Booth at This Year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

As always, you can read the full version of the tr...

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:  

• FedEx Pilots Ratify New Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Spirit’s Pilots Held Up Their End. Now It’s Time for the Bondholders to Hold Up Theirs.
• The Spirit Pilots' Strike...

June 4, 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:  

• Urge Congress to Support Mandating ADS-B In for Commercial Aircraft!
• When airline pilots say there are safety issues, we need policymakers to listen and act
• ...

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:  

• Vice President–Administration/Secretary F/O Tyler Hawkins’ Biography
• Breeze Pilots Mark Airline’s Fifth Anniversary with Informational Picket
• Urge Your Senator to...

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:  

• Virginia Becomes Latest State to Extend Paid Sick Leave to Airline Flight Crews
• Urge Congress to Support Mandating ADS-B In for Commercial Aircraft!
• ALPA at Oshkosh 2026!

As a...

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:  

• Sun Country MEC Emphasizes Importance of Crew Commitments as Airline Completes Financial Close with Allegiant Travel Company
• “From Wooden Wings” and Photos of the 1985 U...

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:  

• Spirit Airlines Closure a Devastating Blow to More Than 2,000 Pilots, Thousands More Workers
• Land and Hold Short Operations Reminder from the Air Safety Organization
• Are You in the ...

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:  

• Get Involved, Make a Difference
• ALPA Honors Workers' Memorial Day and Reaffirms Commitment to Aviation Safety

As always, you can read the full version of the traditional FastR...

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:  

• ALPA Applauds Virginia General Assembly for Protecting Airline Crew Members' Right to Paid Sick Leave
• Calls to Action: We Advocate for Pilots & Air Safety
• Virginia Pilots: Prote...

April 16, 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:  

• Virginia Pilots: Protect Your Access to Paid Sick and Family Leave
• Congress Must Adopt ROTOR Act Provisions Before ALERT Becomes Law

As always, you c...

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:  

• Cargojet Pilots Respond to Comments on Contract Negotiations
• Refusal to Give the Government Passwords to Personal Mobile Device Criminalized in Hong Kong
• Urge Your Senator to Co-spo...

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:  

Visitation and Services for Capt. Antoine Forest:

Friday, April 17, 2026

1:00–4:30 p.m....