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December 1, 2025
Air Creebec pilots,
For the past year, members of the Air Creebec Organizing Committee (OC) set out to explore certifying our pilot group with the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA). We spent time talking to you, discussing the issues we face, and identifying your interest in joining ALPA.
Through our one-on-one conversations, our OC has determined that a strong majority of Air Creebec pilots are in favour of joining ALPA and the overwhelming majority of our peers in Canada in the Association.
We believe it’s time for our pilot group to establish a union and join over 95 percent of Canada’s professional pilots represented in ALPA’s membership numbers--over 80,000 pilots at 43 airlines (including 21 in Canada). Like other ALPA pilots, our goal is to be on an equal legal footing with management, and to sit at the bargaining table and negotiate our first collective agreement under the protections of Part 1 of the Canada Labour Code.
This demonstration of support from the Air Creebec pilots indicates we are ready to take the next step in securing ALPA representation. Starting today, you can sign a membership card and submit a $5 initiation fee, which indicates your desire to join ALPA. This $5 fee is required by law under the Canada Labour Code to prove that you are making this decision of your own free will. The cards are kept confidential and are never shared with anyone from Air Creebec management.
When a strong majority of Air Creebec pilots have submitted their cards, ALPA will file an application with the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) for certification via card check. When the CIRB certifies our application, Air Creebec pilots will officially join ALPA.
We want to make this process as convenient as possible, but there’s one important point we must emphasize. No card collection or submission may happen on company property during working hours. However, you may submit or receive a card while you are on a break or before or after your pairings
Options for Submitting a Card Include:
1-Print a card--Visit our OC website at crq.alpa.org to print the card. Complete and sign the card (don't sign the last line for the ALPA representative or the receipt portion on the right side) and mail it with your $5 (cash or check, no coins, please) to:
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Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)
360 Albert Street, Suite 1510
Ottawa, ON K1R 7X7 |
ALPA will mail you a receipt and confirm we received your card and $5 with a phone call to the phone number you list on the card.
2-Contact an OC Member--Each Air Creebec ALPA OC member listed below will have a supply of cards with them, so feel free to contact them for a card. You can return your card and $5 to them or mail them in as listed above.
Air Creebec pilots have come together in unity and in great numbers to support this drive. We are thankful that you have trusted the Organizing Committee and participated thus far, and we ask that you continue to show your support by submitting your signed card as soon as possible.
In unity,
The Air Creebec ALPA Organizing Committee
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