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Envoy Air MEC Champions Career Growth

Like many fee-for-departure carrier pilots, Envoy Air pilots may see the carrier as a step toward a mainline career or they may have chosen to make the airline their career destination. The Envoy ALPA Master Executive Council (MEC) has made efforts to ensure that both paths are open to every pilot and to improve their quality of life while at the carrier.

"While some pilots are looking to flow up, it's important that we build the resources within our pilot group so that we're meeting the career goals of every pilot at Envoy," said Capt. Jon Miranda, the pilot group's MEC chair. "We've been able to provide quality-of-life improvements as Envoy grows."

Improving Opportunities for Envoy Air Pilots

In September 2024, the pilot group ratified a letter of agreement (LOA) that established the framework for the first preferential bidding system (PBS) on the property. This was preceded by a vigorous communications campaign about the agreement as well as informational sessions in each of the four domiciles. With 78 percent of the pilot group participating, 93 percent voted in favor of the agreement.

"This agreement not only established rules for the PBS at Envoy, it also protected quality-of-life improvements achieved in 2022. Many of these were contingent on the pilot group agreeing to the PBS," Miranda noted. "It's a testament to not only our unity, but also the strength of our communications during the ratification process that the pilot group understood the importance of the LOA."

It's important that we build the resources within our pilot group so that we're meeting the career goals of every pilot at Envoy.

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