Airport Safety Liaison Training

Airport safety liaisons are trained in ALPA policy on airport procedures, ground infrastructure, and hazard identification. They maintain strong relationships with management, stakeholders, and municipal airport representatives while offering a pilot’s perspective as a proactive resource for airport management.

Course Content

The most effective interface ALPA pilots have with stakeholders at airports where they operate daily is through ALPA’s Airport Safety Liaison (ASL) Program. The ASL provides a line pilot’s perspective to airport managers and municipal governments; the levels of technical and regulatory knowledge required to function in the ASL position require a comprehensive and motivating training program.

Subjects Covered Include

ALPA structure, administration, and resources
Airport contacts and procedures
Review of CAR 300 & FAR Part 139

Desired Knowledge and Skills upon Completion

Demonstrate a functional knowledge of ALPA Safety Structure administration
Capable of working effectively with government and municipal airport representatives
Capable of effectively representing pilot concerns to airport stakeholders and management
Motivated to become the resident point of contact in all aviation matters concerning their airport

Mission

The mission of the Airport Safety Liaison training program is to equip the safety representative to serve as a functioning member of the ALPA Safety Structure and to function as the resident expert on their airport.

Who Should Attend?

New Airport Safety Liaison Pilot Volunteer

Prerequisites

ALPA 101 FAST
Safety 101 IST
Motivated to work at a specific airport and become an ALPA ASL
Approval from your MEC to work in the ALPA Int’l safety structure
Approval to attend from the Chairman of the ALPA Int’l. Airport Ground Environment AGE) Chairman

Attendance Approval

Non-ALPA Pilot Groups
Use of ALPA training resources by IFALPA and non-ALPA pilot groups are authorized by using the following procedure:

IFALPA
The president of the requesting organization should send a letter to the ALPA president requesting authorization to participate in a specific course for specific individuals. Participation by non-ALPA members should result in no expense to the Association.

Other non-ALPA attendees
Please email Petra.Duran-Smith@alpa.org to start the approval process. Include in the email the requested course, dates, name, organization, email, and phone contact.

Expenses

When in ASL training, your MEC/CASC budget pays for all of your pilot expenses: travel, sleeping rooms, meals, and flight pay loss (if required). This includes no-shows for hotel rooms where reservations have been requested and NOT canceled 48 hours prior to arrival and/or if the attendee fails to notify the hotel, during check-in, of a different departure date than the one reserved.