Professional Aviation Safety Specialists

The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) is affiliated with the AFL–CIO[1] through its affiliation with the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association.[2] It represents more than 11,000 Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration employees.[3] The union has operated since 1977.[3] As of 2015, the president of the union is Mike Perrone.[4][5][6]

Employees covered under PASS include systems specialists, flight standards and manufacturing aviation safety inspectors, aeronautical information professionals, flight inspection pilots, mission specialists, operations staff, aircraft maintenance employees, legal instruments examiners, compliance specialists and support staff.[7]

In April 2015, the union, along with six other unions representing Federal Aviation Administration employees, sent a letter to the US House of Representatives, arguing against proposals to privatize the FAA.[8]

In Safety Culture the authors wrote that "Some employees think that the union (PASS – Professional Aviation Safety Specialists) is too weak.... PASS was believed to be frequently reactive to management instead of being proactive and a strong equal partner in key decisions."[9] Later in the book they wrote: "Clearly the safety of equipment ... is the focus of PASS membership."[10] The authors said that PASS often adopts a "tactical" mode in their efforts to achieve safety objectives, compared to the "strategic" mode of the pilots' union, but that there have been many instances where all the unions work together with corporate management and the FAA.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Jansen, Bart. "After Austin tower flooding, FAA shifts air control to San Antonio". USA Today. McLean, VA: Gannett. ISSN 0734-7456. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Professional Aviation Safety Specialists 2014 Constitution
  3. 1 2 Kapps Robert W. and Hamilton J. Scott (2012). Labor Relations in the Aviation and Aerospace Industries. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0809330430.
  4. ↑ "PASS Officers". Professional Aviation Safety Specialists. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Jansen, Bart. "FAA reopens Chicago-area control of planes after fire". USA Today. McLean, VA: Gannett. ISSN 0734-7456. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Lavrinc, amon (2 November 2013). "Thousands of Aviation Safety Inspectors Furloughed in Government Shutdown". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ↑ https://www.passnational.org/about-us
  8. ↑ Lyncy, Kerry (April 23, 2015). "FAA Unions Speak Out Against ATC Privatization". AIN Online. The Convention News Company. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Patankar, Manoj S; Brown, Jeffrey P; Sabin, Edward J.; Bigda-Peyton, Thomas G. (2012). Safety Culture: Building and Sustaining a Cultural Change in Aviation and Healthcare. Ashgate Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-1409486916. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  10. 1 2 Patankar, Manoj S; Brown, Jeffrey P; Sabin, Edward J.; Bigda-Peyton, Thomas G. (2012). Safety Culture: Building and Sustaining a Cultural Change in Aviation and Healthcare. Ashgate Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 978-1409486916. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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