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These are the minutes of a Board of Directors meeting of a pilots association affiliated with the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations. The meeting was held in Bangkok on October 2 and 3, 1971, and the CIA released the minutes in 2023. The board discussed labor matters: pilot seniority and furloughs, grievances including the Bailey, Stuart and Stensloff cases, excessive flight time, message restrictions at Udorn, the wage price freeze and constitutional revisions. The document does not mention UFOs.
Approved for Release: 2023/03/31 C00179805 “ _ 2 _ Discussion on the Bailey Case. A.. Position of the Association. l. There was no pilot error involved. Q ‘ - 2. The aircraft was not overloaded. 5. The engine was not develo ins rated power. L) p L) B. Bailey should be re-instated with all back pay and benefits. C. It was agreed that the association would insist on separate submissions to the System Board of Adjustment. Out of Seniority Furlough. _ . A. The Board agreed that FEPA's position as stated in the first level grievance hearing be included with these minutes. The grievance of Dick Stuart was discussed and the Board position is the merits of the case on principle are such that the Board recommends the case being sent to the System Board of Adjustment. The Exchange Order Grievance was discussed. A. It was agreed that the VPFO level hearing on the changed Company Leave/Travel Benefits Program would be held by VPFO in Bangkok, Oct. 4, 1971. The restriction on FEPA message traffic at Udorn was discussed. A. Udorn is the only base where the Base Manager must approve ,each message sent by FEPA by initialling the message before it can be sent. B, Capt. Walton will petition the President to rescind this order. '1 The Board was briefed on the funeral services of the late Capt. Billy Pratt and Capt. Herb Clark by Jess Markham, who represented FEPA at the services. He will be called on to give this report at the next VTE Pilots meeting. The Board was briefed on the Dave Bronaugh case by Jess Markham. A. The Board felt the Bronaugh case had merit as far as legal recourse was concerned. B. The Board agreed that the legal expenses could not be covered under the Constitution and By-Laws of FEPA. . C. That a fund be started to cover the legal expenses by donations from individual pilots of the Association. - r . ' 1 Approved for Release: 2023/03/31 C00179805
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 5 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.