Labor Relations Counsel

About the role

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) seeks an experienced Labor Relations Counsel for our Tysons (McLean), Virginia office. This position provides assistance to pilot governing bodies and individual members on employment-related issues, handles complex labor relations assignments, and negotiates agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance to pilot governing bodies and individual members on employment-related issues
• Handle an extensive range of complex labor relations assignments, often on short notice
• Use thorough understanding of applicable laws and comprehensive experience in Association policies and procedures
• Coordinate all activities during negotiations while maintaining communication with all interested parties
• Maintain and administer contracts
• Manage FAA actions against individual pilots
• Prepare summaries of NTSB Accident/Incident hearings
• Handle all case management functions
• Actively listen, build trust, and adapt to different audiences
• Occasionally respond to safety-related emergency inquiries

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Law (LLM), or similar advanced degree from an approved school of law required
• Member in good standing of the Bar
• Five (5) years of related experience in labor law and litigation, preferably in aviation; fifteen (15) or more years strongly preferred
• Experience in collective bargaining, grievance, and arbitration preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written
• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate long-term projects
• Demonstrated ability to use independent judgment to formulate decisions and/or solve problems, under time pressure and urgent conditions
• Knowledge of the Railway Labor Act and Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) preferred
• Experience using online legal research, Westlaw or the equivalent, preferred

Qualifications

• Software: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Physical Demands: Constantly operates a computer/smartphone/tablet; regularly required to maintain a stationary position, move about the office and the local metropolitan area, determine what others have said or written, and converse with others and exchange accurate information; regularly required to sit, stand, bend, reach, and move about the office and travel (locally, nationally, and internationally); occasionally required to move, raise, reach, and/or retrieve binders, books, boxes, and files up to ten (10) pounds (lbs.); while on travel, could be responsible to move, raise, reach, and/or retrieve luggage weighing as much as 50 lbs. (Assistance may not always be available)

Benefits

• 401k Plan with Non-Elective Employer Contribution of 12% plus 2% contribution into a Market-Based Cash Balance Plan (MBCBP) after 180 days of employment
• Generous health care benefits on day one – Aetna PPO Plan, Aetna High Deductible Health Plan, and a Kaiser HMO Plan (where available), which includes coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits for the employee, their spouse, and/or dependent children
• 15 days paid vacation and 13 holidays per year plus 2 volunteer days per year
• Generous sick and bereavement leave
• Competitive parental leave
• Company-paid coverage for long term disability, life insurance, and accidental death & dismemberment
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings accounts
• Retiree health plan and a retiree health account (retiree HRA)
• Education Assistance Program that reimburses 100% of eligible expenses
• Optional benefits include a legal plan, supplemental life insurance, college 529 plan, pet insurance, long term care insurance, and qualified transportation fringe benefits (where available)
• Partial remote work opportunities are available after six months of service

Pay

$ 119,754.00 – $ 210,841.00

Schedule

Full-time