Labor Relations Counsel

External Description

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), the largest airline pilot union in the world and the largest non-governmental aviation safety organization in the world (representing over 80,000 pilots at 42 U.S. and Canadian airlines), seeks an experienced Labor Relations Counsel for our office in Dallas – Ft. Worth (Euless), Texas.

About the Role

Under minimal direct supervision and within the limitations of Association policy, the Labor Relations Counsel provides assistance to pilot governing bodies and to individual members on all subjects that affect their employment. They use thorough understanding of applicable laws and comprehensive experience in Association policies and procedures to handle an extensive range of complex labor relations assignments, often on short notice, and function as a labor relations professional.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to pilot governing bodies and individual members on all subjects that affect their employment.
• Handles an extensive range of complex labor relations assignments, often on short notice.
• Functions as a labor relations professional.
• Provides staff assistance in all phases of negotiating agreements.
• Covers all activities during negotiations while concurrently maintaining communication with all interested parties.
• Maintains and administers contracts.
• Manages FAA actions against individual pilots.
• Prepares summaries of NTSB Accident/Incident hearings.
• Manages case management functions.
• Works on national projects in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
• Actively listens, builds trust, and adapts their style and tactics to fit the audience.
• May be called upon at any hour to respond to safety-related emergency inquiries.
• Travel, significant and, at times, on short notice is required.

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.
• Significant and in-depth, directly applicable, labor negotiation experience may be substituted for some of the above requirements.
• Experience in collective bargaining, grievance, and arbitration preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, oral and written, for effective interaction with internal staff; external contacts; senior legal and aviation professionals; and, pilots.
• 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.
• Software: Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Constantly operates a computer/smartphone/tablet.
• Sits, stands, bends, reaches, moves about the office and the local metropolitan area, determines what others have said or written, and converses with others and exchanges accurate information.
• Moves, raises, reaches, and retrieves binders, books, boxes, and files up to ten (10) pounds (lbs.).
• Occasionally moves, raises, reaches, and retrieves luggage weighing as much as 50 lbs. (Assistance may not always be available).

Benefits

• Competitive salaries with terrific benefits, including 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.
• No employee contribution required!
• Employees can choose to make pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax contributions to the 401(k).
• The plan permits in-plan Roth conversions and has a 4-year vesting schedule.
• The MBCBP has a 3-year cliff vesting period;
• 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.
• Employees do not have to pay premiums if they enroll in the Aetna High Deductible Health Plan or the Kaiser HMO Plan;
• 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).
• Funds in the retiree health account can be used to pay for eligible medical expenses in retirement;
• 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.

Projected Annual Salary Range

$ 119,754.00 – $ 210,841.00

Relocation

Not provided.

Sponsorship

Not available for this position.