# 2025 Mid Year Update

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Podcast: [The Alaska Pilots Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050)
Published: 2025-06-03T22:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, Communication Chair Kyle Johnson sits down with MEC Chair Will McQuillen, Executive Admin Drew Coyle, and Negotiating Committee Chair David Wilhelm. A mid-year State of the Union is the focus for this podcast. There are discussions about the latest Joint/MEC meeting that took place on May 19-21, which leads into topics including JCBA updates, Seniority List Integration processes, hiring and future outlooks. The Surf to Summit tour just launched, which is also talked about in this episode, highlighting the importance of unity as this merger moves forward. https://ala.alpa.org/ https://alahal.alpa.org/

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