# ALA-HAL Merger Status Update (May 2025)

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Podcast: [The Alaska Pilots Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050)
Published: 2025-05-06T21:55:24+00:00
Episode link: https://alaskapilots.podbean.com/e/ala-hal-merger-status-update-may-2025/
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## Resource

In this episode, our Alaska and Hawaiian MEC Chairs, Will McQuillen and Larry Payne, as well as our Joint Negotiating Committee Co-Chairs, David Wilhelm and Doug Grant, all sat down to provide an update on the status of our Alaska-Hawaiian merger and the state of our Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA) negotiations. Through the episode, we covered several topics, including the union’s actions during the last six months to prepare for negotiations, the importance of unity, current perspective on negotiations, and what happens once a Tentative Agreement is reached. Alaska Hawaiian Joint Website

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