# Summer 2025 State of the Union Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/summer-2025-state-of-the-union Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/summer-2025-state-of-the-union.md Podcast: [The Alaska Pilots Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050) Published: 2025-08-26T20:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://alaskapilots.podbean.com/e/summer-2025-update/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e3dz6kzipjthtrfe/THEfinalcut.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/episodes/summer-2025-state-of-the-union Duration seconds: 1830 ## Resource In this episode, Communication Chair Kyle Johnson sits down with MEC Chair Will McQuillen and Executive Admin Drew Coyle. This is a summer update highlighting important issues such as block in times, September ALV, hiring/growth, and jumpseat priority. Other merger related issues are also discussed; a brief negotiations update and a reiteration of the SLI process and timeline. Alahal.alpa.org Ala.alpa.org Textcaster Signup/Changes SFV hotline number: 833-303-5667 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/episodes/summer-2025-state-of-the-union/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-alaska-pilots-podcast-1170050/summer-2025-state-of-the-union.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.