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Air Line Pilots Association

Air Line Pilots Association PAC

Labor union PAC FEC C00035451

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1.6M
Union lobbying, all issues $1.5M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the union’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the union’s members; the union itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Air Line Pilots Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
Retirement 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Retirement8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Education6 of 86/8
  • Government Issues5 of 85/8
  • Transportation5 of 85/8
  • Aerospace4 of 84/8
  • Travel/Tourism4 of 84/8
  • Bankruptcy3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 62 bills, this period

57 more, 31 named in only one filing · Show all 62

From the filings

“Right-to-Work Act of 2025 (H.R. 1232), Labor-HHS Appropriations (NMB Funding); Protecting the Right to Organize Act, DOL nominations, DOL Labor Condition Applications; Federal Preemption Issues (Worker Protections and Collective Bargaining); NMB Nominations”
Q3 2026 filing · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
“National Defense Authorization (Pilot Mental Health, Aviation Safety, Single Pilot Operations); FY 26 NDAA, Section 373; Rotorcraft Equipage Standards”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • TransportationDOT
  • Transportation Security AdministrationTSA

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Air Line Pilots Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 259 sitting members of Congress and 32 other candidates in 2025–26.

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