Independent Association of Continental Pilots

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The Independent Association of Continental Pilots (IACP) was a bargaining agent (union) certified by the National Mediation Board (NMB) in 1993. The IACP represented the pilots of Continental and Continental Express Airlines and was initially headquartered in Denver, CO near Stapleton International Airport.

The pilots of Continental Airlines had been represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) until replaced by the IACP in a representational election conducted by the NMB. The IACP was the first union to represent the Continental Express pilots.

The IACP met with moderate initial success by securing the first contract for the Continental pilots in more than ten years, and the very first contract for the Continental Express pilots. Both contracts were signed in 1995.

The IACP came into existence thanks primarily to the efforts of Continental captain René Minjares. Capt. Minjares' tenacity and the devotion of a cadre of Continental and Continental Express pilots successfully organized the new union. Capt. Minjares was the first president of the IACP.

Following several years of stagnation, sideways movement, and occasional reduction of pay and benefits and erosion of working conditions. The Continental and Continental Express pilots elected to be represented by ALPA, at which time the IACP ceased to exist.


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