Former ALPA member here. This article is accurate. It is a monthly publication. A name is only listed once. Once listed, they will never post it again, hence the low numbers for previous years.
30 year ALPA member here. This list in the ALPA magazine comes from family members that send in to cancel the subscription. Family let the subscription run for years after the pilots death just because of this death list to keep track of old friends in the industry. Dont read anything into this list beyond that
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-pilots/fact-check-a-remembrance-page-in-a-magazine-for-pilots-does-not-reveal-skyrocketing-airline-deaths-in-2021-idUSL1N2T21YR
I don't trust rueters, but here is their explanation
Former ALPA member here. This article is accurate. It is a monthly publication. A name is only listed once. Once listed, they will never post it again, hence the low numbers for previous years.
30 year ALPA member here. This list in the ALPA magazine comes from family members that send in to cancel the subscription. Family let the subscription run for years after the pilots death just because of this death list to keep track of old friends in the industry. Dont read anything into this list beyond that
Awwww, I always wondered how the names were submitted. The arbitration of it makes sense now.
So just a coincidence that they all waited till 2021 to report then?
Possibly. More likely that particular issue had a few more than any other monthly issue. Every month the dead list fills about 1/2 a page.