Independent Pilots Association

A collective bargaining unit representing professional pilots who fly in service of UPS

Based in KY

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AI Overview

With $2.0M in lobbying spend across 32 quarterly filings, Independent Pilots Association is a significant lobbying presence. They deploy 11 individual lobbyists Their lobbying covers 4 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$2.0M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$240K
2019	$240K
2020	$240K
2021	$240K
2022	$240K
2023	$240K
2024	$240K
2025	$280K

Issues Lobbied

Aviation Consumer Issues Transportation Labor Issues

Lobbying Firms

The Smith-free Group, LLC

Lobbyists

James Free Andrew Barbour Jack Deuser Robert Hickmott W. Locke Summer Mersinger Trevor Kolego John Christie Jeffrey Becker Michael Gaffin Mike Mullen

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Aviation, Consumer Issues, Transportation, Labor Issues

•S 1423 Safe Skies Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)(support)
•Discussions pertaining to risk mitigation of aircraft cargo transportation of lithium batteries
•Monitored PL 115-141 Consolidated

•S 1423 Safe Skies Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)(support)
•Discussions pertaining to risk mitigation of aircraft cargo transportation of lithium batteries
•HR 4 FAA Reauthorization Act of 20

•S 1423 Safe Skies Act of 2017 (all sections of full text)(support)
•Discussions pertaining to risk mitigation of aircraft cargo transportation of lithium batteries
•PL 115-254 FAA Reauthorization Act

•S 826 A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to modify the final rule relating to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo