Air Line Pilots' Association of Japan (ALPA Japan)

Air Line Pilots' Association of Japan (ALPA Japan) is Japan's national professional association for airline pilots, established in 1978 by pilot unions from Japan's major airlines and now comprising fourteen airline pilot unions and associations. As Japan's IFALPA member association, it coordinates pilot expertise on airline-operational safety, flight techniques, air-traffic systems, human performance, security, labour and policy, and represents Japanese pilots in international aviation-safety cooperation.