Captain Charles “Chuck” Hogeman was appointed as Aviation Safety chair for the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) on Aug. 1, 2011, overseeing air safety policy for the Association’s over 50,000 represented pilots at 33 U.S. and Canadian airlines. He currently flies the Airbus 320 as a captain for United Airlines.

He serves as ALPA’s representative on a number of industry safety groups, including the Commercial Aviation Safety Team and the Aviation Safety Information Analysis System. In 2010 and 2011, he served on FAA aviation rulemaking committees examining pilot qualifications and airline training program hour requirements.

Previously, he served as ALPA Human Factors and Training Group chair from 2008 to 2011, and director of Pilot Training and chairman of the ALPA Training Council from 2003 to 2006. During that period, he led the effort to establish ALPA policy regarding crew resource management training, the Advanced Qualification Program, and the multicrew pilot license.

In 2003, he was designated as an ALPA advisor to the Federal Aviation Administration at the ICAO Flight Crew Licensing and Training Panel. This panel revised international standards for the licensing and training of pilot crewmembers.

Captain Hogeman began his professional airline career in 1977 with Commuter Airlines in Binghamton, N.Y. In 1978, he joined Denver-based Aspen Airways as a line pilot, and later as check airman, flying CV-580 and BAe-146 aircraft. He also held director of training and chief pilot positions in his 13 years at Aspen Airways, which later merged into Air Wisconsin.

In 1991 he joined United Airlines as a pilot and was subsequently selected as a pilot instructor in the B-757/B-767 program. In 1994, he was chosen as one of the initial pilot instructors to develop United’s B-777 AQP training program prior to the aircraft being introduced into service. From 1996 to 2000, he managed the development of United’s line operational simulation training program for all United fleets and served on the Airline Transport Association’s (now known as Airlines for America) AQP Working Group.

Captain Hogeman holds aircraft type ratings on A320, AVR/BAe-146, B-737, B-757/767, B-777, and CV-580 aircraft and maintains a U.S. FAA gold seal flight instructor certificate. He holds an associate of science degree in aeronautical engineering from Daniel Webster College, a bachelor of science degree in business management from Southern New Hampshire College, and a master of science degree in technical communication from the University of Colorado.