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i enjoyed knowing him and he was kind and helpful to me. I think he is still 
alive. keady
Capt Frederick C. Dubinsky
Foil: 14 Panel: Retired United Pilots Association Column: 1 Line: 13

Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
F. C. Dubinsky

Captain Frederick C. “Rick” Dubinsky, who retired from United Airlines in 
November 2002, was a professional pilot at the airline for more than 37 years, 
having begun his career in October 1965. Rick’s formal educational background 
included engineering studies at the University of Oklahoma and at Washington 
University in St. Louis in the early 1960s. However, decades later, after his 
focus shifted toward labor interests, in 1991 Rick earned a Bachelor of Arts 
Degree from the George Meany Center for Labor Studies of Antioch University, 
becoming the first airline pilot to do so.
During the course of his long airline career Rick flew most of United’s fleet 
types – from historic Douglas DC-6 and Vickers Viscount propeller aircraft to 
nearly every model of Boeing jetliner United operated during those years. He 
was domiciled in Newark, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C. At 
the time of his retirement Rick was one of United’s very most senior captains 
and was assigned to the Boeing 747-400, flying long-haul international routes 
out of Chicago’s O’Hare field to major capital cities in Asia.
Rick served an unprecedented seven years as chairman of the United Airlines 
Pilot’s Master Executive Council (UAL-MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, 
International (ALPA), having been elected to that office on four separate 
occasions during the years 1986 through 2001. In that position he managed the 
day-to-day activities of pilot union representation and collective bargaining 
for United’s more than 10,000 professional pilots.
Rick’s background in ALPA activities was unusually broad and spanned nearly his 
entire airline-flying career. At the national level he served as a member of 
ALPA’s Board of Directors and Executive Board, as chairman of one its primary 
subcommittees and as the chairman or member of a number of other ALPA national 
committees. At the United Airlines level, besides his leadership role as 
chairman of the UAL-MEC, he also served as that governing body’s secretary 
treasurer in the mid-1970s, and as the chairman, vice-chairman or functioning 
member of several major committees, including a term as vice-chairman of the 
Negotiating Committee. Rick is most notably remembered for his successful role 
as the chairman of the United Pilots’ Strike Committee in 1985, for which 
United’s outdone management dubbed him “Maddog.” At the domicile level he 
repeatedly served as a local council representative or member of a number of 
local council committees.
During the years 2000 and 2001 Rick served as a member of the Board of 
Directors of UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines. 
Additionally, in the late 1980s he served as the executive vice-president, 
secretary and member of the Board of Directors of the United Employee 
Acquisition Corporation, and as the president and member of the Board of 
Directors of Airline Acquisition Corporation. In that capacity he led the 
initial attempts of United’s employees to acquire majority ownership of UAL 
through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Over the course of his professional life Rick held a number of advisory board 
member or elected officer positions in numerous organizations, both within and 
without the airline industry. He was frequently called upon to lecture at 
college seminars or speak to professional trade groups about his unique 
experiences and perspectives. After his retirement Rick was a founding member 
and director of the United Retired Pilots Benefit Protection Association.
Taken together, Captain Rick Dubinsky’s many years of tireless service to his 
fellow pilots, the Air Line Pilots Association, his airline and to his 
profession was exceptional and distinguished him from among 

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