BOS Council 69 News-Line

Association of Flight
Attendants - CWA

Council 69 Local & System News

*BOSTON Quick Notes*

Boston News-Line Archive

In this Issue of the Boston News-Line

January 24, 2009

  • Ribbons - Honoring Crew on 1549

  • MEC Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting

  • Local Council 69 BOS Meeting (2nd) Reminder

  • Crew Accommodations Local Chair and committee Meeting

  • Council 69/BOS LEC Representatives - Contact Information

Dear Members,

Ribbons - Honoring Crew on 1549

AFA is providing blue and white ribbons to wear pinned behind your wings to honor the crew and their heroic actions on board flight 1549 - the ribbons have been placed in your AFA file - black file cabinets in the mail room. Simple instructions for pinning the ribbons are above the file cabinets and posted on the AFA board in the crew room.

The company is allowing flight attendants to wear this simple ribbon to honor the crew on flight 1549.

MEC Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting

The combined MEC Meetings and Board of Directors Meetings will be held in Milwaukee, WI. Travel to and meetings begin on March 28th and end on April 4th. January 31st is the deadline for submission of Agenda Items. After which the International Office will provide all agenda items to each council to review with their membership.

Local Council 69 BOS Meeting (2nd) Reminder

Just another reminder that a local meeting will be held on March 18th at the IAM Hall, 830 Saratoga Street, E Boston, Ma. from 10:00 until 2:00. The agenda for this meeting still has not been completed but will include the agenda Items that have been submitted for action at the Board of Directors meeting. Thanks for your patience. Other reminders will be sent out as the date nears.

Crew Accommodations Local Chair and committee Meeting

Just a reminder, Heather Santello has volunteered for the Local Crew Accommodations position in Boston and recently attended the first Crew Accommodations meeting chaired by Jody Compton, MEC Chairperson. Heather will attend a site inspection as part of her training and then begin to receive all hotel reports submitted via the HUB by Boston based flight attendants. Again, anytime you have a compliment or complaint, please submit this feedback via the hotel report on the HUB. It is the fastest way for the company and AFA to receive this information. If you have a camera phone or carry a camera taking pictures also assists the committee. Supplying the name/names of hotel employees that you speak to allows the company the ability to speak directly to the individual(s) involved should the need arise.

Additionally, please remember there is a Crew Accommodations binder in the BOS crew room for your reference which contains the MEC Crew Accommodations reports/updates and names of hotels that have been chosen after a site inspection. For consistency, a binder containing the same information will be available in every East crew room.

Council 69 Officers

Lynne Caramello - LECP/BOS
LCaramello@afausairways.org
HM Office 781 289 8454
Mobile 617 470 3872
FAX 1 206 289 8457

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Council 69/BOS LEC Representatives - Contact Information

 

Lynne Caramello - LECP - LCaramello@afausairways.org
Sherri Baker - LECVP - SBaker@afausairways.org
Sherri Baker - Reserve Representative - sbaker@afausairways.org
Jill Atwood - LEC Secretary - JAtwood@afausairways.org
Jill Atwood - LEC Safety Representative - JAtwood@afausairways.org
Heather Santello - LEC Uniform Representative - HSantello@afausairways.org

 

FYI - Do you have the MedLink number to program in your cell phone - 1-602 239-3627 / program it in now.  Should you find yourself or another crewmember needing Medlink on a layover you can call this number.

 

-- Do you have the Flightline questions number?  - 1 800 659 9859

 

-- Check out the DELL Computer/Employee discount program at the bottom of the page on the AFA website www.afausairways.org  DELL has some great deals on computers!

2009 Council 69

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