• Non-Rev Boarding Policy
• BOS LEC Representatives - Contact Information

Dear Members,

Please check your mail files and please participate in this signature campaign regarding the Company's indication of changing the non revenue TRAVEL policy.

We have always been afforded travel by a seniority based boarding priority system an opportunity to provide your feedback has been available to ALL EMPLOYEES via the HUB. Both the mailing address and the HUB information were posted and still are on both AFA Boards. Even if you have taken this opportunity via both venues to provide your feedback, please additionally fill out this form and follow the directions of placing it in the Council/69 Caramello mail file by the deadline designated. Please review the Letter presented to Doug Parker from the MEC ALPA Chairperson/AFA President on behalf of all organized labor which may be read on the MEC E-Line / BOS E-Line once posted / BOS Crew room/ Mail Room AFA Boards.

Thank you,
Lynne Caramello
LECP Council/69


BELOW IS THE INFORMATION IN YOUR MAIL FILE

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Dear Mr. Parker,

I am in FAVOR of a non-revenue travel policy that offers EMPLOYEES the stability and relative predictability of a seniority based boarding priority. 


NAME__________________________________________ EMPLOYEE #______________________

RANK__________________ 


*PLEASE PLACE RETURNED RESPONSE IN COUNCIL/69 LCARAMELLO MAIL FILE NO LATER THAN 5/11/06

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Non-Revenue Boarding Policy Change?

Below is a letter sent to Doug Parker from Jack Stephan/ALPA Chairman and Mike Flores / AFA MEC President on behalf of the organized employees of US Airways/East regarding the indications from the Company of changing the non revenue travel boarding policy. On May 15th, a Labor Coalition Meeting will be held in PHX with the Company, as indicated in this correspondence, Labor groups will be discussing this indication of change in policy and will continue to voice objection on behalf of all union membership/East.

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April 28, 2006

Mr. Doug Parker
CEO and Chairman
US Airways, Inc.
111 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona 85281

Dear Mr. Parker,

As the leaders of the US Airways Labor Unions, we represent all of the organized employees of US Airways. We are writing this joint letter to call to your attention to an issue that we feel requires your direct consideration. We are writing about an issue of great importance to your employees, many of which rely on US Airways for travel to fulfill their obligation to their employer.

With this merger, America West Airlines has merged with a mature and diverse US Airways, an airline that is geographically distributed across the United States and particularly the Eastern United States. Because of the inherently unstable nature of this industry, many employees will not continuously relocate their families as their job moves from city to city. Consequently, many employees rely on a measure of stability and predictability in non-revenue travel so that these employees can deliver both excellence in the workplace as well as a sense of stability to their family at home (wherever that may be). Stability, in the eyes of these employees, is provided by a non-revenue travel policy that recognizes years of service to our airline.

Recent communications from the US Airways offices in Tempe have indicated that this stability and relative predictability of non-revenue travel may be in jeopardy, displaced by a different travel policy that affords employees no predictability whatsoever. Further, this alternative (America West) travel policy provides no recognition for the devoted service provided by employees who have spent their working years building this airline.

For the reasons mentioned above, we are asking you to make a choice. We are asking you to choose a company-wide non-revenue travel policy that affords stability and relative predictability to all of your employees. We are asking that length of service be respected and recognized as the method of establishing boarding priority for non-revenue travel.

We look forward to discussing this with you at the forthcoming meeting between the Labor leaders and the Labor Committee of the Board of Directors.


Sincerely,

Jack Stephan, Chairman        Mike Flores, President
   US Airways MEC              US Airways MEC AFA-CWA

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Below is current policy still in effect.

Boarding Priority
All non-revenue travelers are issued a priority code that determines the order of boarding. The "SA" in the code stands for "Space Available." The number represents the boarding priority order (i.e., first, second, third). 
With the launch of the online ETC, new boarding priorities for pass travel will take effect. These boarding priorities are synchronized across the system and will replace the transitional boarding priorities that were in effect between September and the launch of the online ETC. The following table lists each priority and gives a brief description of how non-revs will be prioritized. 

In categories SA1 through SA6, employees within the priority will be boarded by time of check-in when traveling on pre-merger HP flights, while on all pre-merger US flights, boarding within each priority will be ordered by date of hire (seniority).

Other airline employees traveling either on company or personal business as well as applicants of non-wholly owned US Express carriers will board by time of check-in (current day seniority) on both pre-merger HP and pre-merger US flights.

US Airways
NRSA Boarding Priority Codes 
Effective: April 26, 2006 

Lynne Caramello
LECP Council/69/BOS
LCaramello@afausairways.org

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Council 69/BOS LEC Representatives - Contact Information

Sherri Baker - Reserve Representative - sbaker@afausairways.org
Karen Delutis - Professional Standards - kdelutis@afausairways.org  1 508 279 4999

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!

Council69@afausairways.org