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Dear Members,
IMPORTANT RESERVE ISSUE CONFERENCE CALL ADJOURNED WITH OUT
DISCUSSION BY C41 AND C70 ON A ROLL CALL VOTE
What? Are Reserves just chop liver?
A MEC Conference call was called by Council 69, seconded by
Council 89 in advance pursuant to the AFA Constitution and
By-Laws for today, Friday, July 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Agenda:
to discuss a very important reserve issue concerning bidding and
awarding of a system bid charter and what may be a benefit for a
reserve flight attendant.
The MEC President immediately changed the agenda to add an
update on negotiations. The MEC President does not need a second
to change the agenda. The call first went off the record to
discuss negotiations.
The conference call went back on the record to begin discussing
this reserve issue. So that clarification could be offered to a
reserve flight attendant who is interested in placing such a bid
and is awarded the bid it was necessary to have a discussion on
the process. Documentation was supplied IN ADVANCE for all to
review to prepare for this call. Recommendation of adding any
additional issues was requested/suggested. Various questions
were raised and supplied for review. Each Local President is
absolutely responsible to know the contract language pertaining
to an issue.
Please accept my apologies but C 69 has no explanation to offer
as to why , Councils 41 and 70 felt this important reserve issue
could wait until the next MEC conference call scheduled on
August 3rd, 2009 and called for adjournment of the conference
call prior to any discussion on this reserve matter. A system
bid charter is scheduled for award on July 30th and departs on
August 1st. AFA will have no say to how the award will be
handled/processed should a reserve flight attendant have a
standing bid. The MEC President was in agreement that the
reserve issue should wait but never has a vote as he does not
hold a LEC Officer position. A vote to adjourn was called - C
41/C70 in favor - C69/C89/C82 not in favor - C41 called for a
roll call vote - the roll call was taken - C41 / C70 used all of
their votes and they were successful in the roll call vote - the
conference call was adjourned/ended.
C69 / C89 / C82 is not of the same opinion that just because it
was a reserve issue it should be placed on the back burner or
wait for a more convenient time - documentation was provided for
review in advance, clarification was needed / discussion was
needed now, not later. It is a stand alone issue and should not
be placed among the other issues scheduled for the next MEC
monthly conference call. One being discussion on the 35% subsidy
for COBRA related to the VF flight attendants. In C69's opinion
these actions were/are outrageous. Reserve flight attendants pay
dues just like any other flight attendant.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the
local C69 office/mobile line - or if not a member of C69 your
local council office. Any flight attendant may contact the MEC
office Secretary Treasurer to request to review the minutes of
this MEC conference call at the MEC Office once they have been
reviewed and approved (pursuant to the Constitution & By-laws)
by the MEC which will take place at the MEC Meeting on September
22/23/24, 2009 in CLT.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
Lynne Caramello LECP BOS
*Information/clarification on Conference Calls*
Conference calls - every MEC Conference call is charged to the
MEC Budget not local budget - each local council participant is
allowed 2:00 of FPL for their council to be charged to the MEC
Budget. MEC Conference calls are part of doing the business of
the union. Yes, other carriers have MEC Conference calls.
At the end of the fiscal year when a local council has monies
left over in their respective budgets/monies from their local
membership dues - a small portion is returned to the council to
be applied to their next fiscal year's budget and the rest of
the monies become part of the $10,000.00 returned and added
towards the MEC Budget. If an MEC budget is over, the $10,000.00
is applied to any overage. A local council, particularly one who
returns monies to the MEC budget, should not be chastised for
calling an MEC conference call on an important issue. The issue
is important not just to the council calling the meeting but to
the entire membership therefore a FPL charge to the MEC budget
not local budget.
C69 was able to work within the local budget allocation and had
a balance at the end of fiscal 09 and a portion of this balance
was returned and applied to the MEC Budget -
Thank you,
Lynne Caramello
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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
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.
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9859
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