Dear Members,
Today the company through the CBS re-issued the jumpseat policy for Flight
Attendants traveling on US Airways East aircraft.
Please PRINT this out and carry it with you as this is an official statement
from the company to resolve any questions should they arise at the gate.
Subject: JUMPSEAT DENIAL INFO update CBS
The following CBS message was sent to all flight attendants (East).
Date: Wednesday, 7 February 2007 09:38 ET
To: Emc2-News-c
From: GUNSTEENS.T
Subject: JUMPSEAT DENIAL INFO update
We have received numerous reports from Flight Attendants that they have been
either denied or removed from the jumpseat due to weight and balance
restrictions. The East contract specifically provides that Flight Attendants are
NOT to be removed from the jumpseat due to weight restricted flight. THIS
LANGUAGE DOES NOT APPLY to WEST METAL (AWA flights). The exact East language is
from Section 30.F.6 (page 30-6) and reads as follows:
"6. A flight attendant awarded the cabin jumpseat will not be removed for weight
restricted flights."
The Company has been made aware of this problem and as a result has issued the
following clarification to all stations:
Jumpseat Riders
The following jumpseat riders must not be removed when there are weight
restrictions on a flight.
- Riders with priority codes of P1 - P7 and A1
- Flight Attendant jumpseat riders
If necessary, denied boarding must be offered to revenue passengers and if no
one volunteers then involuntary denied boarding must be invoked.
Refer to F*PPD/WEIGHT/RESTRICT in SABRE for additional information.
Thank you,
The US Airways MEC
AFA-CWA
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