• SUMMER 2007 TRANS-ATLANTIC SCHEDULE

• JUNE TRANSFER POSTING

• MAY SEASONAL LODO BID

• DEADHEAD IS A MUST RIDE

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• AFA Local Numbers

As you know the Company will continue the seasonal European flying it provided last summer and in addition will add three new destination; Athens, Brussels and Zurich. Most of the seasonal flying will start in mid May. The three new destinations will start as follows:

Athens May 25

Brussels May 28

Zurich June 1

The seasonal flying will end in late October. At this time the Company has left the end date open for Brussels and Zurich which could mean those flights will remain after the other seasonal flying is discontinued.

The summer schedule is below:


IATA Summer 2007 Trans-Atlantic Schedule
Eastbound: 24MAR07-26OCT07
Westbound: 25MAR07-27OCT07

Year-Round Trans-Atlantic Markets

Seasonal Trans-Atlantic Markets

NEW Trans-Atlantic Markets

JUNE TRANSFER POSTING

In anticipation of the Seasonal Flying and understaffing in BOS and LGA the Company issued the following Transfer Posting for June:

BOS + 25
LGA + 5
PHL + 130

The Transfer bids close at twelve noon, Thursday March 8, 2007. The timing of the bid is driven by the June Primary Bid timelines. There are contractual provisions that may be forced into play if the transfer numbers are unsubscribed.

MAY SEASONAL LOD/O BID

The Company issued the following CBS message today:

THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT ATTENDANT LOD/O BIDS ARE EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2007 (MAY BID MONTH): /

PHL - GERMAN +6

PHL - PORTUGUESE +2

PHL - SPANISH +5

This bid is a result of additional seasonal flying. Flight attendants awarded a position as a result of seasonal flying may be released from the program at the conclusion of the seasonal flying.

Those flight attendants wishing to bid into the GERMAN, PORTUGUESE or SPANISH LOD/0 Program for the seasonal positions will be allowed to enter PHL for the seasonal period only. Once seasonal flying is complete, the f/a will return to his/her primary base on record.

Flight Attendants must be language qualified at the time of the bid closing.

LOD/0 Request Forms must be received by 12:00 NOON, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007.

Forms are available on theHub and must be faxed to 480-693-2878 no later than the closing date/time.

The seasonal LOD/O bid is a new concept that has been agreed to in the single agreement negotiations. The intent is to staff the LOD/O required flights with the necessary LOD/Os. There are language qualified Flight Attendants system wide who have been reluctant to bid into PHL for a seasonal position and not be able to leave at the completion of the seasonal flying. For example, Lisbon was not staffed with a LOD/O last year. Any flight that requires a LOD/O that is not staffed with a LOD/O is problematic for both the crew and the customers. The seasonal LOD/O bid should alleviate this problem. The initial bid for May (until the end of the season) is a relatively small number as the May seasonal flying is not for a complete bid month. June will start the full bid month periods of seasonal flying and another seasonal LOD/O bid covering that period will be posted.

DEADHEAD IS A MUST RIDE

Any deadhead, scheduled or unscheduled is a MUST RIDE. You are NOT REQUIRED TO RIDE THE JUMPSEAT. Within the past 48 hours, two Flight Attendants on two different flights have been told by agents the flights they were scheduled to deadhead on were full and they would have to ride the jumpseat. If this happens to you, refuse the request and call crew scheduling. The scheduling department is aware of the contract language but apparently some agents are not. The Union is trying to track down the source of the problem and resolve it.

Thank You,

Mike Flores, President
The US Airways MEC
AFA-CWA

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AFA Local Numbers

Council 40 PIT 724-695-3329
Council 41 DCA 703-212-8090
Council 69 BOS 781-289-8454
Council 70 PHL 215-492-0840
Council 82 LGA 315-736-3483
Council 89 CLT 704-527-0325

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