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- VACATION BIDDING
- COMPANY ERROR IN PROCESSING UNION DUES INCREASE
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VACATION BIDDING
The Company sent the following CBS message to Flight
Attendants earlier this month.
Subject: 2009 Annual
Vacation
It's getting close to that time of year again! We are in
the preliminary stages of the 2009 Annual Vacation Bid. Round 1 is
scheduled to open on Friday, Aug. 22nd at 1800 ET and close on Wednesday,
Sept. 24th at 1800 ET. Please refer to Page 7-1 of the FA Agreement for the
2009 Vacation Accrual chart, your accrual is based on the column effective
01/01/09. The number of days listed is the maximum number of days that you
can accrue for 2009 based on your Longevity, but does not include days from
your Excess Days Bank, if applicable. Your accruals will not be available
in Catcrew until the bid opens on August 22nd. In addition, if you were
on an UNPAID leave of absence leave during 2008, your 2009 Accrual may be
prorated depending on the length of your UNPAID leave.
The accrual chart on page 7-1 of the Flight Attendant
Contract has
been copied below for your convenience:
A. Vacation Accrual
1. A flight attendant will be eligible for vacation accrual, subject to the
completion of his/her probationary period, according to the years of employment
completed as a flight attendant and number of full months of employment as a
flight attendant in the preceding calendar year as follows:
Years of
Service |
Eff.
1/1/05 |
Eff.
1/1/06 |
Eff.
1/1/09 |
| 1 |
6 days |
7 days |
7 days |
| 2 |
6 days |
7 days |
7 days |
| 3 |
6 days |
7 days |
7 days |
| 4 |
6 days |
7 days |
7 days |
| 5 |
9 days |
10 days |
10 days |
| 6 |
11 days |
12 days |
12 days |
| 7 |
12 days |
14 days |
14 days |
| 8 |
12 days |
14 days |
14 days |
| 9 |
12 days |
14 days |
14 days |
| 10 |
16 days |
18 days |
18 days |
| 11 |
16 days |
18 days |
18 days |
| 12 |
16 days |
18 days |
18 days |
| 13 |
19 days |
21 days |
21 days |
| 14 |
19 days |
21 days |
21 days |
| 15 |
19 days |
21 days |
21 days |
| 16 |
20 days |
23 days |
23 days |
| 17 |
20 days |
23 days |
23 days |
| 18 |
20 days |
23 days |
23 days |
| 19 |
21 days |
24 days |
24 days |
| 20 |
24 days |
27 days |
27 days |
| 21 |
24 days |
27 days |
27 days |
| 22 |
24 days |
27 days |
27 days |
| 23 |
25 days |
28 days |
28 days |
| 24 |
25 days |
28 days |
28 days |
| 25 |
25 days |
28 days |
31 days |
| 26 |
25 days |
28 days |
31 days |
| 27 |
25 days |
28 days |
31 days |
| 28 |
25 days |
28 days |
31 days |
| 29 |
25 days |
28 days |
31 days |
| 30 |
25 days |
28 days |
35 days |
The vacation program looks at projected years of
service in the current calendar year to determine the rate of accrual and the
number of days available to bid for the following calendar year.
Example-
A Flight Attendant projected to complete 25, 26, 27, 28 or 29 years of
service anytime during the 2008 calendar year will bid for 31 days of vacation
to be used in 2009.
Example-
A Flight Attendant projected to complete
30 years of service anytime during the 2008 calendar year will bid for 35 days
of vacation to be used in 2009.
2009 Annual
Vacation Opening & Closing Dates
Vacation will be
awarded based on your Jan 1, 2009 domicile.
Round 1 Opens:
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 1800 ET.
Round 1 Closes:
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 1800 ET.
Round 1 Results:
Posted in CBS:
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 at 1800 ET.
Round 2 Opens:
Monday, October 6th, 2008 at 1800 ET.
Round 2 Closes:
Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 1800 ET.
Round 2, Assignment Round & Final Results Posted
in CBS Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at 1800 ET.
Remember: Enter
bids in Catcrew Option 14.
Protective Bid: Review bids & print from Catcrew Option 13.
Company Error In Processing Union Dues Increase
As you know, at last years AFA Board of Directors (BOD)
meeting, the AFA Board of Directors, (all Local Executive Council Presidents
from all AFA represented carriers) voted not to opt out of the merger with CWA.
The decision meant that for the first time in 14 years our dues would be
increased as a result of the merger agreement with CWA. The following link will
take to you to an October 10, 2007 Eline that explained the various scenarios
surrounding the decision the Local Executive Council Presidents were
faced with at the 2007 BOD meeting.
http://www.afausairways.org/Eline/oct10_07.htm
The dues increase took effect June 2008. East Flight
Attendant AFA dues are paid out of the “15th” pay check. The AFA
notified the Company in a timely manner of the increase and was assured the
programming was in place to reflect the increase on the July 15 pay check. That
did not happen and the July 15th pay check included a dues charge for $39.00.
Therefore, the $4 increase that should have been reflected in a $43.00 dues
charge on the July 15, 2008 paycheck will be added to the August 15, 2008
paycheck. Dues for the August 15, 2008 paycheck will be for a total of $47.00.
The program has been corrected and beginning with the
September 15, 2008 paycheck the dues payment will be $43.00. The error only
occurred on East Flight Attendant pay checks. The West Flight Attendants’ were
correctly charged dues in the amount of $43.00.
The Company issued the following CBS message regarding
their error.
Date: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 19:30
ET
To:
Emc2-News-c
From: KINSEY.P
Subject: Union Dues
Increase
The AFA notified the Company and all Flight
Attendants of a scheduled
increase to the monthly union dues. The announcement included a request
to the Company to change the monthly union dues deductions from $39.00
to $43.00 effective June 1st, 2008. The first increase in union dues
should have occurred on the July 15th paycheck; however, the Company
failed to make the change in the payroll system to account for the increase.
To rectify this situation, the additional $4.00 will be deducted from each
F/A's paycheck on August 15th, along with the new monthly dues amount of
$43.00. The total will be in the amount of $47.00. The September 15th
paycheck will return to the standard dues amount of $43.00.
We apologize to the AFA and the Flight Attendants for this error.
Thank you,
Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
AFA-CWA
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