AFA - US
Airways E-Line July 8, 2002
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Contents:
Notes
from the US Airways Negotiating Committee
Message to Members 7-8-02
Monday, 7/8/02
- After the July 4 holiday break, the Negotiating Committee is meeting
again in Washington, DC. We are working on finalizing the contract language
in the tentative agreement and preparing the information to send to all
flight attendants.
The Negotiating Committee
is also in the process of scheduling road shows in each base, where the
Negotiating Committee and our advisors will come to your domicile to go
through the tentative agreement and answer your questions. We have tentatively
scheduled the road shows to begin on July 19. We will mail out a final
road show schedule, with locations in each city, as soon as it is finalized.
To make this important decision,
a complete packet of information, including the details of the entire tentative
agreement, along with voting ballots and instructions is being prepared
for you. It will be mailed next week.
The Committee is working
with the International Office to determine balloting dates. At this point,
the vote count date is tentatively scheduled for mid-August.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Tomorrow's e-line will include a comprehensive letter from MEC President
Karen Lascoli, as well as a Tentative Agreement Fact Sheet, which will
include more details on the costs and different options available in the
tentative agreement's health plan, charts to explain the vacation changes,
and a chart to show the tentative's wage rates through the term of the
agreement.
Until then, keep flying and
keep up to date with the Hotline - 800-654-3143, Website - www.afausairways.org
, E-Line or Negotiations Info Telephone Line - 800-531-3242.
Secondary
lines for the August bid month
Secondary lines for the August
bid month have been created. As a reminder, Secondary lines opened on July
6, 2002, and close July 11, 2002. The number of lines for each domicile
are as follows:
BOS 42
LGA 17
DCA 77
PIT 311
PIW 40
PHL 279
PHW 108
CLT 287
CLW 36
Tammi Highwart
MEC Scheduling Committee
Chair
(MALE)
UNIFORM ALERT
Once again there are sizing
irregularities in the MALE shirts! Some of the inventory is mismarked.
Try your shirts on before washing. If the neck is wrong it can be returned
if it has not been laundered. If the sleeve and shirt tail is too long,
like a Tall, either return the shirt or obtain pre-authorization from a
supervisor for alteration expenses.
Jodi Brass (Weigand), MEC
Uniform Committee Chair
JWeigand@AFAUSAIRWAYS.ORG
NOTICE
OF ELECTION:
LONG-TERM DISABILITY
BOARD - ALTERNATE MEMBER
NOTICE OF ELECTION
US Airways Master
Executive Council
POSITION AVAILABLE
LONG-TERM DISABILITY BOARD
ALTERNATE MEMBER
Position to be filled at
the MEC Meeting on July 29, 2002. Location and time to be announced. This
position is available due to a vacancy. The term of office runs through
December 31, 2004.
Qualifications:
US Airways Flight Attendant
AFA member in good standing
Position Summary
LONG TERM DISABILITY BOARD
A. SCOPE
1. The LTD/R Board shall
review the status of the LTD and Retirement plans as outlined in Section
22.H of the Flight Attendant Working Agreement.
2. The LTD/R shall include
two (2) members and one (1) alternate member elected by the MEC.
B. POLICY
1. The LTD/R Board will be
knowledgeable about all current contract provisions in regards to LTD,
retirement, and the Back to Work agreement.
2. The LTD/R Board shall
advise the membership of any changes in Company, legislative, or judicial
policy regarding LTD and retirement. The Committee will disseminate such
information in a manner to keep the membership well informed. This may
be accomplished via MEC Newsletters, the LEC LTD/R Representatives, or
Local Council meetings.
3. The LTD/R Board shall
work to guarantee Flight Attendants LTD and retirement benefits equivalent
to the best in the Company and the industry.
The LTD/R Board will work
to promote AFA's interest in all areas of LTD and retirement.
C. DUTIES
1. Hearing all disputes arising
out of the application and interpretation of the Plan.
2. Develop rules and procedures
not otherwise specified in the Plan.
3. Periodically review the
status of the plan including the:
Actuarial practices
Investment policies and
administration of the Fund
Expenses and compensation
in connection with the Fund.
Application/Resume Information:
Qualified applicants should
request an application by calling the US Airways AFA MEC office at 412-262-3110
or visit the AFA US Airways web site Go HERE
to submit your application online, fill it out and submit. Resumes are
recommended but not required.
Send all completed applications
and/or resumes to:
US Mail:
AFA - US Airways MEC
MEC LTD Position
One Thorn Run Center
1187 Thorn Run Road Extension
Suite 320
Coraopolis, Pa 15108
Fax to:412-262-2310
Email to: Joanne Trihey -
MEC V.P. jtrihey@afausairways.org
Deadline:
All applications and/or
resumes should be at the MEC office no later than July 22, 2002.
NOTICE OF ELECTION:
SYSTEM BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
- ALTERNATE MEMBER
NOTICE OF ELECTION
US Airways Master
Executive Council
POSITION AVAILABLE:
SYSTEM BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
ALTERNATE MEMBER
Position to be filled at
the MEC Meeting on July 29, 2002. Location and time to be announced. This
position is available due to a vacancy. The term of office runs through
December 31, 2004.
Qualifications:
US Airways Flight Attendant
AFA member in good standing
Position Summary
ARTICLE VII
SYSTEM BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
A. SCOPE
Members are to serve on the
System Board of Adjustment for the purpose of arbitrating any disputes
or grievances, which may arise under the terms of the Agreement between
US Airways and its Flight Attendants.
B. POLICY
1. There shall be two (2)
members and five (5) alternates elected to represent the Association.
2. System Board members shall
be elected for a two (2) year term of office or until their successors
have been duly elected. At least one Union member and Alternate shall be
elected each year so as to ensure, insofar as possible, that both Union
members will not at any time both be new.
3. The System Board members
will act in the best interest of the membership and the Association and
will be consistent with the Agreement between the Flight Attendants and
US Airways.
4. The System Board members
will be required to update the System Board Index every six months.
5. System Board members shall
assist in the development and presentation of the yearly Grievance Chairperson's
Seminar.
Application/Resume
Information:
Qualified applicants should
request an application by calling the US Airways AFA MEC office at 412-262-3110
or visit the AFA US Airways web site Go HERE
to submit your application online, fill it out and submit. Resumes are
recommended but not required.
Send all completed applications
and/or resumes to:
US Mail:
AFA - US Airways MEC
MEC System Board Position
One Thorn Run Center
1187 Thorn Run Road Extension
Suite 320
Coraopolis, Pa 15108
Fax to:412-262-2310
Email to: Joanne Trihey -
MEC V.P. jtrihey@afausairways.org
Deadline:
All applications and/or
resumes should be at the MEC office no later than July 22, 2002.
U.S. flight
crews face new threat
Terrorists suspected of taking
clothes, credentials
July 5, 2002
BY DANIEL G. FRICKER FREE
PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Suspected terrorists have
stolen dozens of U.S. airline flight crew uniforms, flight bags, credentials
and passports in a worldwide rash of hotel room break-ins since the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks, a security official said Thursday.
The thefts are alarming because
they are more frequent and more professional than previous break-ins, and
because the thieves pass up valuables such as cameras in favor of items
that could outfit a flight crew, said Capt. Steve Luckey, chairman of the
national security committee at the Air Line Pilots Association.
ALPA, which is based in Herndon,
Va., represents 66,000 commercial airline pilots in North America.
"This seems to be taking
up a pattern," said Luckey, a retired Northwest Airlines pilot. "It's becoming
global and the modus operandi appears to be becoming standard through the
world. The modus operandi is getting specific toward identity theft instead
of valuable items. They used to steal cameras and jewelry and stuff like
that."
The break-ins have become
so frequent that ALPA is holding daily discussions with FBI counterterrorism
experts and hopes to develop a procedure for pilots to report the thefts,
Luckey said.
Most of the break-ins have
occurred in Western Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia and other parts of Asia,
he said.
Luckey said he did not know
the exact number of break-ins because the union has no reporting procedure,
but anecdotal reports point to an increase since Sept. 11.
ALPA fears terrorists could
use the stolen items to manufacture a series of flight crew uniforms or
outfit a crew of impostors.
The union is asking the U.S.
Transportation Security Administration to issue flight crews and federal
air marshals identification cards that contain distinguishing characteristics
such as fingerprints or iris scans, Luckey said.
The FBI and the Transportation
Security Administration, which oversees aviation security, have declined
to comment.
On Tuesday, union leaders
representing 6,500 Northwest pilots warned the pilots that Middle Eastern-looking
males and females may be watching flight crews at hotels, restaurants and
bars in London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
The ALPA council posted the
warning on its Web site, recorded it for its 800-number and sent e-mails
to the pilots. The union leaders issued the alerts after United and American
airlines flight crews reported being watched in those cities.
Luckey said he met Tuesday
with Northwest security managers to discuss ways of alerting pilots to
threats and the threshold for assuming a threat is legitimate.
Northwest declined to comment
Thursday, spokeswoman Mary Beth Schubert said.
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