AFA - US Airways E-Line
March 27, 2002
http://www.afausairways.org/eline.htm
Contents:
From AFA-US
Airways Safety Committee - Minimum F/A Crew
| Remember, FAR
121.391 requires the FAA-required minimum crew to be on board at origination,
termination and at through stops DURING boarding and deplaning.
On through stops, when passengers
are NOT boarding or deplaning, the crew can be reduced.
If you encounter difficulties
such as being unable to get in touch with the gate agent to advise of a
duplicate seating problem, please file a Cabin Safety Report and leave
a copy in the mail file of your local safety committee.
We are required BY LAW to
be on the aircraft for SAFETY, not for customer service. If there
are problems associated with compliancewith this FAR, it is up to the company
to resolve them. Don't jeopardize the safety of your passengers and
fellow crew members by getting off the aircraft for customer service reasons.
Write it up!
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F/As Required for
Passenger Boarding & Deplaning
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Aircraft Type
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F/As Required for Passenger
Boarding & Deplaning
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A319
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3
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A320
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3
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A321
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4
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A330
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8
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ALL 737
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3
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757
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4
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767
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5
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F100
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3
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MD-80
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3
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Note:
If the aircraft type is staffed only with the minimum number listed above,
no F/A may step off the aircraft during the boarding/ deplaning process
for any reason other than emergency.
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Airline
May Seek Loan Guarantee - US Airways CEO Hints at Hope That Employees Will
Take Pay Cuts
By Keith L. Alexander
Washington Post Staff
Writer
Wednesday, March 27,
2002; Page E03
US Airways' intimation that
it might seek pay cuts from its employees could be a sign that the airline
is preparing to apply for a federal loan guarantee, industry sources said
yesterday.
In a recorded message this
week, David N. Siegel, the Arlington-based airline's new chief executive,
told employees that labor contracts signed during better times "do not
make a lot of sense in today's airline industry environment" and that wages
should not be tied to those of employees at the nation's four largest airlines.
Read the Washington Post
article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22698-2002Mar26.html
Labor
blasts airline CEO's statement
The Charlotte Observer
Posted on Mon, Mar. 25, 2002
TED REED ~ Staff Writer
The honeymoon ended Monday
for David Siegel, two weeks after he took office as US Airways president
and CEO.
Siegel was blasted by labor
leaders hours after he posted a telephone message for employees, saying
the airline's "parity plus one" compensation plan doesn't make sense.
Read the Charlotte Observer
article: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/2933889.htm
Mesaba
Airlines Flight Attendants Ratify First Contract
Wednesday March 27, 11:44
am Eastern Time Press Release
SOURCE: Association of
Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO
MINNEAPOLIS and ST.
PAUL, Minn., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The flight
attendants at Mesaba Airlines, represented by the Association of
Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO,
have ratified their first contract with airline management.
Eighty-one percent of the
flight attendant votes cast were in favor of the contract in the mail ballot
vote counted on Tuesday, Mar. 26. The agreement goes into effect
on April 1. Mesaba flight attendants had been negotiating for their
first contract since May 2000.
"We finally have the protection
of a legally-binding contract and a voice in our workplace," said Tim Evenson,
AFA Master Executive Council President for Mesaba. "The flight attendants
were already dedicated to making Mesaba and our passengers as safe and
secure as possible. This contract gives us the peace of mind that
we are protected now, too."
Some of the highlights of
the new contract include:
* Protection of
flight attendant jobs in case of a merger or transfer of ownership
* Increased rates of pay
and extended pay scale based on years of service
* New holiday pay and increased
per diem
* Moving expenses for involuntarily
displaced flight attendants
* Increased minimum days
off for line-holders
* An eight-hour duty period
* Minimum scheduled rest
time
* 90 day maternity leave
* Formal grievance procedure
* A seniority based process
for reducing/recalling workforce
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