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OPTION 18

The information available on Option 18 will be changed- and for good reason.

Option 18 currently displays every Activity status for every Reserve in LTO order. The Activity status codes currently displayed include every status code the Company uses to track a Reserve Flight Attendant's availability or unavailability.

Currently everyone in the system has the ability to know the exact reason why a Reserve is unavailable- be it Personal (PER), Death in the Family (DIF), Unpaid Disciplinary Suspension (DSU), Sick (SCK) and Medical (MED) among others. These codes do not give any indication of how long a Flight Attendant may be unavailable. For example, one can only assume a PER day code associated with a particular Flight Attendant today means that Flight Attendant will become available at midnight. He/she might or might not.

Over the past year the members of the MEC have received numerous queries from Reserves regarding that ability. After careful consideration the MEC decided to engage the Company in discussions about removing personal information from Option 18. The MEC believes there is no reason for anyone to know why a Flight Attendant is unavailable.

The Company agreed with the MEC's assessment the reason someone was unavailable was between the Company and the Flight Attendant and such information should not be displayed publicly.

All other information currently displayed on Option 18 will remain as is. The MEC realizes that Option 18 is a valuable tool for a Reserve Flight Attendant to be able to gauge the activity of available Reserves in relation to their own schedule. All pertinent information for that process will still be available.

There is no valid reason for anyone to have the ability to peer into any other Flight Attendants private life.

The Company is currently in the process of programming the change and you will be informed when the information will be removed and how unavailable Flight Attendants will appear on Option 18.

Thank you,

Mike Flores, President
The US Airways Master Executive Council
AFA-CWA

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