Contents:

• US Airways to Meet with MEC Special Advisory Committee
• Vacation Buyback for July 2002 
• PHW ITD Releases 
• Chairperson of the MEC Insurance & Benefits Committee
• Have you updated your profile yet?

Last week, US Airways management showed leadership from all the unions a broad outline of their 7 - year plan including their desire to cut $1.2 billion annually in permanent cost reductions, with $950 million annually coming from unionized employees. (This is a correction to a previous E-line message.) 

AFA is in the process of analyzing this plan. 

This week, the Company will specify what it wants in terms of sacrifices from the flight attendants in a meeting with the AFA MEC Special Advisory Committee on Tuesday, May 21. 

The Special Advisory Committee consists of MEC President Karen Lascoli, LEC President Buddy Brannon (BOS), LEC President Teddy Xidas (PIT), AFA Staff Attorney Stefani Brown, and from AFA's Collective Bargaining Department, Attorney Ben Elliott. 

Following the meeting, AFA MEC President Karen Lascoli will call a special meeting of the entire Master Executive Council, scheduled for May 22 & 23, to discuss the information and how we are going to respond on your behalf. 

We're committed to helping this airline survive and thrive in the future, but we still need to see exactly what is asked of us before we even discuss sacrifices.

Management must understand clearly that anything we discuss with them must contain safeguards that protect the future of our flight attendants and their families.

So far, CEO Siegel has pledged that labor cost reductions will: 

•  impact lowest-paid employees the least 
• involve management employee participation 
• include pursuit of protection of aggregate work force levels 
• feature employee participation in "the up side through profit-sharing" 

• apply for a federally guaranteed loan 
• increase revenue 
• enter into new code-sharing agreements 
• add a significant number of small jets, if it gets labor agreement 

If you have questions, call your Local Council or email the MEC:  answers@afausairways.org. 

The Company is offering/awarding vacation buyback in DCA and PHL only for July 2002. 

Vacation Buyback will not be awarded in any ITD base.

Please contact you supervisor or Inflight Administration with any questions. 

Due to the reduction in flying out of the PHW domicile, the Company will offer a limited number of voluntary releases from the International Transoceanic Domicile (ITD) Program for the reminder of the 2002 bid in PHW. The releases will be effective July 1, 2002. 

If you are interested in applying for a release from the PHW ITD program for 2002, you must submit your request in writing by 9:00 am, Monday, May 20, 2002 to Inflight Administration, Crystal City. 

Fax your request to Inflight Administration at (703) 872-6476. 

A list of released flight attendants will be sent to the PHW domicile,  no later than 12:00 pm Monday, May 20, 2002. Additionally, each flight attendant who is released from PHW will receive a phone call verifying their release. 

Should you have any questions, please contact you supervisor or Inflight Administration.

The telephone contact for the Chairperson of the MEC Insurance & Benefits Committee was incorrectly listed in the latest MEC newsletter. If you must contact Julie Tierney by phone, the number to call is 724-457-7770. e-mail: jtierney@afausairways.org Please make a note of it. 

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