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Displacement
List Not Available Until Friday
Inflight
notified AFA at 6:10 this evening that the
displacement
list will not be available until Friday
afternoon.
We will post the list as soon as we receive
it.
Change
In Boarding Priority For Pass Riding
Effective
May 1, 2003, US Airways is making changes
to
the space available boarding priority for employees
of
US Airways and US Airways Express wholly owned
carriers.
Active employees and retired employees with
20
or more years of service with the company (and
eligible
family members and domestic partners) will
now
board at an S3 boarding priority. Retired employees
with
fewer than 20 years and employees on leave will
continue
to travel at an S4 boarding priority.
Registered
companions and those traveling on companion
passes,
will board at S3 when accompanying the employee
and
will board at S7 when traveling without the
employee.
Also, registered companions traveling alone
will
be subject to the same embargo that applies to
companion
pass travelers, which prohibits traveling
alone
to Europe from May 1 to Nov. 1 each year.
The
improved boarding priority for active employees
recognizes
their greater need for timely space
available
travel, said Jerry Glass, senior vice
president
of Employee Relations. We also want to
recognize
those retirees who provided extensive service
to
the company. While we would like nothing better
than
to have kept all boarding priorities the same,
the
downsizing of the airline and the reduction in time
off
for our active employees has necessitated a revision
in
our policy. We must do all we can to maximize the
ability
of our active employees to board our flights
with
the limited time off that is available to them,
he
said.
Please
be advised that this type of change has nothing
to
do with the Flight Attendant Agreement and is not
a
grievable issue.
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