AFA - US Airways E-Line
September 14, 2002
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Contents:
Transatlantic
F/A Illnesses on A330's
MEC E-Line Association of Flight Attendants,
AFL-CIO
US AIRWAYS AFA Safety & Health
Committee
September 14, 2002
Transatlantic F/A Illnesses on A330's
If you or a flight attendant you know
has suffered from the following symptoms working the A330, please contact
Nancy Gilmer at ngilmer@afausairways.org or at 301-912-1223.
Light-headedness/dizziness,
severe headache, nausea, associated with;
o Tingling
of extremities
o Disorientation
o Impaired
mental abilities
o Impaired
muscle control/twitching
o Tunnel
vision
o Increased
salivation
o Euphoria
We need written documentation of incidents
in which F/As have experienced the above symptoms (flight#, date, city
pair, aircraft #).
Cabin Curtains
– Opened or Closed?
We appreciate the responses we got
from flight attendants on this subject. Please understand that the
position taken was based on the consensus of the AFA Safety & Health
Committee. If you have not shared your opinion with us, either for
or against the new policy of closing the curtain, please respond to this
e-line message.
For those flight attendants who believe
that the curtain should remain open for security reasons, we have the following
recommendation: If, as a cabin crew, you agree that the curtain should
be open, ask your Captain if he/she will allow it. FAR 91.3 gives
the Captain the final authority in the operation of the flight.
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