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Dear fellow Council 82
Flight
Attendants,
In your displacement package you each received a copy of a
relocation request form. Please be reminded this is ONLY to be
filled out when you are actually ready to relocate. There has been
some confusion thus far with many flight attendants returning this
form for the purpose of scheduling their 5 consecutive SETTLING
DAYS. If you are looking to schedule your settling days you simply
call Crew Scheduling. If you have submitted your form in error for
the purpose of scheduling your settling days you MUST call
Scheduling since you will not be awarded your days simply because
you submitted the relocation request form. The only reason you can
be denied of your chosen dates is "lack of coverage". If there is a
lack of coverage for those dates, Crew Scheduling will offer you
alternative dates as close to those you had requested. It is
important to note: You DO NOT have to accept the alternative days.
The ultimate choice is YOURS. Remember, you have up to 3 yrs from
your displacement date to utilize settling and moving expenses.
It is also important to note WHEN the days will be payable at 5
hours per day pay and credit. Below is the contract language
taken directly from the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
6. Settling Days/Expenses
Upon request, the Company shall provide a flight attendant
with five (5) consecutive calendar days free of all duty, three (3)
days of
which shall be paid and credited at a rate of five (5:00) hours per
day, for
the purpose of relocating. A flight attendant claiming settling days
will not
be eligible for any premiums (senior, aft lead, "E" galley, LOD/O,
CRAF
and International). The three (3) days of pay and credit in
the
aforementioned sentence is contingent on the following:
(1) A LINEHOLDER may claim up to three (3) days
of pay and
credit provided the settling day(s) for which pay is claimed
falls on a
scheduled duty day as defined by the flight attendant's monthly line
award.
(2) A RESERVE FLIGHT ATTENDANT may claim up to three
(3) days
of pay and credit provided he/she would have been awarded a
pairing/assignment in least time order on the settling day(s) for
which pay is
claimed.
b.
The request for settling days pursuant to Paragraph 6.a. above
must be made in advance to Crew Scheduling and the Company will
honor the five (5) days requested by the flight attendant,
provided adequate reserve coverage is available on such days.
c. In the event the Company is able to grant the settling
days requested by the flight attendant, payment for such
settling days will be in accordance with Paragraph 6.a. above.
d. In the event the Company is unable to grant the
specific settling days requested by the flight attendant,
alternate settling days will be provided as close to the days
initially requested by the flight attendant and settling
expenses will be paid until such five (5) consecutive calendar
days free from all duty are given.
e. Settling and en-route expenses will consist of
reasonable actual expenses, when substantiated by receipts for a
flight attendant and his/her family members incurred for meals,
lodging, and telephone calls. Extraordinary expenses will be
allowed as circumstances indicate.
f. The provisions of Paragraphs 6.a. through e. above
shall not be utilized to reduce subsequent days off.
The payment of moving
expenses shall be subject to the following
conditions:
a. The move
must be completed within three (3) years of the effective date
of the transfer.
b. The flight attendant's new home (as defined in E.
below) must be located within two hundred (200) miles of the
flight attendant's new domicile.
In Solidarity,
Rob Wessinger
LEC President
Council 82 / LGA
315-736-3483 OFFICE
315-404-5257 CELL
315-736-7577 FAX
rwessinger@afausairways.org
Rob
Wessinger
LEC President
Council 82-LGA
Association of Flight Attendants - AFL-CIO
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