Council 70 Reserve News

Local 70 Reserve Update

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The company has made the Reserve Committee aware of the amount of open time after Thanksgiving.  As a matter of fact it, has actually doubled compared to last year.  Before we were notified of this, the Reserve Committee once again asked for INV days over the holidays.  The MEC made a formal request to the company about giving INV days to the Reserves.  In PHL 81 Reserves will be off for Thanksgiving and 60 of those will be INV days.

I would like to go over a few issues that have come to my attention and I did want to address them with you so that everyone is on the same page.  If you are being called for recrew on an International flight, you are to pick your position at your seniority.  It is not First Come-First Serve on this matter.  Also, please be forthcoming of your Flight Attendant hire date.  This has caused some issues recently and we want to minimize any further delays on the recrewed flights.

There were several phone calls made about the recent System Bid Charter and if a Reserve is permitted to pick up one of these trips.  The answer is YES! You must call 800-327-0117 the prompts are 2,3,1 to hear the System Bid Charters open or 2,3,2 to leave your name and employee number with Scheduling.  Also, refer to this MEC Reserve E-Line   http://www.afausairways.org/reserve/resnews_08_09.htm 

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Reserve Committee

We would also like to say welcome to Jayson Jackson, the newest member of the Reserve Committee. Jayson has many years of being a union rep and we are pleased that he has agreed to work with AFA. Jayson can be reached at 215-713-7284

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These trips will be processed 2 days out starting at 1100 ETD (15.1.A.2).  The crew scheduler shall award system bid charter positions based on a flight attendant’s system seniority and position preference between the hours of 1100 EST and 1400 Est. A flight attendant who bids a system charter will be available by telephone between the hours of 1100 EST and 1400 EST to receive the award.  If you aren’t available by telephone you must indicate “sign in- will call” (15.B.1).  If, for any reason, anyone from the original crew calls off the trip for any reason, Scheduling will contact the next available person on the list for that charter.

If you take OPR from future or daily Scheduling please remember that you must be available for 3 days and 18 hours (11-15.G.1.b.)  If you take OPR and aren’t available for these parameters you will not be permitted to pick up OPR.

UPCOMING MEETING

As a reminder there is a Local Council 70 meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at the PHL Airport Ramada Hotel starting at 10am.  Hector Adler, Vice President of Inflight Services, will be talking to the Flight Attendant for the 1st hour so please bring your questions and concerns so he can answer them for you.  Mike Flores, MEC President, will be talking about negotiations and where the JNC stands today.  Paul Frishkorn, MEC Benefits chair will discuss the changes for the 2010 Benefits Program.  John McCorkle will be going over any local business and talking about any new business.  Any member in good standing is permitted to attend a local meeting.  If you would like to find out if you are in good standing, please contact Omar Bryant at 215-240-0339. You may also contact the AFA-CWA International office at 800-424-2401 and speak to either Bob Kenia at extension 562 or Irell Thompson at extension 565.

In Solidarity,

Dan Sampey, Reserve Chair
215-490-3924 dsampey@afausairways.org 

Jayson Jackson, Reserve Committee
215-713-7284 jjackson@afausairways.org 

AFA OFFICE 215-492-0840
http://www.afausairways.org/phl.htm

 

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