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Greetings, AFA 66 eCommunication - Sunday, April 26, 2009 Differences in Taxing for Vacation Pay Differences in Taxing for Vacation Pay The IRS has specific regulations on how Vacation Pay is taxed. When vacation is paid in lieu of time worked, the vacation pay is taxed based on W-4 elections. When an employee chooses to have vacation paid out and does not take the time off, the RS views the wages as supplemental (other than regular wages). Therefore, they are taxed at the default rate of 25%. This applies to all payments made to West Flight Attendants whether part of the regular paycheck or a separate check. PBS Presentation April 30 @ 12:30 pm AFA Council 66 invites you to participate in a Preferential Bidding System (PBS) presentation on Thursday, April 30th, 2009 at the AFA office in Tempe. A Q&A session with AFA Scheduling Chair, Jane Flinn will begin at 12:30 followed by Advanced Optimization Systems Inc. (AOS) at 1 pm. The Negotiating Team would like to involve our members and ask your help in providing feedback and discussion on the potential PBS process and system. This is the fourth presentation offered by Advanced Optimization Systems, Inc. for our members and AFA will continue to offer these presentations throughout the year. AOS has provided these live remote presentations for information and education providing the opportunity to ask questions of the developers and programmers of the system. We look forward to seeing you! New Cabin Seat Agreement with Alaska Airlines May 1, 2009 will begin a reciprocal cabin seat agreement with Alaska Airlines, allowing US Airways Flight Attendants to take any open passenger seat free of charge, once all paying and stand-by passengers have boarded. Please remember: When traveling on other airlines, it is expected that all US Airways employees respect the other airlines' policies and procedures for travel (example: carry-on baggage policy, check-in process for cabin seat agreements). A complete list of reciprocal agreements are available on theHub as well as the Jumpseat section at the Council 66 website www.afa66.org Complete Jumpseat Policy and Procedure Manual HERE 11.3 Jumpseat Travel Dress Code - The employee's US Airways badge must be visible on the
outer garment at all times. 11.3.1 Acceptable jumpseat attire Jumpseat riders must wear business casual attire, including at a minimum any collared shirt, business slacks, including khakis, skirts, Capri−style pants (females only), shoes and socks. 11.3.2 Unacceptable jumpseat rider attire Unacceptable attire while riding jumpseat includes: — t−shirts Human Swine Flu Cases The Air Transport Association of America, (ATA) the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today commented on the news of human swine flu cases found in Mexico, Texas and California. “ATA is following closely news about an outbreak of human swine flu in Mexico and whether it is linked to isolated cases of less severe flu in California and Texas. We are in communication with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and look to their public health experts for recommendations on whether any additional measures are needed to prevent spread of the disease by air travel. In the meantime, ATA member airlines will continue to comply with long-standing requirements to report any case of communicable disease on board aircraft flying to or within the United States. “At this time CDC is not advising U.S. citizens to postpone or forgo travel to Mexico although we understand that they will be issuing an “outbreak notice” to inform travelers and provide reminders about standard and enhanced recommendations for the region.” For more information, please see the CDC Swine Flu Web Page
at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swine/
and Outbreak notices, along with tips for health travel, can be
found on the CDC Travelers’ Health Page at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx. |
