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Greetings, AFA 66 eCommunication - Monday, June 15, 2009 Fall 2009 VLOA Update AFA has received many phone calls for clarification on how
the VLOA/Furlough process will be accomplished. If you are in
the bottom 300 flight attendants on the seniority list please
consider your options.
If you apply for the VLOA packages you might be awarded
either a 4 month or a 16 month VLOA. It may be beneficial
to apply for both in your order
of preference. If not enough flight attendants
senior to you apply for VLOAs you will not be awarded the VLOA,
but may be involuntarily furloughed.
If
you apply for one of the VLOA packages and not enough flight
attendants senior to you have been awarded the VLOAs, you will
not be awarded the VLOA, and may be involuntarily
furloughed.
To
be very clear, a more senior flight attendant will NOT be
furloughed out of seniority by a more junior flight attendant
because the junior flight attendant chose to apply for a VLOA.
Furloughs will only be accomplished in seniority order
from most junior to most senior.
As of 7:00 am, Monday, June 15, 2009 the Company had
received 30 VLOA forms: 11 forms have been received from
seniority numbers above the lowest 300 positions, and 19 forms
from seniority numbers within the lowest 300 positions. The
Company did not specify whether or not these were 4 month or 16
month requests. AFA will send out updates as they are
received from the Company until the VLOA deadline is
reached.
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