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Greetings, AFA 66 eCommunication - Thursday, June 25, 2009 Company Releases VLOA Awards and Potential Furlough List AFA was notified by US Airways management today of the final number of Voluntary Leaves of Absence and the list of possible involuntary furloughs. The Company received 240 requests for Voluntary Leaves of Absence. Out of that number 116 leaves were awarded: 80 sixteen-month VLOAs and 36 four-month VLOAs. The additional 124 non-awarded requests came from within the group of most junior flight attendants on the seniority list. The Company has posted the list of VLOA Awards and tomorrow will post the list of possible Involuntary Furloughs. This information is available on the Company websites theHub.com and Wings.com, as well as at the Inflight Briefing room, the Hot Reserve room and the glass enclosed bulletin board in the hallway near the Inflight Briefing room. Per the Flight Attendant Agreement, Section 21,A, when a reduction in the number of active Flight Attendants is necessary the Company shall simultaneously offer voluntary and involuntary furloughs. The next step is that the Company will open the bid for voluntary furloughs to any Flight Attendant who wishes to accept. The voluntary furloughs will be offered in seniority order and for an indefinite period of time. If you are considering a Voluntary Furlough, please refer to Section 21 – Furlough/Displacement/Recall in the Flight Attendant Agreement. Once the bid has closed on July 9, at noon for Voluntary Furloughs, the Company will once again post the awards and the final list of involuntary furloughs. The US Airways Inflight Department will then individually contact those flight attendants who are involuntarily furloughed. AFA continues to encourage the Company to consider other alternatives to eliminate flight attendant furloughs. We also encourage any flight attendant who is able, to take advantage of the voluntary furlough to mitigate job loss. As we do in challenging and difficult situations, look to each other for support and encouragement and do what you can to take care of each other. AFA 66 to Hold Furlough Meetings at Airport AFA Union officers and Committee members will be holding
Furlough Informational Meeting on Friday, June 26, 2009
(tomorrow) and on Monday, June 29, from 10am to 2 pm, at the
Airport International Concourse (IC) Conference Room, on the
high B concourse, upstairs, between gates B23 and B24. (Next to
the British Airways Lounge. See map below) AFA will be on hand
to answer questions, provide furlough information, financial
resources, EAP assistance and other benefits. |
