Location:  Memphis Airport, Conference Room “A”,  (Directly adjacent to TSA Security Checkpoint for Concourse “A”)

Date and Time:  March 18^th,  11:30AM until 3:00PM

Employee Buses:  As published in our February Newsletter there continues to be a petition circulated about the difficulty in using the employee buses.  You recently received and email from Base Manager, Maureen Nyquist saying that she had requested the Delta Safety Department review the process.  Their findings were that the buses meet the mandated requirements.   She also pointed out that the yearly average reported accidents on the buses did not warrant any further action.

Our position continues to be that improvement could be made.  Why do they have buses in both DTW and MSP that allow you to roll aboard the bus?  They also provide those types of buses for the traveling public here in MEM.  Next time you are waiting for the employee bus notice the buses used for Long Term Parking.

In the future please report any accidents that occur to you or anyone you know to your LEC Officers and Memphis Inflight.  We believe if they know how many of us are being injured they might have a different view.

 Wilson Center Poll Results:  AFA-CWA recently conducted a scientific polling of the Northwest and Delta flight attendant group to determine our priorities as we move toward continued representation.   The results of the polling were very positive.  The group overwhelmingly believes that the ‘new’ Delta is the premier global airline and should provide the employees with the premier global contract.  The majority of our flight attendants polled believe that Delta management is receiving premium pay, bonuses, and stock options and believe we as employees are entitled to the same. We all know that the only way to achieve this is through negotiating with a UNIFIED voice and put in place a legally binding contract.

 Elimination of the 2 ½ to 8 Hour Call:  Management recently rescinded the 2 ½ to 8 hour call.  We were excited to see this improvement but disappointed that they were not willing to put this in writing and change the language of our agreement.  You should be aware that they can change it back at any time.

On Premise Reserve (OPR):  Managment plans to activate the long dormant OPR language in Section 7- Reserve of our contract: http://nwaafa.org/docs/rsv/NWReserveOPR.pdf.  It would be to your advantage to familiarize yourself with the provisions.  The Company would like to start OPR on May 1st if the programming is complete.  AFA will meet with the Company regarding the specifics (affected bases, numbers, required facilities and amenities, etc.) and report this information as soon as possible.