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Greetings,
Announcing Council 90-ATL: The
AFA-CWA Constitution and Bylaws (C&B) allows for any base
with over 100 members to form its own Council. The Executive Board
granted permission to the NWA MEC at the Board of Directors
meeting earlier this month to form Council 90 – ATL to
represent the NW pre-merger flight attendants now based in
ATL. Temporary
officers for this new Council have been appointed by the
International Secretary-Treasurer. Eventually the members will be able to elect
permanent leadership.
Council 90 Officers
are: LEC President, David Carter - dcarter@nwaafa.org
The LEC Officer of Council 93-MEM stand ready to assist Council 90
– ATL in any way possible to ensure a smooth
transition. An unfortunate by-product of the creation of Council 90 - ATL will be the loss of Council Rep. Cameron Sasser. The C&B does not allow for a representative to be elected to a position in a base where he/she is not a member. The remaining Council 93 – MEM Officers would like to take this opportunity to thank Cameron for his assistance over the last year. We wish him ‘Safe Skies’ out of ATL. He will be missed.
Election
Timeline:
In an effort to relieve some of the
anxiety surrounding the timeline for our upcoming President Obama recently nominated Linda Puchala to
the National Mediation Board (NMB). The US Senate must now confirm the nomination
to complete the process.
With the confirmation of Ms. Puchala we expect the
NMB to ensure a fair election. There are over 6,000 DL flight attendants in
Delta has not come close to completing the majority
of the eight steps necessary for the NMB to consider
“Single Carrier Status” for a combined carrier.
We recently
learned that the earliest they could complete all required
training is March 2010. The
Delta Organizing Committee is working diligently to create the
structure/contacts necessary to build support for an INDUSTRY LEADING CONTRACT for the world’s
premier flight attendants at the world's premier
airline. The
combined NW and DL Organizing Committee will be meeting in
IQ and AQ Training:
Management is releasing a lot of
information about the additional training required for flight
attendants to achieve certification for the combined fleet. Any time you add six
additional days of training to learn six new aircraft types
along with new policies and procedures to our already busy
schedules, there will be anxiety. The issue of you being assigned a random month to attend training has raised
a lot of questions.
Please refer to Section 11.C.1.d.(1)(2)(3), page 11.5. of
our Contract. Note
that the ability to assign in such a manner is based upon a
situation where "such training exceeds two (2) consecutive days
in duration” - which both IQ and AQ are scheduled to
do. This
training is not unlike ART. If you recall, you were not allowed to bid
for your ART month; it was assigned to you. However, you are allowed
to bid for the days within your assigned
month. You will be assigned one of three
locations (ATL, MSP, or SLC) to attend the training. If you are not based in
one of these three locations, accommodations will be
provided. Our
contract requires you to be paid 4:15 for each day of IQ and AQ
Training. Also, the
4:15 per day will be credited toward your month of flying for
your IQ and AQ training. Expect management to strictly enforce the assignment of your scheduled training months. The FAA has mandated that the new training be completed within a set number of days of your current ART and in sequential order. With over 20,000 flight attendants having to be trained it becomes a daunting task. In NO way am I condoning the handling of this program, I just want you to know why it is being done in this manner. We ask those of you who attend the new training early in the schedule to share your experiences with your flying partners. The anxiety level should be reduced when information about the program is shared.
NW and DL Mixer:
Another Social Mixer has been
scheduled for both NW and DL flight attendants that live in the
NWA and Delta Flight
Attendants When:
Saturday, May 2, 2009 11:00 am - 2:00
pm Where:
The Monarch Club House (Parking:
turn right immediately after entering gate, then circle
around to the left) Spouses and Significant Others
Welcome (No Children,
Please) What:
and
help those who are less fortunate. Goodies and Refreshments will be
served!!! Admission Fee is one canned good item to be donated
to a local food bank. Please RSVP to gritscha63@aol.com or call 901-210-0649 for more
details. Hosted by:
Jim Johnston (NW), Kathy
Dotson(NW), Kelly Martin (DL), Camille Jensen (NW)
Council 93 – MEM EAP Committee : Earlier this month at the AFA Board of Directors meeting the award for the Peggy Price EAP Award was awarded to USAir Council 82-LGA for their remarkable work surrounding USAir flight 1549. Council 82’s EAP successes are too many to list here.I want you all to know that I
nominated our own Council 93 EAP Committee for this award as
well. I felt the
work that our EAP Committee has done since our joining AFA has
been phenomenal.
During the award presentation, International
Vice-President Veda Shook commented on the difficulty in
choosing a winner for this award. Although there is no official
‘second place,’ I am confident our Committee was
among the top candidates for this award. Due to the complete
confidentiality of their work there is no way for me to
publicize their specific accomplishments. Please know, the group
below is remarkable in every way, we are very fortunate to have
them. The current members nominated
were: Kathy Dotson,
Committee Chair, Dotty Hagan, member and the former members who
also contributed and were included in the nomination are Brenda
McAden, Lucy Emanuel-Green, and Suda
Calabro. These
remarkable women are truly life
savers.
PLEASE WEAR YOUR UNION PIN !
Fly Safe, Fly the Contract,
Shawn Fivecoat
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representational election, below is
background information pertinent to when we will initiate the
election process.
