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September 21, 2007 AFA Local 94 eNEWS
In
Memoriam: Former NWA Flight Attendant Andrea Lee
Adams A friend sent in this
moving tribute: Andrea Adams passed
away on September 17th 2007. She will be missed by
many. She was employed with NWA from 1997 to 2000.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and went into
remission. Unfortunately it returned with brain, bone, and
liver cancer. She was a great person and loved by
many. She traveled to many lands around the globe and made
many friends while traveling. She resided in Andrea’s obituary from
www.Madison.com: Adams, Andrea Lee
WAUWATOSA - Andrea Lee Adams, age 38, died Monday, Sept. 17,
2007, after a valiant battle with breast cancer. She will be
missed by her mother, Mary Signorile (Harold) Graves of
Wauwatosa; her father, Marvin L. "Sonny" Adams of Madison; her
brother, Troy D. Adams of Fishers, Association of Flight Attendants Council
94 DTW Officer
Elections Polls Open: 12:00 Noon
ET, Friday September 21,
2007 Polls Close: 3:00 PM
ET, Friday October 12th,
2007 Vote by Internet:
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Telephone: 1-877-AFA-VOTE
(1-877-232-8683) If you experience any
problems with the voting system, please call the AFA Membership
Services Department at 1-800-424-2401, Extension 706, between
9:30 am and 5:30 pm ET.
If you don’t remember your VIN and PIN and you
can’t locate any record of them, please contact Membership
Services to obtain new voting credentials. Please save your VIN and
PIN on your Voter Identification Card for all future
ballots. Only Local
94 Members in Good Standing can vote (dues current and have a
Membership Application on file.) Apprentice Members (on probation) cannot
vote. You can pay
all past due balances online at www.afanet.org
or by phone with Membership Services. DTW
There is an effort
underway to open a second crew line in DTW Customs and
Immigration due to the lengthy wait times at certain times of
the day. Please
submit documentation to Local 94 when long waits occur, in order
to better track this problem. If you are having repeated problems clearing
Customs due to mistaken identity or a common name on the
“watch list,” please contact Local 94 for more
information about the Department of Homeland Security Traveler
Redress Inquiry Program. Many members have expressed concerns regarding
the possibility of closure of the crew line due to passenger
forms not be completed in large numbers. While this has always
been a possibility per Customs, it is also a possibility that
NWA would be levied fines for this issue instead.
The Beacon
Foundation The Beacon Foundation is a
nonprofit organization that was created to assist NWA Flight
Attendants. Established in April of 2000, the Foundation's
mission is to provide financial assistance to NWA Flight
Attendants and their families who are suffering from a critical
or terminal illness, injury, or disability. The Beacon
Foundation helps to maintain the dignity of families who have
lost their income and are struggling to pay their bills. For more information,
please visit www.nwabeaconfoundation.org.
Donation slips and drop boxes are located at every
Inflight office system wide. Contract
Implementation
Timelines Section 6 Scheduling
has a many new provisions in the Flight Attendant
Agreement. As in
past contracts, LOA 37 allows 1 year to modify current
programming and introduce new automation for this section. Various provisions are
scheduled for implementation in the 4th Quarter of
2007. Among them
are: Premium Pay for company designated patterns; holiday pay
for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day; Reserve
Increase Adjustments, elimination of monthly max for voluntary
open board bidding, etc.
Recently implemented provisions include: Ability to trade
to zero, trade lower in 6 hour increments, OWT and pattern drops
below 75 reduce sick and vacation accruals, high density
international turns (i.e. MSP-SJU-MSP), and 35 in 7 Reserve
Tracking mechanism. Please stay tuned to AFA Hotlines and Centry
Email for the latest implementation announcements, as the
programming is completed. Fly Safe and Fly
the Contract! Your Local
Executive Council President Susan
Ludwig Vice President John
O’Donnell Secretary Anthony
Hytche Local Council
Representative Belea Bower Local Council
Representative Jeff Martoia Local Council
Representative John Rogers Local Council
Representative Janette Rook |
