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October 18, 2007 Local 94 eNEWS
AFA Board of Directors Meeting Updates Attached to this email you will find the October 16th and October 17 th BOD Updates. The merger with CWA was finalized yesterday. The four year trial period and "opt out" clause has now ended and we are assured of the continued resources of CWA's 700,000-member union. The AFA BOD in PHX will end this evening, October 18 th.
Additional Information on Summer Reliability
Incentive Plan Non-Payment
70 Hour Minimum Grievance Information The 70 Hour Minimum grievance will be heard by the arbitrators on November 28-30th. This is not nearly as soon as anyone would have liked, but this is the earliest date both parties could schedule a set of three arbitration dates in a row, with an agreed upon arbitrator. We will ask for the decision to be made as soon as possible.
New Hire Initiation Fee All probationary flight attendants (AFA Apprentice Members) will receive a bill for the $60 AFA Initiation Fee until the payroll deduction option for this fee is in place at NWA. If probationary members receive a bill, they may pay it in increments or pay it in full after probation. Any questions regarding the Initiation Fee may be directed to AFA Membership Services at (800) 424-2401 ext. 707 or AFA Local 94 at (734) 532-8404.
Did you know? Did you know that the CENTRY Manual and SLIC Manual are available on ATLAS under the "Bidding Resources" tab? The CENTRY Manual explains how lineholder and reserve schedule adjustments work, in detail. Of particular interest, you can find an explanation of the MATRIX option in ACCESS. All Critical Bidding information will be in the analysis cover letter and in the SLIC Manual.
Partial Line Bidding with Critical Bid Please keep in mind that a Partial Line is not the same as a Short Line. Please familiarize yourself with the HUGE differences in these types of lines. Partial Lines only occur with a Critical Bid. Since we did not "go Critical" in any bases for November, check out these differences if we have a Critical Bid in December. There will be no Critical Bid with PBS, so this is likely the last year for it.
Contract Printing Update Our Contract Implementation team is working diligently on our new contract, to prepare it for printing. Creation of an accurate and comprehensive index is very time consuming. In addition, it is at this point that our negotiators must go over the contract with a fine-toothed comb for any errors. If you see any discrepancies in the Green Book, please report them to your Local 94 officers. The latest estimate for the printing of the contract is December 2007. In the meantime, please carry at least Sections 5, 6 (and 7 if on Reserve) from the Green Book. If you need a copy, stop by Local 94. The contract is also available on www.nwaafa.org and has a search field.
Review of Crew Orders, FA Agreement (p. 6.17 ) Please familiarize yourself with this provision of the contract. If you feel Crew Scheduling is still in error, please note all relevant information and fill out an online grievance form or call the Local 94 office.
"Flight attendants must comply with crew orders as issued by Crew Scheduling. In the event a question of flight time limitations, rest periods or rescheduling arises, a Flight Attendant may ask for a review of those crew orders. A request for a Review of Crew Orders shall be logged into CMS, with a notation of the final outcome of the review. If the crew order was found to be correct upon review by Crew Scheduling and/or Crew Coordinators, the Flight Attendant shall report to the flight as directed. Should it be discovered later that the Flight Attendant was correct, he/she shall receive additional pay for the entire duty period(s) flown in error, prorated, at a rate equal to one-half (1/2) of his/her applicable hourly incentive rate."
Duplicate Lines and Incomplete Lines for Reserves While Critical Bid didn't occur in DTW for November, there are a significant number of duplicate and incomplete reserve lines in the bid run (22.6% of DTW Reserves for November.) Duplicate lines are contractual and they occur when the mathematical limit is reached for legal lines in SLIC. This happens more now with the 6 day maximum RD parameter. If you have an incomplete line (you don't have 13 days off for November,) please contact Scheduling for your remaining days off. More information can be found in the analysis cover letter and the SLIC Manual.
Fly safe and fly the contract! Your AFA Local Executive Council 94 - Detroit |
