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November 15, 2007 AFA Local 94 eNEWS
Contractual Holiday Pay
will be in place for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New
Year’s Day.
For details on the contractual holiday pay, please see
Section 3 of our contract.
There will be 5 days eligible for Thanksgiving Holiday
Pay – the 2 days before at $50 each, Thanksgiving Day at
$100, and the 2 days after at $50 each. For December, there will
be contractual holiday pay AND the NWA 2007 Holiday Reliability
Plan for Flight Attendants. Upcoming Contract Implementation
Items Reserve Magnet days are
scheduled to be implemented in time for Thanksgiving, as well as
Premium Pay Patterns (25% premium on designated patterns,) and a
Time Available option for Unable to Commute and No Show
should be in place by month’s end. One Way Trades
will soon be processed as open trades. The Reserve AM/PM
On-Duty Period is scheduled for early 2008 implementation and
the new “Silo” Reserve Assignment process is
scheduled for Spring 2008. Change to One Way Trade
Processing Effective late November,
One Way Trades (OWT) will be processed as "open trades," per the
Agreement (6.25f.(2)). OWT will be worked similar to how
open board trades are processed. For example: The
Flight Attendant giving their pattern will post the trip as a
OWT in CENTRY. The flight attendant seeking a OWT to add
to their line will enter either a specific pattern number or
generic syntax for their desired flying. When OWT are
processed during the Primary Line Adjustment Period (PLAP) and
the Secondary Line Adjustment Period (SLAP), patterns will be awarded
based on seniority and availability of trips posted as
OWT. The Mutual Trade Board
in CENTRY will still be active, but it will no longer be
necessary to "advertise" trips for OWT unless you choose to do
so. You can still
arrange to give a specific Flight Attendant your pattern.
However, if a more senior flight attendant has a request
entered for the pattern(s) being given, they will be awarded the
flying first. Please note, this is for same
base trades only! Processing of OWT between Flight
attendants trading from different bases will not change.
Please see page 6.25 of the Agreement for more complete
information about One Way Trades.
Council 94 Wednesday, November 21,
0900 - 1700 Thursday, November 22,
0900 - 1400 Friday, November 23,
1000 – 1600 Local Executive Council
94 President-Elect Diana L. Mitcham will be in available in the
A concourse and offering support to our members on
Thanksgiving from 1700 - 2100 base local time.
Members are encouraged
to review their Performance Development files with your
Flight Attendant Manager. Should you discover that there are
Coachings, Levels, or IMAGE2 (uniform infractions) in your file
without your knowledge, please notify Council 94
immediately. Upon written request, flight attendants shall
be furnished a copy of the full and complete contents of his/her
Employment File (includes Base Employment File, Base Medical
File, and Corporate Employment File.) The duration of disciplinary records is
contractual (Section 21.) At the time of review, items that are
over 24 months old shall be removed, barring any similar
occurrence during that period. Critical Bidding
Information Please remember the December bid cycle has
the potential to use Critical Bid Processing (CBP). The
most senior 25% of the Flight Attendants at each base are exempt
from CBP. If your SSN is 2755 or greater (more junior),
you could be affected by CBP. In this event, there would
be two bid deadlines. The first bid deadline for DTW is
0900 on Saturday, November 17. If the bid run goes
critical, there will be a second Critical Bid deadline for those
in the critical range. The second deadline is usually two
days after the first deadline. The date is not certain,
however, and cannot be published until after the first bid
deadline. There are two bid screens – a regular
bid screen that is used for regular bidding, and a critical bid
screen for critical bids. If DTW does not use critical bid, the
resolution deadline will be 5 days after the first bid
deadline. If DTW does go critical, the resolution deadline
will be 5 days after the critical (second) bid deadline.
If you might be affected by Critical Bid, you will find
bidding information and relevant parts of the SLIC manual
published in the bid packet. The SLIC manual is also
available on the "Bid Resources" tab of the ATLAS
homepage. Be familiar with the differences between a
"Partial Line" and "Short Line." Partial Lines are
awarded only in months with Critical Bid and are generally
considered to be much less desirable than Short Lines.
Partial Lines are only awarded if specifically bid for using the
PL syntax. One notable difference with a Partial
Line: Partial
Lineholders are not released from PLR days until a credit of
95:46 is reached!
With the holidays right around the corner,
now is the time to reacquaint yourself with the kinds of
legality issues that can affect your line should you encounter
weather delays, cancellations and/or rescheduling. In
2006, short staffing around the holidays led to an overwhelming
number of rescheduling contract violations and grievances for
Lineholders and Reserves alike. The company has indicated that
they feel better prepared for 2007 holiday season, with more
workable staffing projections this year. They expect
holiday pay, RIA, PPP and new hire classes to decrease
scheduling problems this year. We encourage you
to carry at least Sections 5 (Hours of Service) and 6
(Scheduling) on all trips (plus Section 7, Reserve, if
necessary) to prepare for potential issues, if they arise.
Regular Lineholders should pay particular attention to Letter of Agreement
12, which is the contractual provision where a Flight Attendant
who loses hours from his/her schedule, may be required to accept
Time Available, in certain limited situations, following the
declaration of a "Critical Period" by the Company.
For details and specific contract language, please see page
A.29 in the back of your green book. In short, your rights under Side Letter 12 are
as follows: 1.
You must be compensated at one and one-half times your
hourly incentive rate for all additional hours flown as a result
of assignment by crew scheduling. 2.
If you request it, the company must provide you Y1/F6
travel to and from your base for the assignment.
3.
You must have the option of selecting any open pattern
that departs during the Critical Period.
4.
If you do not select a specific pattern from open flying,
you must be assigned the lowest value open pattern.
5.
You may only be assigned a pattern that operates outside
your Time Available obligation with your consent.
6.
With approval from crew scheduling, you must be released
from the remainder of the assigned pattern if you transit a base
station and the Critical Period has ended.
7.
You must be permitted to accept or decline any Time
Availability remaining following the assignment of a pattern
under this agreement. Reserve Lineholders should pay particular attention to
Section 7, H. Off-Duty Provisions, including the parameters for
selecting Guaranteed Days Off (GDO) and replacement of GDO and
PDO. Guaranteed Day(s) Off are defined as "off-duty days
on a Reserve Flight Attendant's line during which he/she can
refuse an assignment, provided such assignment originates or
operates over the Guaranteed Day Off." Reserves Flight
Attendants may select up to eight (8) GDO per bid month via
CENTRY prior to 0000 of the first day of the bid month.
You may choose your GDO during any off-duty periods, but they
must be consecutive and during the last days of a series of
off-duty periods. We expect to hear details of an
arbitration settlement over GDO violations very
shortly. Many of you have reported auto-dialer and
scheduling phone calls coming from unfamiliar numbers and/or
unusual area codes. Scheduling advises that they
use the reservations phone system, and any open line is selected
by the computer to make calls for notification.
Remember to ALWAYS ask for a Review of Crew
Orders (6.17F) when you question the legality of an assignment
or rescheduling from Crew Scheduling. Contact a Local 94 officer
if you need to file a grievance for scheduling violations.
Fly Safe and Fly the
Contract! Association of Flight
Attendants-CWA Local
Executive Council 94 – Office:
(734) 532-8404 Email:
lec94@nwaafa.org
AFA Local
94 Website: www.afa94.org
NWA-AFA
National Website: www.nwaafa.org NWA-AFA
National Hotline: (800) 424-2401 ext.
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