7.20.01 – (LAA) – TA Briefings Finalized for Participating Bases, Profit Sharing Concerns, Your World Training

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with the Negotiations portion of the HotLine. Today is Friday, July 20th, 2001.

The schedule for the Tentative Agreement briefings has been finalized for each base city. Detailed information regarding the dates and briefing locations will be provided immediately following this Negotiations HotLine.

The issue of Profit sharing continues to concern some of our members. In order to alleviate any further questions regarding the contents of the side letter of agreement in the T/A, dated July 3, 2001, I will now read this letter in its entirety.

If you are in need of any further clarification, or have any other questions, please ensure you attend one of the twelve tentative agreement briefings that will be held across the system beginning August 7th. You may view this letter on the APFA web site at www.www.apfa.org. It is included in the language package that all flight attendants will receive prior to the T/A Base Briefings.

The improvement of crew rest accommodations was a critical issue during this round of negotiations. As you may recall, crew rest was one of the last issues resolved due to intense debate concerning the placement of the crew rest modules on the 777 aircraft. At issue, was whether the crew rest module would be placed on the main deck or in an upper deck location. This week, the Company made the decision to install Main Deck Crew Rest Modules on all 777 aircraft. This decision should reduce the implementation time for retrofitting the 777-Atlantic aircraft, which currently has seats instead of bunks. Additionally, all new 777 aircraft will be delivered with the main deck crew rest module.

Thank you for calling. Now, please stay on the line for schedule details of the Tentative Agreement Briefings and other APFA News…

APFA HotLine for July 20, 2001

This is Leslie Mayo, National Communications Coordinator, with more APFA HotLine news for Friday, June 20, 2001.

The Tentative Agreement Ratification Briefing schedule is nearly final and a postcard will be mailed to your homes the week of July 23rd with details, times and locations of these meetings. The schedule, as it stands, is posted on the web site at www.www.apfa.org. Please bid accordingly. Remember, if you cannot attend the meeting at your base, you are welcome to attend any meeting throughout the system. You must be dues current or have made arrangements with the APFA Dues Department for payment of dues owed.

The details of these meetings with your Negotiating Committee are as follows:

All meetings will begin at 10:00 a.m. local time and end no later than 3:00 p.m. For further information including addresses and parking information, please visit www.apfa.org.

It is very important that all members have their current mailing address on file with the APFA. This will ensure that you receive the TA Highlights, the complete TA language, and the contract ratification ballot. If you or someone you know has recently moved, please be sure to update APFA by sending an email to [email protected] or by calling the Membership Department at 800-395-2732, extension 8153. You can also go to the web site at www.www.apfa.org and enter updated information there.

Regarding Your World training, bidding for this training, and the issue of seniority violations: REMEMBER: according to our contract, the Company is not allowed to move duty-free periods. If a flight attendant has a duty-free period on the day the Company offers training, such flight attendant will be passed and the next flight attendant, whose schedule makes them available for training, will be slotted. This could cause what appears to be slotting out of seniority order, and a significant seniority jump between flight attendants. For your protection, be aware, while bidding, that if you hold a selection with DO’s that fall on a day that Your World training is offered at your base, you could be involuntarily assigned. Beginning July 23, 2001, no later than 1700 CDT, Flight Attendants will be able to view preliminary results of their bid award and self-enroll in the training during a limited window between 1700 CDT on the 23rd of July through 1000 CDT on the 24th. In order to self-enroll, use HISEND message form #32 and include the date and class number. Once this sign-up period ends, the Company will then slot flight attendants into training classes, in seniority order, with days off in conjunction with the scheduled training days that appear on the bid sheet. Please refer to Article 9F.10., page 45, of the contract for specific training language. If you are slotted into a class following the sign-up period and you do not want to attend class on that day, per the contract you may trade your class with another flight attendant at the same base. APFA will be monitoring the assignment process to ensure no seniority violations occur. If you have any questions, please contact APFA.

From the Contract Department, if you purchased but never received shoes from wewalk.com, please contact the District Attorney’s office in Ventura, California and report your loss to Robin Estes either by phone at 805-654-3180 or e-mail at [email protected].

That’s it for this week, be sure to wear your Union Pin, Wings and Nametag on your uniform and thank you for calling the APFA HotLine.