9.12.15 – (LAA/LUS) – 2016 Benefits Enrollment/Travel Policy Update/Out-of-Base Training Travel/WBT Deadline Approaching/CatCrew Maintenance/Telephone Town Hall

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Saturday, September 12, 2015

2016 Benefits Enrollment – LAA/LUS
Travel Policy Update – LAA/LUS
Changes to Crew Travel for Out-of-Base Training – LUS
CatCrew Maintenance This Evening – LUS
Web Based Training (WBT) Deadline Approaching – LAA/LUS
Telephone Town Hall Next Week – LAA/LUS

2016 Benefits Enrollment – LAA/LUS

2016 Annual Benefits Enrollment for Flight Attendants will take place online from October 12-23, 2015. The enrollment brochures with the pricing will be mailed out next week and will be available online on Jetnet Wednesday, September 16th. Please take an opportunity to review the information, so that we can answer any questions you may have before enrollment opens.

Benefit Roadshows will take place system-wide starting on September 21. Roadshows are your opportunity to ask questions and get all the info you need from our benefit vendors.

Cathy Sharp
APFA National Health Chair
[email protected]

Travel Policy Update – LAA/LUS

APFA is pleased to announce that after discussions with the Company, the Legacy AA travel policy has been retained.

Cathy Sharp
APFA National Health Chair
[email protected]

Changes to Crew Travel for Out-of-Base Training Coming October 17th – LUS

With the upcoming implementation of the new Passenger Service System (PSS) on October 17th, travel to/from out of base training will be changing.

Please ensure you have registered your American employee ID number completed your SAM AA ID registration online following these steps:

Go to SAM AA ID registration
Select Help (bottom right under log in)
Click on First Time User Registration
Input your American ID number into the User ID field and click submit
Confirm the name associated with the User ID
Confirm user account validation information such as Hire date/Date of Birth/Location
Choose password reset questions
Set up a password

If you’ve already registered your American employee ID, but forgot your password, you can also reset it at sam.aa.com.

NOTE: If you do not complete this important step, your travel information will not be available in the system to book your reservation

Travel scheduled on legacy US Airways metal prior to October 17th will be booked through the Positive Space Desk; however, the “Positive Space Desk” will close on October 17th.

To book travel to/from out of base training on or after Oct 17th, please call the Training Support Desk at 1-800-327-0117, prompts 2-5-6-1.

Training Support Desk hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 7:00am – 6:00pm CST

CatCrew Maintenance This Evening – LUS

The LUS Flight Attendant Scheduling System, CatCrew, will be unavailable on Saturday, September 12th beginning at 2200 PT. The System Maintenance window is scheduled to last for 4 hours.

Web Based Training (WBT) Deadline Approaching – LAA/LUS

As a reminder, two separate required Web-Based Training (WBT) modules must be completed by Wednesday, September 30, 2015. You will receive $25 training pay for each completed module. To access the lessons:

LAA Flight Attendants: In the Online Learning Center, on Jetnet, click “Launch” next to the course title in “My In-Progress Learning.” Verify completion of the lesson by going to “My Learning / My Transcripts.”

LUS Flight Attendants: Click Here

Telephone Town Hall Next Week – LAA/LUS

APFA National President Laura Glading and members of the Joint Implementation Resolution Committee (JIRC) and Joint Scheduling Implementation Committee (JSIC) will be hosting a Telephone Town Hall Conference on Wednesday, September 16th at 5pm Eastern (4pm Central/2pm Pacific). The telephone conference will consist of a short presentation followed by a Questions and Answers session, focusing on Contract implementation of the 2014 Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA).

All members are welcome to join the call. The conference call-in information will be released shortly.

Town Hall Q and A’s from August 18, 2015

Brian Clark
APFA National Communications Interim Chair
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