Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) Blog

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Welcome to the JNC Blog!

Email us at jnc@afaalaska.org for topic suggestions, questions or general feedback.

• Information on the blog is authored by your JNC members and is based on questions, feedback, and thoughts gathered from a variety of sources.
• The blog is designed so that Flight Attendants have a real-time resource to ask questions and be provided answers in regards to the current negotiations process and the provisions of a tentative agreement (TA).  This will enable the JNC to provide clear answers that will allow all Flight Attendants to evaluate accurately how this TA will be applied to their individual lives and needs. In order to keep our comments section open we are limiting comments to questions only. Any question that is relevant will be answered clearly and accurately. Any comment that is speculative or based on personal opinion will either not be published or will be edited to include only the pertinent question(s). Please understand that this is necessary to provide a format that is accurate and provides Flight Attendants all of the necessary facts in the simplest manner possible.
• Most of the time, comments posted on blog content will be responded to (publicly or privately) within 24 hours.  Due to the high demands of the committee during roadshows, it may take up to 72 hours to respond while in session.
• In order to keep the conversation relevant and current, the ability to comment on a particular post will close after 7 days.  Once comments close, feel free to contact the JNC directly.

• Updated JCBA Implementation Quick Reference Guide
• JCBA Quick Reference Guide: What Takes Effect Now?
• Merger TA Voting Results
• Voting Eligibility [misc]
• Have You Voted?
• AFA Representation for L-VX [misc]
• JNC Update – Top FAQ and Voting Reminder
• Seniority Synch-Up [AS]
• Red Circled L-VX Flight Attendants [L-VX]
• Airbus Transition Training [AS]
• How Do We Vote? [misc]
• JNC Blog Recap 03/13/2018-03/24/2018
• Section 29 Profit Sharing and Retirement – Vesting Schedule 401(K) Company Match [JCBA]
• L-VX “Block or Better” Now Retro to January 1, 2018 
• Merger Agreement Points of Clarification
• PPP Clarification on 8-month block [JCBA]
• “Pre-Merger” Language and Pay [misc]
• Will Integration Happen if the Merger TA Fails? [misc]
• Balloting: Voting Progress Tracker [misc]
• Transition of ITL to “A” 2 [VX]
• Seniority Integration [misc]
• Balloting: Department of Labor Change to Voting Requirements [misc]
• Merger Tentative Agreement Roadshow Webinar
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SAN
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SNA
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SEA I (Morning Session)
• ROADSHOW Q&A – LAX
• “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties 5 [VX]
• Maternity Leave Extension 2 [VX]
• VX “Red-Circled” Pay Rates: Intra-Company (e.g. GST) Transfers 2 [JCBA]
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SFO II
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SFO I
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SEA II
• ROADSHOW Q&A – PDX
• ROADSHOW Q&A – SEA I (Afternoon Session)
• ROADSHOW Q&A – ANC
• JNC Blog Recap 02.20.2018-03.12.2018
• Healthcare Insurance: Premiums 3 [JCBA]
• L-AS Work Rules and/or Pay for L-VX FAs? [VX]
• L-AS Boeing to Airbus Transition Training [AS]
• L-AS Retro Pay [AS]
• VX Interim Playbook 2017 [VX]
• Productivity Premium Program (PPP) 2 [JCBA]
• Negotiations: L-VX Integration [misc]
• L-VX Transition to JCBA 480 Provisions [VX]
• L-VX Commuter Policy: Stuff Happens Pass [VX]
• L-VX ‘Sit Pay’ [VX]
• Transition of ITL to “A” [VX]
• Domicile Protections [misc]
• Healthcare Insurance: Premiums 2 [JCBA]
• “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties 4 [VX]
• Deadhead Retro Pay [VX]
• Industry Comparisons: Per Diem [JCBA]
• Medical Leave and the 480 [JCBA]
• VX “Red Circled” Pay Rates: Pay Rates vs. Competitive Bidding Seniority [JCBA]
• Union Dues [VX]
• Maternity Extension Leave [VX]
• Industry Comparisons: 480 Provisions [misc]
• Recorded Roadshows? [misc]
• Reduction in Force / Furlough Protections 2 [JCBA]
• Negotiations: General 3 [JCBA]
• Compensation [JCBA]
• Negotiations: General 2 [misc]
• Open Time [JCBA]
• [L-AS ANCFAs:] Monthly Parking Stipend – $75 [JCBA]
• “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties 3 [VX]
• Sick Leave Bank Transition [VX]
• Commuter Policy: Air Commuting 3 [JCBA]
• Seniority: Domicile Displacement [JCBA]
• Healthcare Insurance: Coverage 3 [JCBA]
• Labor Groups and Integration [misc]
• Occupational Seniority “Synch-Up” 2 [AS]
• “Every Best Effort” [Merger Agreement]
• Retiree Benefits: 401(k) Vesting and Retiree Pass Privileges [misc]
• The ISL and the Merger [misc]
• Healthcare Insurance: Coverage 2 [JCBA]
• Seniority [JCBA]
• Flight Pay Loss (FPL) Increases for AFA Officers & MEC EAP [JCBA]
• (More About the) Monthly Parking Stipend – $75 [JCBA]
• Section 15 [Leaves of Absence]: Four Year MLOAs [JCBA]
• Representation and Pay Rate Disparity [misc]
• ITL “Pay Cut” [VX]
• “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties 2 [VX]
• VX “Red-Circled” Pay Rates: Intra-Company (e.g. GST) Transfers [JCBA]
• Number of Voting FAs [misc]
• FMLA Lookback for L-VX FAs [VX]
• Negotiations: Retro Pay [JCBA]
• Grievance Procedures: Disciplinary Eighteen (18) Month Removal [VX]
• Commuter Policy: Air Commuting 2 [JCBA]
• Negotiations: 401(k) [JCBA]
• Negotiations: General [misc.]
• Healthcare Insurance: Coverage [JCBA]
• Negotiations: Why a Midterm JCBA? [misc.]
• Vacation: No More 1/12th Vacation Reduction [JCBA]
• Reduction in Force / Furlough Protections [JCBA]
• Holiday Premium [JCBA]
• The ISL, the JCBA and the Merger [misc]
• JNC Blog Recap 02.17.2018-02.19.2018
• Pass Travel: Commuter Priority and the Jumpseat [JCBA]
• Occupational Seniority “Synch-Up”: Pay Rates [AS]
• Industry Comparisons: Payscale ‘Expiration’ Dates for UA, WN, AA and DL [misc]
• Mentorship Program [misc]
• Full TA Documents [misc]
• Service Matching [VX]
• Pass Travel: Positive Space Travel (PST) Tickets [misc]
• Improving the 480 [JCBA]
• Merger Negotiations vs Section 6 Negotiations [misc]
• ITL Pay [VX]
• “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties [VX]
• Healthcare Insurance: Premiums [JCBA]
• TFP vs Block-Hours [VX]
• Productivity Premium Program (PPP) [JCBA]
• Commuter Policy: Air Commuting [JCBA]
• Section 15 Leaves of Absence: Seniority Accrual [JCBA]
• 401(k) [VX]
• Monthly Parking Stipend – $75 [JCBA]
• [REVISED] What Happens if the TA is Voted Down? [misc]
• Commuter Policy: Ground Commuting [JCBA]
• VX Voting Eligibility [misc]
• Voting Schedule [misc]
• Roadshows [misc]
• What happens if the TA is voted down? [misc]
• Retro Per Diem Rates [VX]
• VX ITL Retro Pay [VX]
• Monthly $75 Parking Stipend [JCBA]
• VX Incentive Pay Phase-Out [VX]
• L-VX Retro Pay [VX]
• What does “Legacy” refer to? [misc]
• Commuter Policy – Ground Commuting Details [JCBA]
• $75 parking stipend [JCBA]
• Occupational Seniority “Synch-Up” [AS]
• Who is voting voting on what? [misc]
• “Vacation Coordination Bank” [JCBA]
• Merger Tentative Agreements & Resources