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Ebola Information for Flight Attendants
Due to recent concerns about the potential spread of the Ebola virus, AFA International and AFA Alaska have been coordinating a response. We have made resources easily accessible by providing a “one stop” shop on the AFA Alaska website. You can find these resources at http://afaalaska.org/ashsc/ebola. The Master Executive Council (MEC) will be updating the page as additional information becomes available.
In Solidarity,
Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow, Stephen Couckuyt and MEC Air Safety, Health, & Security Chairperson Seth Heiple
Reserve Incident Reporting
Dear Reserve Flight Attendants,
Today we are launching a new tool for reporting reserve issues. It is our goal to make reporting incidents as easy and quick as possible. We have added a link to a form on the Reserve Committee page of afaalaska.org that will bring you directly to a Reserve Incident Report form. On this form, you can report contractual violations, issues with scheduling and/or a scheduler and any other issue you have while on reserve.
We would like to remind you that if you believe the contract is being violated, try to contact your AFA Representative immediately to have the issue resolved. In addition, we also ask that you report the issue on this form as well. All of the data taken off these forms will be used at meetings with management in an effort to fix any breakdowns in the system.
You can access the form by going to http://afaalaska.org, clicking on the Reserve Committee link, and selecting the Reserve Incident Report link in the tools & resources box. You can also access the form directly at http://afaalaska.org/reserve/incident.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact a member of your Local Reserve Committee or MEC Reserve Chairperson Jarod McNeill at jarod.mcneill@afaalaska.org.
In Solidarity,
Your Reserve Committee
Get the Facts – TFP vs Block Hour
Converting $/ TFP → $/ Block Hour
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$/ TFP → $/ Block Hour |
$ amount (TFP) X 1.13 = |
$ Amount/ Block Hour |
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Example: AS Top of Scale $rate currently |
$46.48/ TFP X 1.13 = |
$ 52.50 / Block Hour at other carriers |
Converting $/ Block Hour → $/ TFP
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$/ Block Hour → $/ TFP |
$ amount (TFP) ÷ 1.13 = |
$ Amount/ TFP |
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Example: New AA/ USA TA Top of Scale $rate |
$53.52/block hour ÷ 1.13 = |
$ 47.36 / TFP |
Agreement In Concept
Dear Flight Attendants,
As you know, a tentative deal – what we are calling an “Agreement in Concept” — has been reached. This document will remain an Agreement in Concept until it has been presented to and approved by the Master Executive Council (MEC). Only after MEC approval does it truly become a Tentative Agreement (TA). At that point, it would be released to the membership for a ratification vote.
Management has stated “voting [is] expected to be complete by December,” which we believe may be a premature estimate. In the rush of getting TA1 to you last year, it became quite clear that more time could have been spent clarifying and cleaning up the final document. This time, we are going to be more methodical in our approach and ensure everything is in order before the MEC votes whether or not to accept the agreement.
The Negotiating Committee is working diligently to finalize and then present the agreement to the MEC as quickly as possible. During this process, we ask for your patience. We know that you are very anxious to see the details, but you also sent us a strong message during the last round to take the time needed to have complete contract language ready for your consideration.
Although the November 12th Informational Picketing event has been canceled, we still encourage you to wear your RED AFA t-shirts to the upcoming meetings!
Thank you for your support!
In Solidarity,
Your LEC Presidents –Becky Strachan, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow, Laura Masserant and Stephen Couckuyt
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