Your AFA ASHSC (Air Safety, Health and Security Committee) has been working for some time to find ways to address injuries attributed to push up style overhead bins and passengers carry-on bags.

With the encouragement and support of the ASHSC the company has been successful in getting Boeing to develop a lift assist mechanism for the Space Bins which the company is in the process of installing. This is helpful, but we know more needs to be done since push up style bins will be with us for the foreseeable future.

To that end we have partnered with Inflight Safety & Compliance and Alaska Air Group Safety to conduct a safety risk assessment of the boarding process focusing on overhead bins and carry-on bags.

To support that effort, we encourage all F/As who have been injured operating overhead bins or by handling or being struck by carry-on bags to fill out the anonymous survey sent out Friday in Andy’s What’s Happening. For convenience we have provided a link to that survey below.

In Solidarity,

Mario de’Medici, Krystle Berry, Alan Sousa

This message is for pre-merger Alaska Flight Attendants

The Master Executive Council (MEC) announces a vacancy for the position of MEC Scheduling Committee chairperson. On Thursday afternoon, Zac Weeks offered and the MEC accepted his resignation as MEC Scheduling Committee chairperson, effective immediately. The MEC wishes Zac the best in his future endeavors and thanks him for his service to AFA.

The MEC is currently determining a succession plan for the position, and we will provide an update once a decision has been made. In the meantime, continue to utilize your local Scheduling Committee members or Local Executive Council officers for scheduling-related issues.

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Linda Christou, Lisa Pinkston, Terry Taylor, Mario de’Medici, Melissa Osborne, Tim Green and Brice McGee

On July 1, 2017, Mario, Krystle, and Alan began our three-year term.  We completed New Officer Training in June at the AFA-CWA headquarters, and look forward to advocating on your behalf.

We join the PDX Flight Attendants in thanking Cathy Gwynn, Steven Maller, and Bobby Moore for their tireless support of Council 39.

You currently have 25 Committee Members in addition to the three officers available to you.  To better assist you, when contacting a committee member or an officer, please provide:

• Name
• Phone Number
• Email Address
• People Soft Number
• Sequence/Pairing Number
• Snap Shots/Copy of Sequence
• Crew Members Involved
• A Brief Description of the Situation (only facts)

We will need an email with the above information even after speaking to an AFA Representative. A reminder to use a non-Alaska email.  Do not send your questions/concerns via Facebook or Outlook (your work email).

Flight Attendants may also report issues or request support at http://support.afaalaska.org/

Your AFA Portland Committee Members (click on link)  http://afaalaska.org/pdx/committees

AFA Portland Officers Contact Information

Mario de’Medici, LEC President         (503) 575-6369           mario.demedici@afaalaska.org

Krystle Berry, LEC Vice President      (206) 218-7480           krystle.berry@afaalaska.org

Alan Sousa, LEC Secretary               (360) 567-8162           alan.sousa@afaalaska.org

For those of you that have ongoing situations that have involved AFA, we are your new point of contact.  Please call us to touch base.  We are available to assist all flight attendants, and probationary flight attendants are encouraged to call.

In Solidarity,

Your PDX LEC Officers, Mario de’Medici, Krystle Berry, and Alan Sousa