Council 15 SAN

California Councils Joint Membership Meeting November 16, 2020

October 8, 2020 20:28

Board of Directors Membership Meeting

The next membership meeting for members will be Monday, November 16, 2020 at 1100 on Zoom. The purpose will be to discuss the AFA Board of Directors Meeting scheduled for November 18, 2020. This meeting will be a combined council meeting and open to all Council 35, 18 and 15 members in good standing (up-to-date on dues).

Agenda, time and registration details will be sent in a separate communication.

We look forward to seeing you there!

-Your AFA Alaska California Council Officers-

Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad (SFO@afaalaska.org)

Tim, Kelese, Martin and Bryan (LAX@afaalaska.org)

Brice, Melanie and JR (SAN@afaalaska.org)

Proposed Annual Budget 2020-2021

May 13, 2020 10:57

Membership Meeting to Review 2020-2021 AFA Proposed Annual Budget

The next membership meeting for Council 35 members will be Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 1100-1200 on Zoom. The purpose will be to discuss the AFA Board of Director’s Budget Proposal 2020. The Board will be voting on this budget during the special AFA Board of Director’s Virtual Meeting on May 20, 2020, so this is the opportunity for members to ask questions and provide feedback to their LEC President on voting preferences.

This meeting will be a combined council meeting and open to all Council 35, 18 and 15 members in good standing (up-to-date on dues). The only agenda item for this meeting will be the budget. Stay tuned for future meetings to allow members the opportunity to discuss a variety of topics with a full agenda.

You may review the agenda prior to this meeting. The full budget document will be shared during the Zoom meeting by the host. Special Guest Terry Taylor from the AFA Finance Committee will be present to answer specific questions.

If you wish to attend, please register by May 18, 2020. Once registered, you may submit budget questions to your LEC and the question will be answered during the meeting. No anonymous questions will be accepted.

Your AFA Alaska California Council Officers-

Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad (SFO@afaalaska.org)

Tim, Kelese, Martin and Bryan (LAX@afaalaska.org)

Brice, Melanie and JR (SAN@afaalaska.org)

Melissa Osborne, LEC President • Melissa.osborne@afaalaska.org • 415-275-1322
Aladrian Hillmon, LEC Vice President • Aladrian.hillmon@afaalaska.org • 415-991-3791
James Ikehara, LEC Secretary • James.ikehara@afaalaska.org • 415-289-9011
Bradley Young, Council Representative • Bradley.young@afaalaska.org • 916-508-3503

3rd Quarter CBT Due Soon!

September 21, 2018 10:30

We have 66 SAN Flight Attendants that have not completed the 3rd Quarter CBT (Computer Base Training). The title of the required training is Q3 inflight service updates.

The current training is due September 30, 2018.

Failure to complete the required quarterly trainings by the deadline can result in discipline of an Oral Warning and meetings with Management.

Open your Cornerstone App on your IMD. After logging in all uncompleted courses will show on the main page. Remember its always a good idea to take screen shots of your completed courses as backup.

If your main screen is blank you can double check your completed courses by clicking on the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner and choosing the completed tab. All completed trainings will be visible there. All non completed courses will be under the Active tab.

If you have any concerns regarding the current trainings contact any of the SAN Supervisors.

Fly Safe.

September Updates and Important Information

September 4, 2018 18:00

AFA Meeting Oct 8^th 12:00 to 3:00

AFA Constitution and Bylaws require that local councils hold a membership meeting twice per calendar year. Our first meeting of the year was held in May to discuss the AFA Board of Directors Meeting Agenda.

This meeting is open to all Council 15 members in good standing. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide members the opportunity to meet your Officers. Please come ready to ask questions and participate in the discussions regarding merger negotiations, bidding and the latest issues impacting Council 15 members. The meeting will be in the Volunteer Conference Room located above the USO across from Terminal 2 East.

Scheduling Chair JR will be attending to discuss scheduling issues and our Uniform Chair Denise Sheldon will be there with her uniform pieces and will discuss the second round uniform testing.

If you have an agenda item that you would like to discuss at the local meeting or any issues or concerns you would like us to discuss with management, please send them no later than OCT 4th, to LEC Secretary/Treasurer Stephen Couckuyt at Stephen.Couckuyt@afaalaska.org

We hope to see you there!

Going Away Party/Happy Hour for Melissa

We are looking for a fun venue for the happy hour following the Base Meeting, someplace close to the airport. If you know of a place please, contact Melanie Buker @ 208-890-1849 and continue to send photos, videos, quotes, etc so that we can create a nice going away video. Mail to: melanie.buker@gmail.com

Committee Updates:

We welcome Norma Dorman, Rex Hampton and Holly Mozzone to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Professional Standards Committee.

These 3 bring diverse backgrounds, work experience and many varied skills in areas such as peer support, working with addiction and volunteer work.

They have just recently completed the EAP initial training, so please help us in welcoming them to the EAP peer support program.

We have one opening on the uniform committee and with the second round of wear testing upcoming, we think it’s important to add a male to the committee. If interested, please send an email to: SAN@afaalaska.org.

We are also looking for someone to assist with Workers Comp if you would be interested and have knowledge in this area please send an email to: san@afaalaska.org

To look at the complete list of our SAN committee’s go to http://afaalaska .org/committees

Pairing Changes

After many talks with management regarding our high percentage of 4-day trips in SAN. They heard us loud and clear: 4-day pairings for SAN significantly dropped to 14.7% for OCT. However, please know that though Crew Planning was able to make this adjustment from SEP to OCT, they may not always make adjustments like this. The reality on trip distributions is that it needs to be assessed on a month-by-month basis across all bases as Crew Planning tries to balance safety, quality, cost, and productivity.

Until we are fully integrated, scheduled for February 2019, we may see many changes. Flying that we’re missing now should return and you’ll have the ability to fly on both Airbus and Boeing aircraft. Also, this is when all bases are planned be aligned and transfers will be allowed for both Airbus and Boeing into all 6 bases as staffing permits.

Professional Standards

Conflicts and/or issues with Coworkers

In San Diego we are lucky to have a great team of supervisors and management staff.

Please keep in mind that many personal conflicts should be taken to your Professional standards team and not taken immediately to management. Often AFA EAP/ Professional Standards can resolve the problems or issues without Management becoming involved. Once management is aware of the situation that could lead to someone’s discipline and or possibly even termination.

Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Chair and Reps can be found here: http://afaalaska.org/san/committees

Reminder: Calling out Sick or Sick Family

Less is more

When calling in sick, the only thing that scheduling needs to know is that you are calling in either sick, sick family, FMLA or Workers Comp period. They do not need to know why, what symptoms or anything else related to the illness. You don’t need to apologize, and you don’t need to explain.

Reminder: Contacted by Management?

Know Your Rights

If you receive a call from any Inflight Supervisor, it is best to first clarify if the conversation could lead to disciplinary action. If the answer is “Yes,” at this point you can request that the union be involved in any further conversations. However, even if the supervisor states that the conversation won’t lead to any discipline, if at any time you feel the questions to be leading or uncomfortable you can once again end the conversation by saying you will only continue with a union rep present.

Having a union rep there is insurance. It is an advocate and a second set of ears to ensure that your point is understood clearly by the company and not misinterpreted.

Keeping Current with AFA Information

There are several ways to keep up to date with your Council #15 news! In addition to your regular email updates, the information can be found at: afaalaska.org/san

Are you on Facebook?

Like the Official Council #15 page at: https://www.facebook.com/AFA-Council-15-San-Diego-249262698862442/

We also have the SAN AFA page that is not public and you need to ask one of your friends who is in the group already, or one of the Officers to add you.

Receive the most important information via text (we do not send out all communications via text, just the ones that are the most important!). Register for texts at: https://www.remind.com/join/afalec15

We also have an App exclusive to SAN. The App give you easy access to jump seat agreements, KCM Locations, Air Quality and much more. The App is not searchable in play store you need to either click on this link: http://m.magmito.com/inva/47717

Or ask one of your officers and we can assist you with downloading.

In Solidarity,

Brice, Melanie and Stephen

July Newsletter

July 18, 2018 13:30

Transition Training

Transition Training began last week. Despite recent updates to the Cornerstone Training program, we are still receiving reports of technical difficulties with both the app and the desktop version. If you experience trouble, go to https://support.afaalaska.org, and open a ticket. We would encourage you to start early, to avoid problems.

We are also aware it is taking longer than 4 hours to complete. Please make sure to include that in your trouble ticket above.

The most important thing with any computer or IMD Training, screen shot or take a picture of the completion page. Do not rely on the program to register you as completed. If it does not show you as completed, we need some sort of evidence to be able to manually process your completion.

When taking the test remember it is open book and you can take it from your IMD or from a computer. To make the test easier to complete have your Manual, Ghost Manual and Study Guide open on one device and the test open in a separate device so you don’t have to switch back and forth. In the event that you fail the test, you will receive an email advising you that you have 7 days after class ends to retake a paper version. You can take the paper version during lunch break at TT or schedule to take it at base.

You can find the Ghost Manual on the Training Tab – Transition Training Resources – “Ghost Manual”

The Ghost Manual is the combined manual we will be using starting next year.

Practice your door drills, take a deep breath and go slow. The training is very hands on, try not to stress to much.

CBT Training

The most recent CBT training was due May 11, 2018. There were 13 Flight Attendants issued discipline because of failure to complete the training. Several of these disciplines have been rescinded after AFA was able to determine why the training had not been completed. If you were issued discipline and have not responded to our attempts to reach you, or you have email or screen shots showing your technical difficulties with the program please contact San@afaalaska.org. There is a possibility of getting the discipline reversed.

Required Items

In a recent bulletin, Inflight Performance announced that forgotten required items will result in steps of discipline. We are aware of several recent instances of expired badges, as well as reporting without an IMD. Make certain that you have all required items before reporting to your flight.

EAP Committee

We recently posted openings for EAP representatives. We were overwhelmed by the number of Flight Attendants who expressed interest. We reviewed the applications and chose 3 flight attendants to join our EAP Committee. We will be looking again at the beginning of the year and will be contacting those who were not selected to gauge interest and open it to anyone interested to apply again including hopefully Flight Attendants on the Airbus side who will have been able to transfer into SAN.

Supplemental Insurance

Supplemental Insurance Enrollment, through National Group Protection, will take place during the week of 8/14-16, in SAN. The premiums for these coverages can be payroll deducted. If SAN isn’t a convenient location, drop into any base during scheduled visits.

· Seattle July 23^rd—27^th

· Anchorage July 30^th–August 1^st

· Los Angeles August 6^th—8^th

· San Diego August 14^th—16^th

· Portland August 20^th—22^nd

Accident Insurance

Critical Illness Coverage

Whole Life Insurance

There are some benefit enhancements/upgrades this year, so please take the time to sit down with a benefit counselor and review your options. This is also an excellent time to make sure you have filed for your annual health screening benefits, which are part of the accident and critical illness benefit plans.

· Supplemental – these plans supplement any existing coverage

· Voluntary – members choose to participate

· Limited Underwriting – no medical or physical exams required

· Family Coverage – available with all of the plans

· Portable – members can continue coverage if they leave the company

· Payroll Deduction – premiums are paid through payroll deduction

If you have any questions regarding the upcoming enrollment, please contact National Group Protection (NGP) at 800-344-9016.

Workers Comp Using Your Own Doctor

Non California Residents

Forms can be obtained from Base Management or from your Officers

In the event you sustain an injury or illness related to your employment, you may be treated for such injury or illness by your personal medical doctor (M.D.), doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.) or medical group if:

• on the date of your work injury you have health care coverage for injuries or illnesses that are not work related;

• the doctor is your regular physician, who shall be either a physician who has limited his or her practice of medicine to general practice or who is a board-certified or board-eligible internist, pediatrician, obstetrician-gynecologist, or family practitioner, and has previously directed your medical treatment, and retains your medical records;

• your “personal physician” may be a medical group if it is a single corporation or partnership composed of licensed Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy, which operates an integrated multispecialty medical group providing comprehensive medical services predominantly for nonoccupational illnesses and injuries;

• prior to the injury your doctor agrees to treat you for work injuries or illnesses;

• prior to the injury you provided your employer the following in writing: (1) notice that you want your personal doctor to treat you for a work-related injury or illness, and (2) your personal doctor’s name and business address.

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