A joint Local Council #19 meeting with Horizon Council #16 will be held on March 27th. The focus of the meeting will be Advanced Board of Director’s meeting agenda items, as this is required by the AFA Constitution and Bylaws.

We will devote the last hour of the meeting to taking questions regarding the TA, but they will be structured and time limited. We will have a JNC Committee member in attendance to assist in answering questions.

What:  Council #19 Base Meeting

When:  March 27, 2018, 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Where: Sea Tac Office Towers, South Tower, Earhart room (Lower Plaza)

Parking: Parking is provided. There is a large lot behind the building, tell the guard you are attending an Alaska Airlines AFA meeting.

If you did not have a chance to attend one of the Seattle Roadshows, you still have a chance!

Are you on a layover in SFO, LAX or SAN in the next few days? Come see us at a roadshow and get your TA questions answered! The SFO location is a 10 minute walk from the Hilton and about 20 minutes from the Hyatt. Los Angeles location is just a few minutes away via UBER or LYFT, or you can take the shuttle from the airport and San Diego location is the same as our layover!

Do you commute from the SAN, LA or SFO area? Parking validated!

Do you have a lot of questions and just want to fly in for one? Hotel shuttles are provided from the airport!

Tuesday March 13th at the San Francisco Airport Doubletree. 835 Airport Blvd., Burlingame CA 94010. Sessions from 9-12 & 1-4.

Wednesday March 14th at the Embassy Suites Airport North. 9801 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90045. Sessions from 9-12 & 1-4.

Friday March 16th at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown (our layover hotel). 1646 Front St., San Diego CA 92101. Sessions from 9-12 & 1-4.

We would love to see you there!

Just a reminder that Roadshows for the Tentative Agreement are taking place this week.

DATES: Thursday, March 8th & Saturday March 10th

LOCATION: Sheraton Four Points SeaTac Airport, 22406 Pacific Highway South, Des Moines, WA

TIME: 9:00AM-12:00PM & 1:00PM-4:00PM

PARKING: Free parking behind the hotel. Ignore any signs that say “Guests Only”.

For those of you coming from the airport, the hotel offers a complimentary shuttle. Just call 253.642.0100 for pick-up!

Please come and get all of your questions answered!

Have you heard of the “me too. campaign”?

You are not alone. Over 20 million people  have reported sexual assault since 2000.

AFA-CWA International has put together a short 3 minute survey on sexual harassement that may have been experienced in our workplace. Please take a moment to complete the survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FAmetoo

Council #19 February Base Update

Grievances

We have had a very busy start to 2018. We have had a flurry of activity due to the Oral and Written Warning Grievances filed for those who were unable to complete the CBT Compliance Training. There were multiple IT issues for those who had difficulty completing the training by the deadline.  The problems seem to be continuing with the Cornerstone Recurrent Training program. If you are or have had difficulties using the Cornerstone application for the Computer Based Training or the Recurrent Training version, and if you have records or screenshots of your attempts to solve the problems through supervisors, Spot On or IT, please forward them to grievance@afaalaska.org.  We are hopeful that the Desktop version will prove more reliable.

Benefits

On February 18th the Seattle Benefits Committee held a Maternity Roundtable for those Flight Attendants who are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant. The meeting was well attended. Seattle Benefits Chair, Kathy O’Malley, Benefits Maternity Chair Danni Peterson, Seattle Benefits Committee Member LeAnne Canton, MEC Grievance Chair Stephanie Adams and MEC Benefits Chair/Council 19 President Terry Taylor were present to discuss recent changes to Maternity Leaves and to answer questions. If you have maternity related questions, feel free to contact Danni Peterson at dannipeterson252@gmail.com.

Having a problem? Not sure who to contact? 

There is a complete list of Seattle Committee members available at afaalaska.org/sea/committees. You will also fined laminated cards in the Seattle Inflight Office that lists all of the Committee Chairpersons and Officer phone numbers. We will have some available at the TA Roadshows and PBS sits, as well.

You can also go to support.afaalaska.org and open a ticket. This is very helpful if you have a reserve, pay or scheduling issue. You can attach supporting documents so that we can resolve your issues as quickly as possible.

Are you finding the new PBS format confusing?

New NavTech PBS System – Base Sits – Get expert help!

March 5:  5am-6pm – Inflight Office (Mezzanine Level)

March 6:  10am-6pm – Inflight Office (Mezzanine Level) and 5am-4pm – C Concourse break room for Reserves.

March 7: 5am-6pm – Inflight Office (Mezzanine Level)

March 9: 5am-1pm – Inflight Office (Mezzanine Level) and 5am-4pm – C Concourse break room for Reserves.

April 5: 8am-5pm – SeaTac Office Tower, South Tower, LP Level, Earhart Room

April 9: 8am-5pm – SeaTac Office Tower, South Tower, LP Level, Earhart Room

Mary 4: 8am-11am – SeaTac Office Tower, South Tower, LP Level, Earhart Room

May 8: 8am-5pm – SeaTac Office Tower, South Tower, LP Level, Earhart Room

This is the building that 13 Coins is located in on International Blvd., across from the airport. Free parking is available in front or behind the building. If parking behind, tell the guard that you are attending an Alaska Airlines event.

Seattle TA Roadshows are Scheduled:

The roadshows are for current AS/VS Flight Attendants only. Please do not bring non Flight Attendant guests or spouses. You may bring infants/small children if child care is problematic.

March 8: 9am-12pm  and 1pm-4pm

March 10: 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm

All roadshows will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, Seattle Airport South. 22406 Pacific Highway South, Des Moines, WA 98198.

Council #19 Base Meeting

We will be holding our Council #19 Base Meeting on March 27th from 1pm-4pm. The first two hours of this meeting will be a joint meeting along with Horizon Council #16. The majority of the agenda items will be advanced Board of Director’s meeting agenda items, as this is required in the AFA Constitution and Bylaws, however, we will devote the last hour of the meeting to taking questions regarding the TA. There will be a Joint Negotiating Committee Member present at the meeting.

The meeting will be at SeaTac Towers (same building as 13 Coins), Lower Plaza Level in the Earhart Room.

New Classes

Class 18-1 graduated last week and will be starting on Reserve March 2nd. You will see some of them flying prior to them, so please wish them a warm welcome to our Alaska Family.

Are You Connected?

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In Solidarity,

Terry, Jake, Adam, Melinda and Megan