Here are minutes of the October 21, 2015 LEC Base Meeting. If you have any questions you can contact any of your LEC Officers.

AFA-CWA Base Meeting

Council 19 Seattle

October 21, 2015

1:00PM

(Agenda)

 

Call meeting to order: 1:45

1. Call for late agenda items

A. Late agenda items – none

B. Announcements – none

2. LEC Update

             A. LEC President Report: LEC P Laura Masserant

Budget 16K a month and over budget in Sept/Oct because of the training (FADAP and Advanced Grievance Training). Andy is cutting the CB pay and some of our AFA paid by Company is being reduced. Our Benefit committee appears to be first on the list and it is only a total of 30 TFP’s for all bases. Laura has asked that our committee members’ complete monthly logs to show work completed. The company will only allow 1 chair to meetings and no additional pay. Vice chair can attend but no CB pay.

The Inflight Crew Room is moving and will eventually be just outside the KCM area where the pilot room is now. That is also going to be the area that is going to be the FA area for rest.

            B. LEC VP Report: VP Jake Jones

Pretty much the same thing doing a lot of back scene issues. In office Monday thru Friday and fly on the weekends and that is the only time my phone is off. In charge of the implementation meetings and those are once a month along with scheduling once a month.

             C. LEC Secretary: Sect/Tresurer Linda Christou

Membership dues update: Check to see if it was paid because notices cross in the mail with payment updates from Alaska. First, you need to review your paystub and you look at your 20^th check for the month you were invoiced (if you get a invoice from AFA International Membership department). If you are invoiced for October you look at your October 20^th paycheck not September 20^th paycheck.

        3. Open Time Update:

The company believes it didn’t crash. Company added more servers to help offset the accessibility issues, but Seattle reports continuing concerns with log on attempts. The MEC will discuss at the next meeting, November 9-10. Seattle Open Time accessibility is added to the agenda to discuss possible changes to the December OT for January. It must be fair for all bases~ MEC is monitoring OT and Laura will send out a blast (Went out as MEC blast on 10.27.5)

December Staffing update: More flying in the back end of December so bid accordingly.

          4. BUDGET REVIEW

Went over it earlier in Laura’s report

Meeting adjourn at 2:50pm

Please remember to join your Council 19 Officers on October 21, 2015, for the local base meeting

Where: Seoul Room Sea Tac Conference Center

Time: 1:00 pm (parking is free when you park on all levels EXCEPT 4)

If you have an agenda item that you would like to add please contact LEC Secretary Linda Christou.

AFA-CWA BASE MEETING

Council 19 – Seattle

October 21, 2015

1:00 pm

Agenda

I. Call meeting to order

A. Call for late agenda items

B. Late Agenda Items

C. Announcements

II. LEC Update 

A. Officer Update

1. LEC President Report

2. LEC VP Report

3. LEC Sec/Tres and Membership Report

B. Open Time Update

C. Budget Review

Common questions answered by your SEA Scheduling Committee!

Have a question? Email sea.scheduling@afaalaska.org 

WHAT IS THE TSN AND HOW DO I FIND IT?

FAs will be restricted from trading with Open Time from the bulletin board  or multiple trades when the number of trips in Open time that count towards the Threshold Sequence Number (TSN) is greater than the minimum TSN.

The TSN number for SEA in October appears to be 11 sequences per day.  There are currently 2066 FAs on the SEA seniority list.  The minimum a domicile receives is 3 sequences per day when under 650 FAs in the domicile. Once 650 is met they receive a total of 4 per day and an additional 1 sequence for an additional 200 FAs.

SEA:

1-649 FAs: 3 sequences

650 FAs: 1 sequence

1416 additional FAs: 7

Total of TSN for SEA with 2066 FAs (650 + 1416) = 11 sequences per day

The contractual reference is Section 12.F.3.

In order to see the TSN number you must hover your mouse over the date.  In SEA it will show 11 TSN threshold per day.

If a day is dark it is closed/limited.  If the day is open it has not met the number.

WHAT CONSITUTUES BLOCK OUT/BLOCK IN?

Block out:

Period of time beginning with the earlier of

1. A) Aircraft movement (measured when all upper deck doorsare closed and the parking brake is release) OR
2. B) Engine start sequence initiated (measured by oil pressure) for the purpose of flight or repositioning.

Block in:      

1. A) Any upper deck door open
2. B) All engines shut down (measured by oil pressure)

SIT PAY:

If pairing has a scheduled sit of 2:01 or more, 1.0 tfp is paid. If 2:01 is not scheduled but occurs the 1.0 tfp is due. If your sit time appears to be 2:01, but the CSAs are fast and close the door below 2:01 no sit pay is due.

Remember, the sit time must be scheduled to receive the 1.0 if actual sit time falls below 2:01.

September Open Time Crash

The MEC is working with the company to address issues with Open Time day. On September 15, the system crashed two minutes into the SEA Open Time slot. We have determined that the current antiquated computer system cannot withstand the amount of users attempting to process trades all at once. Until the new computer is uploaded we will continue to see this problem. We are in active discussions with management and should have a temporary solution, soon!

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EARNING VACATION FOR 2016: REMINDERS

Company Seniority:

Seniority that begins to accrue from the date an employee is placed on the Company payroll and will continue to accrue during the term of employment. Company seniority will determine vacation time, and all Company benefits.

Occupational Seniority Applications:

Occupational seniority/system seniority will be used for all vacation selection, eligibility for Longevity Paid Time Off…

SECITON 14 VACATION

SECTION A:

3. Employment begins with the first day a Flight Attendant is placed on the Companypayroll.
4. Vacation accruals in A.1. and A.2., above, are based on Worked TFP credited in the

previous calendar year.

(Worked TFP: All paid TFP excluding vacation/Longevity PTO and sick leave.)

Flight Attendants who are credited with four-hundred eighty (480.0) TFP or greater will accrue the maximum days of vacation listed above for the subsequent calendar year.

Flight Attendants who are credited with greater than or equal to two-hundred forty

(240.0) TFP and less than four-hundred eighty (480.0) TFP will accrue half of the

maximum days of vacation listed above for the subsequent calendar year.

Flight Attendants who are credited with less than two-hundred forty (240.0) TFP will NOT accrue vacation for the subsequent calendar year.

Unpaid TFP credit will be applied and/or look-back period will be modified consistent with Sections 15.M. [Leaves with Coordination…] and 15.N. [Unpaid Leaves…] as applicable.

COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS/VACATIONS:

May I pick up Premium OT on vacation?

Yes.

Longevity Paid Time Off (PTO): Seven (7) days of PTO provided to a Flight Attendant employed twenty-five (25) years or longer who is credited with greater than or equal to nine hundred-sixty (960.0) Worked TFP inclusive of vacation in a calendar year.

Section 13- Uniforms

A Flight Attendant who is credited with fewer than four-hundred eighty (480.0) TFP

inclusive of Worked TFP, vacation and sick leave in the previous calendar year will not receive any uniform credits but will receive necessary uniform pieces upon approval of Inflight management. Unpaid TFP credit will be applied and/or the look back period will be modified consistent with Section 15.M. [Leaves with Coordination…] and 15.N. [Unpaid Leaves…] as applicable.

Q AND A SECTION 14:

Will my entitlement to vacation be reduced due to a leave of absence?

Unless a Flight Attendant has some // Worked TFP, vacation pay or sick leave in a bid month during a leave of absence, the Flight Attendant will have her/his annual vacation entitlement reduced by one-twelfth (1/12). Section 14.A.1. and 14.A.2.

[Vacation/Longevity Paid Time…].

Please let your officers and committee chairs know if you have any questions!

In solidarity,

LEC President Laura Masserant,

LEC VP/MEC Scheduling Chair Jake Jones,

LEC Sec/Tres Linda Christou,

Council Rep Stephanie Adams, and Council Rep Adam Clarey

Dear Reserve Flight Attendants,

As many of you know, after our contract was ratified there was some confusion on how sit time would be paid for Reserve Flight Attendants. Management initially believed that sit time should count towards your guarantee and AFA believed that it should be paid above the guarantee. Several months ago, the parties agreed to AFA’s position.  You should expect to see the retro pay on your your October 5th paycheck, please let us know if you believe you were due back pay and didn’t receive it.

In addition, a few of you would have qualified for the first quarter QPP if you had received the sit pay correctly. If this is the case, you will see the additional $500 QPP payment tomorrow (the 29th).

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any Reserve Committee Member, MEC Reserve Chairperson Jarod McNeill or any of your Council 19 Officers. 

3pm Update

Dear Seattle Flight Attendants, 

As of 3pm today Seattle Open Time has been up and working since 2:33 pm. At this point, several days remain open and active trading appears to be working well. However, the initial concern with the system failure is still my main focus. 

I have discussed the failure with Director of Crew Scheduling, Kieran Whitney, who reports that a corporate system update around 2pm today may be the culprit. I am awaiting futher information and will prepare a detailed blast for you in the upcoming days. 

In the meantime, I have registered my complaints with the company for failing to provide a system that allows Seattle Flight Attendants (and Flight Attendants system wide) their contractual right to trade trips. They are working on a solution for next month and will be sharing the information with you, as well.

Rest assured, I will continue to press the issue with the company to ensure that contractual Open Time procedures are afforded to all Flight Attendants every month. 

In Solidarity, 

Laura Masserant 

LEC President~ Council 19