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

Click the link below for some helpful Reserve reminders……

Reserve TidBits September 2015

PBS BASE SITS
Members of the PBS Committee and Crew Planning will be in the bases in October and November to help with holiday bidding and questions about pairings. Here’s the schedule:

Oct 5th SAN 930a-130p

Oct 6th LAX 6a-1p

Oct 7th PDX 615a-130p

Oct 8th SEA 5am-1pm

Nov 5th ANC 9am-3pm

Nov 6th ANC 5am-1230pm

Nov 9th SEA 5am-1pm

Local AFA Scheduling Committee members may be assisting as well.

Hope to see you!

FIRST ROUND OF VACATION BIDDING IS OPEN!

Refer to bulletin: #2015-0212 for more information

First Round: September 8, 2015 – September 22, 2015 (midnight); awards posted by
September 28, 2015
If you have enough days to bid two (2) or more openings and you only bid one (1) opening, you will be assigned your second block of seven (7) or more days. Do not leave yourself less than seven (7) days to bid in the second round.

1 – 13 days: must bid all in first opening
14 – 20 days: bid in one or two openings
21+ days: bid in one or two openings in the First Round; may leave seven (7) or more days for Second Round

***The remaining days available for the Second Round on your bid form when the Second Round opens.

Second Round: October 2, 2015 – October 15, 2015 (midnight); awards posted by October 23, 2015

Bid remaining days after First Round in up to four (4) openings. Again, each opening must contain at least seven (7) days.
***If you forget to bid in the Second Round, you will be assigned after all Second Round bids are awarded.

Vacation Trading will start October 28, 2015.
You will have until October 31, 2015 to trade January 1-4, 2016 vacation days.

NEW OPEN TIME PROCESS

Refer to Bulletin #2015-0210

New OPEN TIME key points:

Start date for trading/dropping trips is the 15th of the month. This date is for both FA-to-FA trades and OT trades.

New start times for each base:

• SAN-9am PT

• PDX-10am PT

• ANC-11am PT

• LAX-12pm PT

• SEA-2pm PT

Out of domicile pick-ups start on the 17th of each month.

Calendar will still show a white background for an open day and gray for a limited day just like before.

You can now drop a trip into Open without trading, if the day is open.

Starting Sept 15th for Oct Flying, only the day on which the trip reports has to be open in order for the trip to be traded or dropped

4K sequences will be processed within the system, no need to contact Crew Scheduling after Sept 15 for OCT sequences.

COUNCIL 19 LOCAL AFA BASE MEETING: OCTOBER 21ST

SEA TAC CONFERENCE CENTER

SEOUL ROOM

1PM TO 4PM

Parking in garage paid for if parked on Levels 1, 2, 3, 5, or higher (not level 4).

In solidarity,

Your Council 19 AFA LEC Officers and Council Representatives:

Laura, Jake, Linda, Stephanie, and Adam