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What Does This Committee Do?
The Communications Committee works to maintain regular and timely communication with the membership through relevant channels including print, web, social media, and emerging platforms.

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Specific Duties and Responsibilities
  • Act in an advisory role to the LEC Officers regarding communications issues
  • Serve as a resource to the LEC Officers and local committee members on best practices involving communication with the membership including copyright issues, photo permissions, spam, and privacy policies.
  • Maintain the Local Council website and social media presence
  • Update website and social media content regularly. Be able to make updates on short notice.
  • Create and distribute regular electronic informational updates to the Flight Attendants and maintain email lists
  • Handle correspondence from local committees regarding current happenings and information of interest and compile for use in informational updates
  • Promote new means of communication between AFA-CWA and the members including SMS, Twitter, Facebook, and other emerging platforms
Why Would I Contact This Committee?

The Communications Committee is available to help you with:

  • Accessing current or achieved AFA Alaska news or informational articles
  • Accepting and reviewing news articles or other potential information of interest to Flight Attendants
  • Providing assistance with AFA Alaska website or email distribution list problems

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Who Do I Contact?

For assistance, contact any member of your Local Communications Committee.  You can find a list of Committee Members on your Local Council Committees page.  For your convenience, a list of Committee Chairs and links to the Local Committee lists are below.

ANC

Annie Madsen
anc.communications.chair@afaalaska.org

View the ANC Committee List >>

HNL

Mikioi Vericella
hnl.communications.chair@afahawaiian.org

LAX (pmAS)

Eric Howell
lax.communications.chair@afaalaska.org

View the LAX (pmAS) Committee List >>

LAX (pmHA)

Josh Aoki
lax.communications.chair@afahawaiian.org

PDX

Contact LEC Officers

View the PDX Committee List >>

SAN

Contact LEC Officers

View the SAN Committee List >>

SEA

Kiersten Larson
sea.communications.chair@afaalaska.org

View the SEA Committee List >>

SFO

Mischelle Fielsch/Mya Tebeau
sfo.communications.chair@afaalaska.org

View the SFO Committee List >>

MEC

Brian Palmer
communications@afaalaska.org

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Committee News

View the Communications Committee news archives

Mahalo From Your AFA Hawaiian Communications Committee

Posted: June 19, 2025

This message is for pre-merger Hawaiian Flight Attendants Aloha Hawaiian Flight Attendants, On behalf of your AFA Hawaiian Communications Committee, we would like to extend our heartfelt mahalo to each of you for your engagement and support throughout the years. It has been an honor to serve you and to help ensure that important communications […]

Sign Up For Text Message Updates From AFA Alaska

Posted: October 12, 2023

Communications Committee We’re excited to announce a new way for Alaska Flight Attendants to receive important news and updates. Starting today, you can sign up for text message updates from AFA Alaska. The process is quick and easy – just visit the sign-up page and provide your name, mobile number, and a few other details. […]

Understanding Our Union: How AFA Works at Our Airline

Posted: May 4, 2022

Representation within our Union starts at the domicile level with your Local Council.  Local Executive Council (LEC) Officers are directly elected from among your fellow Flight Attendants who are members of the same Local Council. LEC Officers work to resolve concerns specific to Flight Attendants from your base with local management.  Your LEC President also represents your base at the airline level as a member of the Master Executive Council (MEC).  The LEC Presidents from all six bases together form our MEC, which works to coordinate the activities of our Union at the airline level.  They make decisions on our behalf and give direction to the MEC Officers, who represent the MEC to management.

Introducing AFA Alaska News Now

Posted: November 29, 2021

We’re looking to improve the way we communicate using more frequent updates that are more concise and to-the-point. AFA Alaska News Now posts will be made throughout the week and posted to the AFA Alaska website and AFA Alaska social media channels. Prefer to receive news by email?  AFA Alaska News in Review email updates will still be sent out regularly with a summary of AFA Alaska News Now articles that have been posted recently.

Alaska AFA Information At Your Fingertips

Posted: October 23, 2015

AFA Alaska news and information are now easier to access than ever with the recent launch of our new optimized mobile website.  Just visit afaalaska.org on your IMD or personal smartphone for easy access to AFA resources when you’re on the go. There’s An App For That If you’re using an Apple device, you can […]

We Will Never Forget – September 11, 2001

AFA Never Forget Website United Flight 175 Robert J. FangmanAmy N. JarretAmy R. KingKathryn LaBorieAlfred G. MarchandMichael C. TarrouAlicia N. TitusCaptain: Victor SaraciniFirst Officer: Michael HorrocksCustomer Service Representatives: Marianne MacFarlane and Jesus Sanchez United Flight 93 Lorraine G. BaySandra BradshawWanda A. GreenCeeCee LylesDeborah WelshCaptain: Jason DahlFirst Officer: Leroy Homer American Flight 11 Barbara AresteguiJeffrey CollmanSara […]

Vacation Survey Now Open

This message is for both pre-merger Alaska and Hawaiian Flight Attendants Your Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) is working diligently to understand and improve the vacation benefits for our Flight Attendants at Alaska and Hawaiian. Your input is essential in ensuring that the vacation provisions we adopt reflect your needs and preferences. To gather your perspectives, […]

SEA Domicile Negotiations – September 2025

This message is for pre-merger Hawaiian Flight Attendants Negotiations Update The SEA Domicile Negotiating Committee met this week for three days of collective bargaining with management.  The SEA NC met with management on September 3 to September 5 in Honolulu. At the negotiating table for this session were: Representing AFA and our Flight Attendants   […]

Pre-Merger Alaska MEC Committee Interviews—October 2025

This message is for pre-merger Alaska Flight Attendants In accordance with Article VI.C of the AFA Alaska MEC Policy and Procedure Manual, the terms of office for the MEC Committee Chairpersons and other MEC-level positions align with those of the MEC Officers. Since the current term for the MEC Officers will conclude on December 31, […]

Merged MEC Committee Chairperson Interviews—October 2025

This message is for both pre-merger Alaska and Hawaiian Flight Attendants The integration of our Master Executive Councils (MECs) is progressing steadily. Our first group of committees successfully merged on June 1, and we are now planning for another group of committees to merge on November 1. As part of the committee merging process, our […]

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