The 2017 vacation awards are being pulled by mutual agreement of AFA and Alaska Airlines management in order to investigate the accuracy of the awards. AFA is protesting the awards system-wide on behalf of our members. The Master Executive Council (MEC) believes a complete re-award is in order due to a multitude of technical errors. Considering the system did not receive adequate end-user testing, we are not surprised this “beta” (test) version may be malfunctioning. It is unfortunate that Flight Attendants were forced to test drive the system with their actual vacation bids.
Stand by for more information.
In Solidarity,
Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Satterlee, Lisa Pinkston, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Tim Green and Brice McGee
Carol nettles says
I am happy with my award and it seems accurate with last years results….what happens next..its so stupid this “guiney pig” error happened to us.
Jeffrey Peterson (MEC President) says
Hey there Carol! My apologies for the delayed response to your question. In regards to next steps, there were two additional communications that probably answered your question, “What happens next?”: ***Update*** 2017 Vacation Awards System-Wide Bid Protest and 2017 Vacation Rebid. Let us know if you have any additional questions.