Master Executive Council (MEC)
- Our AFA Alaska Master Executive Council (MEC) met last week on Tuesday, February 8 and Wednesday, February 9 to conduct their ongoing work to represent our Flight Attendants.
- As part of the meeting, the MEC met with members of inflight, labor relations, and executive management to discuss issues and concerns that are facing our work group and need to be addressed.
- The next Regular MEC Meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 8. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your LEC President if you have any questions.
The February 2022 Regular MEC Meeting was held last on Tuesday, February 8 and Wednesday, February 9. The meeting consisted of updates provided by our MEC Officers, LEC Presidents, Grievance Committee, and Scheduling Committee. Our MEC also reviewed written reports submitted by other AFA MEC Committee Chairpersons about their current programs of work.
Meeting with Management
As part of most Regular MEC Meetings, our MEC meets with management to review current issues and challenges that Flight Attendants are facing. Attendees from management this month included EVP & COO Constance von Muehlen, Managing Director of Inflight Operations Michaela Littman, Managing Director of Inflight Strategy & Support Gloria Chow, Vice President of Labor Relations Jenny Wetzel, Managing Director of Labor Relations Carmen Williams, and other management employees from inflight, labor relations, crew administration, and payroll.
Some of the topics that were discussed include:
- Flight Attendant hiring update and staffing plans. Management plans to increase the size of upcoming initial training classes to 90 people per class beginning in April.
- Uniform policies and updates that are being planned by management.
- Open inflight management positions and what progress the company is making to fill them. Management indicated that they are also planning to increase the number of supervisor positions in SEA as well as add new base admin positions to provide support in designated locations.
- COVID-19 policies and contact tracing protocols. There is still a lack of clear information posted and accessible to Flight Attendants. AFA has asked inflight management to put out an FAQ document offering additional clarification with real life examples. AFA also provided management with a list of questions to help expedite the development of the FAQs.
- IMD connectivity issues in the State of Alaska related to the changeover of the company’s cellular service provider.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this month’s Regular MEC Meeting, please reach out to your LEC President.
