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What Does This Committee Do?

The Scheduling Committee provides input to and assists the company’s Crew Planning department in the pairing construction process and assists Flight Attendants with concerns relating to pairings or scheduling.

Download the Scheduling Committee Member duties and responsibilities
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
  • Act in an advisory role to the LEC Officers regarding scheduling issues
  • Actively gather information and engage Flight Attendants in discussion to determine their suggestions for future pairings. Keep records of such discussions in order to be responsive to the needs and wants of the members.
  • Establish history of schedules. Retain monthly schedules, bid awards, staffing numbers, total monthly hours, reserve ratios, and other pertinent information thus building documentation for potential grievances.
  • Provide Flight Attendant input to Crew Planning during the pairing construction process. Ensure the best possible balance of pairing types to represent the needs and wants of the members.
  • Represent the unique needs of the domicile with Crew Planning
  • Answer Flight Attendant questions regarding the pairing and line construction process
  • Discuss any scheduling problems or concerns with management
  • Actively monitor management to ensure that established rules and procedures are complied with and that the collective bargaining agreement is not violated. Immediately report any violations or suspected violations to the LEC President.
  • Actively communicate information of interest to the Flight Attendants. Provide a summary of current staffing and scheduling information to the Communications Committee for inclusion in Local Council communications.
Why Would I Contact This Committee?

The Scheduling Committee is available to help you with:

  • Questions about how pairings are constructed
  • Comments and feedback about pairings and suggestions for future pairings

Pairing Construction Subcommittee

Visit the Pairing Construction Subcommittee page

The Pairing Construction Subcommittee works with the company and the Inflight Crew Planning Department to build Flight Attendant pairings.

Preferential Bidding System (PBS) Subcommittee

Visit the Preferential Bidding System (PBS) Subcommittee page

The PBS Subcommittee works with the company and the Inflight Crew Planning Department to maintain the company’s preferential bidding system and oversee the bidding and bid award processes.

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Who Do I Contact?

If you have a scheduling-related issue or concern to share, please file a report through the AFA Alaska online support center.

For other assistance, contact any member of your Local Scheduling 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

Justin Wetherell
anc.scheduling@afaalaska.org

View the ANC Committee List >>

LAX

Brie Donoghue
lax.scheduling@afaalaska.org

View the LAX Committee List >>

PDX

Sheri Rochel
pdx.scheduling@afaalaska.org

View the PDX Committee List >>

SAN

JR George
san.scheduling@afaalaska.org

View the SAN Committee List >>

SEA

Martin Vance/Rita Tillou
sea.scheduling@afaalaska.org

View the SEA Committee List >>

SFO

Contact LEC Officers
sfo.scheduling@afaalaska.org

View the SFO Committee List >>

MEC

Jake Jones, MEC Chairperson
jake.jones@afaalaska.org

Steve Poynter, MEC Vice Chairperson–PBS
pbs@afaalaska.org

Karen Ferrell, MEC Vice Chairperson–Pairing Construction
karen.ferrell@afaalaska.org

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Committee News

View the Scheduling Committee news archives

[L-AS] November 2018 PBS Bid Awards

Posted: October 15, 2018

This message is for Legacy Alaska Airlines (L-AS) Flight Attendants Trouble with the November 2018 PBS bid award The Master Executive Council (MEC) was informed on Friday, October 12, 2018, that the wrong one-position (“D”) pairing file was loaded into NAVBLUE PBS.  That file did not contain all the one-position flights—in excess of 1000—requiring staffing […]

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[L-AS] Continued JCTE Open Time Programming Issues

Posted: July 17, 2018

This message is for pre-merger Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants AFA is aware of the issues that many Flight Attendants faced during the start of open time trading for August schedules on July 16, 2018.  Alaska management sent an email communication outlining that the issues were thought to include the servers. After researching, however, the origin of the […]

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[L-VX] Introducing Your MEC Scheduling Committee Vice Chairperson – Legacy Virgin America

Posted: June 15, 2018

This message is for pre-merger Virgin America Flight Attendants Your Council 18 and 35 Presidents as well as other members of your Master Executive Council (MEC) conducted interviews earlier this month for the new MEC Scheduling Committee Vice Chairperson—Legacy Virgin America position. The MEC would like to thank the candidates who demonstrated willingness to represent […]

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[L-AS] Open Time Grievance

Posted: June 5, 2018

This message is for pre-merger Alaska Airlines Flight Attendants On May 17, AFA filed grievance #36-99-2-130-18, requesting that Alaska Airlines management investigate the circumstances regarding the Company’s alleged violation of Section 12.C.3 “Trading Procedures”.  The grievance contends that the Company’s Jeppesen Crew Access (JCA) Open Time Trading System failed to synchronize time across the system, […]

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AFA Issue Reporting and Resolution

Posted: May 23, 2018

Last year, your AFA Alaska Master Executive Council (MEC) introduced the AFA Alaska online support center.  The system is designed for you to document and report scheduling and reserve concerns, situations where you might be facing discipline, potential contractual grievances, and any other issue where you might need AFA support.  The system also allows AFA […]

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Latest News

Dynamic Contractual Waiver Due to ANC Earthquakes Extended

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The Master Executive Council (MEC) has approved an extension to the dynamic contractual waiver due to the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Anchorage, AK yesterday and today. The contractual duty day and rest requirements are waived ‘down’ to Federal Air Regulations (FARs) for the narrow purposes of facilitating avoiding ANC layovers and to keep the […]

Dynamic Contractual Waiver in Effect Due to ANC Earthquakes

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The Master Executive Council (MEC) has approved a dynamic contractual waiver due to the earthquakes in Anchorage, AK today. The contractual duty day and rest requirements are waived ‘down’ to Federal Air Regulations (FARs) for the narrow purposes of facilitating avoiding ANC layovers and to keep the ANC operation running through 5pm AST tomorrow: December […]

Large Earthquake Strikes Anchorage, AK

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A large earthquake (preliminary estimates around 7.0 in magnitude) struck Anchorage, AK at approximately 9:29 PST (8:29 AST). There are initial reports of damage to infrastructure. So far AFA is receiving reports that crews overnighting at the layover hotel are okay, and we have been in contact with several Flight Attendants living in the area […]

Air Quality Information & Update

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Due to the recent spike in cabin air fume events, your AFA Air Safety, Health, and Security Committee (ASHSC) has been working diligently to assist with all fume events by continuing with our normal procedure of contacting the affected crews, offering support, educating, and providing tools and resources for responding to these events. Resources Available […]

MEC Grievance Update – Quarter 3, 2018

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The Master Executive Council (MEC) has been very hard at work ensuring disciplinary due process and contractual compliance on your behalf.  Section 20.N.2 of the Flight Attendant Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) allows for 10 arbitration dates per year to argue discipline/termination cases and contractual issues.  The ratified Joint CBA increases this amount and provides for […]

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