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    You are here: Home / Archives for Council 15

    SAN November Updates

    November 6, 2020 08:00

    SAN LAX SFO Membership Meeting Nov 16

    The next membership meeting for Council 15 members will be Monday, November 16, 2020 at 1100 on Zoom. The purpose will be to discuss the AFA Board of Director’s Meeting scheduled for November 18, 2020. This meeting will be a combined council meeting and open to all Council 15, 18 and 35 members in good standing (up-to-date on dues).  You must register to attend.  If you have any agenda items to discuss or specific questions please submit to SAN@afaalaska.org by November 9, 2020.

    Increases to High-Deductible Health Insurance Plan

    Your Council 15 Officers have fielded many questions regarding increases in the consumer choice health insurance plan.  The JCBA §23.A.3 defines the option: “The Company will offer a high-deductible group-insurance plan. Flight Attendants will pay no more than any other work group to participate in the plan.” The regular PPO is limited to a 15% increase over current rates in §23.A.1 and did not increase for 2021. The PPO rates are frozen at the 2019 rates per JCBA§23.A.2 

    Multi-Factor Authentication coming soon 

    Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a security process for authenticating users by requiring two methods to sign in – generally a password and another form of identification. Many already using this process to access sites such as online banking, and Alaska is now rolling it out to all employees for PeopleSoft and Office365 products.  The deadline to enroll in MFA is December 1, and employees that do not enroll by the deadline will be locked out of AS accounts.  Enrollment information will be sent to all employees via company email. 

    FMLA Qualifications after Staffing and Furlough Mitigations Leaves

    To qualify for FMLA, FAs need to work 504 hours within a rolling 12 month period.  With so many FAs taking leaves this year, qualifying for FMLA is a struggle for many.  AFA approached management to request a waiver or exemption to qualifying hours.  Management declined to change required hours to remain consistent with other work groups in the company.  This means that if an FA doesn’t qualify for FMLA, the intermittent leave option will not be available. Continuous leaves will be offered through Matrix as a (non-FMLA) medical leave.

    Trending Performance Investigations and Disciplines

    CBT


    Discipline for failing to complete quarterly CBTs are continue to trend.  Flight Attendants returning from leave are given 60 days to complete CBTs.  The Council 15 Grievance Committee has been successful in assisting FAs dispute discipline when evidence of technical difficulties exist.  Being busy and forgetting to complete the CBT has not been accepted as extenuating circumstances to miss a CBT deadline and the discipline will remain.  If more than one CBT deadline is missed, discipline will progress to higher steps on the discipline scale (ie 2 missed CBTs in 18 month period will escalate to a Written Warning).


    Reserve Violations


    Reserves that spend their reserve days out-of-base or not remaining within airport during airport standby continue to be investigated.  Violations of the reserve proximity requirements will result in termination on the first offense.  Please see JCBA§11 for rules regarding reserve availability periods.

    Contacting AFA Officers

    Please, Do Not call from a blocked phone number.  Blocked Calls/Voicemail are filtered out and may not be delivered.
    Please, Do Not send messages via Facebook Messenger (or any 3rd party message App).

    Please, Do Not email over Company servers  (@alaskaair.com).  

    The company has access to all communications on company servers.   Assume every email sent or received via Co Email will be seen by management.   

    Member run Facebook Pages are NOT actively monitored by AFA.  Therefore, there should be no expectation that any AFA officer will see or address any issues or complaints posted on those pages.

    If you need assistance, please reach out to your AFA Reps via appropriate channels and provide details for us to assist you.  

    Please contact us using the following approved platforms:

    Email: SAN@afaalaska.org

    Phone: (206) 457-2010 X5
    OS Ticket:   https://support.afaalaska.org/
    Committee Roster:  https://afaalaska.org/san/committees

    Registered Commuter Status

    Key reminders for F/As who are registered commuters D8Y Status:•

    •  Commuting using the D8Y boarding priority is only permitted when traveling to/from work.
    •  F/As are not eligible to use when traveling for personal reasons.

    F/As must submit an update request or removal request via the Commuter Form on the Inflight Website if any of the following events have changed since originally enrolling in the Commuter program.

    • Registered commuter city, primary residential address, permanent domicile, temporary base swap

    Commuting using the D8Y boarding priority is not permitted when: 

    • Beginning or completing an out of base pick up
    • When choosing to be released from a deadhead originally scheduled to return F/A to domicile,
    • F/A travels to a city that is not their registered commuter city and then flies to their domicile(exception: making a legal connection en route from the F/A’s registered commuter city to the F/A’s domicile or vice versa).

    .

    Filed Under: Council 15 SAN Tagged With: Council 15, Newsletter, SAN, updates

    California Councils Joint Membership Meeting November 16, 2020

    October 8, 2020 20:28


    Board of Directors Membership Meeting

    The next membership meeting for members will be Monday, November 16, 2020 at 1100 on Zoom. The purpose will be to discuss the AFA Board of Directors Meeting scheduled for November 18, 2020.  This meeting will be a combined council meeting and open to all Council 35, 18 and 15 members in good standing (up-to-date on dues).  

    Agenda, time and registration details will be sent in a separate communication. 

    We look forward to seeing you there!

    -Your AFA Alaska California Council Officers-

    • Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad (SFO@afaalaska.org)
    • Tim, Kelese, Martin and Bryan (LAX@afaalaska.org)
    • Brice, Melanie and JR (SAN@afaalaska.org)

    Filed Under: Council 15 SAN, Council 18 LAX, Council 35 SFO Tagged With: Board of Directors, BOD Meeting, Council 15, Council 18, Council 35, meeting

    Proposed Annual Budget 2020-2021

    May 13, 2020 10:57

    Membership Meeting to Review 2020-2021 AFA Proposed Annual Budget

    The next membership meeting for Council 35 members will be Tuesday, May 19, 2020 from 1100-1200 on Zoom. The purpose will be to discuss the AFA Board of Director’s Budget Proposal 2020.  The Board will be voting on this budget during the special AFA Board of Director’s Virtual Meeting on May 20, 2020, so this is the opportunity for members to ask questions and provide feedback to their LEC President on voting preferences.  

    This meeting will be a combined council meeting and open to all Council 35, 18 and 15 members in good standing (up-to-date on dues).  The only agenda item for this meeting will be the budget.  Stay tuned for future meetings to allow members the opportunity to discuss a variety of topics with a full agenda.

    You may review the agenda prior to this meeting. The full budget document will be shared during the Zoom meeting by the host.  Special Guest Terry Taylor from the AFA Finance Committee will be present to answer specific questions.

    If you wish to attend, please register by May 18, 2020. Once registered, you may submit budget questions to your LEC and the question will be answered during the meeting.  No anonymous questions will be accepted.

    Your AFA Alaska California Council Officers-

    Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad (SFO@afaalaska.org)

    Tim, Kelese, Martin and Bryan (LAX@afaalaska.org)

    Brice, Melanie and JR (SAN@afaalaska.org)


    Melissa Osborne, LEC President •  Melissa.osborne@afaalaska.org • 415-275-1322
    Aladrian Hillmon, LEC Vice President • Aladrian.hillmon@afaalaska.org •  415-991-3791
    James Ikehara, LEC Secretary •  James.ikehara@afaalaska.org  • 415-289-9011
    Bradley Young, Council Representative • Bradley.young@afaalaska.org • 916-508-3503

    Filed Under: Council 15 SAN, Council 18 LAX, Council 35 SFO Tagged With: AFA, Council 15, Council 18, Council 35, meeting

    AFA Council 15 San Diego Certified Election Results

    March 25, 2016 12:02

    The following AFA Council 15 San Diego Flight Attendants were elected to a Local Executive Council (LEC) term of office beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2019. Certified Council 15 San Diego election results are posted on www.afacwa-elections.org, or click here.

    Council 19 San Diego

    LEC President: Brice McGee

    LEC Vice President: Melanie Buker

    LEC Secretary: Stephen Couckuyt

    The Master Executive Council (MEC) congratulates the officers-elect and we sincerely thank all those who stepped forward to run in the election.

    In solidarity,

    Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Satterlee, Lisa Pinkston, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow and Stephen Couckuyt

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    Filed Under: Council 15 SAN, Latest News, Master Executive Council (MEC) Tagged With: 2016, Council 15, election, San Diego

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