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    Council 35 News December 2020

    December 30, 2020 22:03

    Important Dates

    December 31 (tomorrow!):  Q4 CBT & Convert Guest Passes


    Dues Info

    With many Flight Attendants on leave, Council 35 has received many requests for dues owed.  To inquire about your dues account, please visit the new dues page on AFA-CWA for more information.

    Latest info on PSP

    Progress on PSP and Flight Attendant benefits can be found on the AFA-CWA website.  To get the most updated information please visit the Latest News page. 

    Keep Guest Passes for Next Year

    Remember to convert unused companion travel passes before the end of day December 31. Once converted the passes live in your FLY account. The passes may be ticketed for 3 months after the conversion date. To find your account:

    Alaskasworld > FLY > Guest Passes > Manage Guest Passes

    Record Improvement 

    Year-end record improvement will be applied by mid-January.  Flight Attendants with 4 or fewer attendance points at the end of 2020 and who did not accrue any points in November and December, will have points removed.  Please allow two to three weeks for the performance supervisors to manually apply the Nov/Dec record improvement to attendance records.  Reference: JCBA§32.G.4

    December PPP 

    December is an Individual PPP month. To qualify,  FAs must meet or exceed awarded TFP for the month of December by a minimum of five (5.0) TFP.  The $350 payout will be issued Jan 20th separately from normal pay.  Reference: JCBA§21.R

    SFO Base Leadership Update

    Congratulations to Cierra Lewis who has been promoted to base manager of SFO.

    Holiday Offer

    “In These Times,” the leading progressive magazine that covers workers rights, access to healthcare, climate change, systemic racism, and more is offering Union members a free subscription.  To take advantage of this free subscription, CLICK HERE to sign up. The offer is only valid until December 31, 2020.

    How do I contact Council 35 Officers?

    Using a personal email address, the preferred methods of contact are:

    • Open an Online Support Request ticket
    • Officer group email sfo@afaalaska.org (if one officer is flying /unavailable other officers can respond)
    • Individual officer emails (if information is for a specific officer)
    • Calls/text (if situation requires more urgent attention)

    When contacting Council 35 officers please avoid the following methods:

    • Sending to/from alaskaair email (subject to company audits and therefore not private)
    • Officer personal Facebook/social media accounts (not actively monitored for AFA concerns)
    • Excessively lengthy texts (please use email for important information as it’s easier to respond and forward to appropriate resource-texts should be reserved for alerts to an issue that requires a timely response)

    Please allow at least one business day for a response to any method of contact (email, phone, text).  

    Happy New Year!

    In solidarity,

    Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad


    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 35 SFO Tagged With: Council 35, dues, Newsletter, record improvement, SFO

    Council 35 News – November 2020

    November 30, 2020 10:52

    Important Dates

    December 1: PING on IMD (Don’t get locked out!) 
    December 2-16: Travel Open Enrollment
    December 31: Q4 CBT


    Due Soon!  PING required for IMD

    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. 

    Committee Update

    Reserve:

    Council 35 would like to offer a special thanks to Rachel Sebastian for her commitment to SFO the last few years as Reserve Chair.  As a resident of the Portland area, Rachel is now lucky to be based at home and has transferred to PDX.  With the new opening, Reserve Committee member Kyle Ogiela, has now volunteered for the chair position.  Welcome Kyle!
    Get to know Kyle in his own words:

    Kyle started his aviation career in April 2018.  He was born and raised in Las Vegas where he then went on to serve a mission and lived in Paraguay for 2 years. He then attended BYU and obtained his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in painting while taking advantage of several remote study programs that took him throughout Europe, Tonga, and New Zealand. Following school he went to Atlanta where he went into operations management with Pest Control companies which finally culminated with him moving to Seattle in 2007. In 2018 he turned his work experience toward aviation.  When he started as an agent he quickly moved to become a coach and then a lead. He jumped on the opportunity to transition to inflight and was the 1st graduating class of 2019.  He has loved the decision to come to inflight and even more excited having the opportunity to serve.  At the end of last year he joined the reserve committee.  He jumped right in to being a reserve buddy for the newer classes. He loves the ability to dive in and find answers.  He looks forward to learn more and of course assist in any way every day.

    Human Rights:

    Back in June we introduced Sejal Patel as a new HR Committee member.  We are happy to report she has accepted the chair position for Council 35.  Thank you Sejal!

    End-of-Year Reminders

    Record Improvement:

    JCBA§32.G.4 defines the year-end record improvement process for Flight Attendants. If a Flight Attendant has no more than 4 attendance points at the end of the year, s/he achieves 480 annual TFP, and the FA does not accumulate any points for the months of November and December, then her/his point balance will be brought to zero.  The manual adjustment occurs mid-January which will be reflected on FAs attendance point records.

    Guest Passes

    Convert your unused companion travel passes before the end of day December 31st. Passes can be ticketed for 3 months after the conversion date.  Once converted the passes can be found in FLY:
    FLY>> Guest Passes>>Manage Guest Passes

    How do I contact Council 35 Officers?

    Using a personal email address, the preferred methods of contact are:

    • Open an Online Support Request ticket
    • Officer group email sfo@afaalaska.org (if one officer is flying /unavailable other officers can respond)
    • Individual officer emails (if information is for a specific officer)
    • Calls/text (if situation requires more urgent attention)

    When contacting Council 35 officers please avoid the following methods:

    • Sending to/from alaskaair email (subject to company audits and therefore not private)
    • Officer personal Facebook/social media accounts (not actively monitored for AFA concerns)
    • Excessively lengthy texts (please use email for important information as it’s easier to respond and forward to appropriate resource-texts should be reserved for alerts to an issue that requires a timely response)

    Please allow at least one business day for a response to any method of contact (email, phone, text).  

    Stay healthy and safe!

    In solidarity,

    Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad


    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 35 SFO Tagged With: CBT, Council 35, Newsletter, November, travel benefits

    Joint Council Membership Meeting Registration

    November 10, 2020 16:15

    California Membership Meeting: November 16th, 2020

    The next membership meeting for Council 35 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).  

    You must register to attend.  Please review the agenda prior to the meeting.

    In solidarity,

    Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad


    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 35 SFO Tagged With: Board of Directors, BOD Meeting, Council 35, SFO

    Council 35 News – October 2020

    November 1, 2020 15:50


    Important Dates

    NOW: Seasonal Boots (AFA asked and management said yes!)
    October 28-November 18: Benefits Open Enrollment
    October 31: Halloween (stay safe!)
    November 1: Fall Back-Daylight Savings Ends 
    November 16: CA Membership Meeting
    December 1: AS Multi-Factor Authentication Enrollment Ends (Don’t get locked out!)


    California Membership Meeting Nov 16th

    The next membership meeting for Council 35 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).  You must register to attend.  If you have any agenda items to discuss or specific questions please submit to sfo@afaalaska.org by November 9, 2020.

    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 35 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.

    Qualifying for FMLA 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.

    MFA for AS Accounts

    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.

    IT support staff will be in the SFO Village to offer assistance during the following dates and times:

    • November 3: 0630-1500
    • November 4: 0630-1500

    Increases to High-Deductible Health Insurance Plan

    Your Council 35 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 

    Committee Update:  Benefits and Retirement

    Council 35 is happy to welcome a new volunteer for our members.  Caleb Leo is our new SFO Benefits and Retirement Chair!  As we welcome Caleb we would also like to extend a special thank you to Majo Tanco, LAX Benefits Committee member, for filling in during the last few months and helping SFO members during the COVID-19 crisis. Get to know Caleb, in his own words:

    Caleb started his airline career with Virgin America in 2011. He soon learned that many Federal and State employee protection laws that he had always taken for granted no longer applied to him, because airline crew are governed by the Railway Labor Act (RLA) of 1926. The RLA only affords airline workers one federally guaranteed right, the right to band together and bargain collectively with the air carrier.  After suffering scheduling and pay abuses that previous employers, like Verizon Wireless and Apple, could never have gotten away with, Caleb joined other like-minded Flight Attendants and became a union activist and organizer. Together, after a contentious battle, they successfully voted in a union. Now at Alaska Airlines, Caleb is still passionate about fair treatment and workers’ rights. Workers’ rights are human rights.

    How do I contact Council 35 Officers?

    Using a personal email address, the preferred methods of contact are:

    Open an Online Support Request ticket
    Officer group email sfo@afaalaska.org (if one officer is flying /unavailable other officers can respond)
    Individual officer emails (if information is for a specific officer)
    Calls/text (if situation requires more urgent attention)

    When contacting Council 35 officers please avoid the following methods:

    Sending to/from alaskaair email (subject to company audits and therefore not private)
    Officer personal Facebook/social media accounts (not actively monitored for AFA concerns)
    Excessively lengthy texts (please use email for important information as it’s easier to respond and forward to appropriate resource-texts should be reserved for alerts to an issue that requires a timely response)

    Please allow at least one business day for a response to any method of contact (email, phone, text).  

    In solidarity,

    Melissa, Aladrian, James and Brad


    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 35 SFO Tagged With: Council 35, Newsletter, October, SFO

    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

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