April 22, 2012
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CAL MEC UPDATES! Successful Crossovers!119 United Airlines flight attendants accepted the crossover to s-CAL. The most senior flight attendant is March 21, 1977 and the most junior is March 17, 2008. CAL flight attendants have already started welcoming UA f/a's and have generously assisted UA f/a's in find housing and even moving furniture! The first crossover training is scheduled on April 30th for five days and a second class is scheduled to start on May 7th. Training will include familiarization with the new 787, 737, 767, 777 aircraft's as well as learning the s-CAL computer systems.
NEW CROSSOVER PAY
A fifteen year UA flight attendant (will be paid according to UA seniority) flying CO guarantee for 83hrs will earn $4238.97 a month. The yearly salary will be $50,867.64, not including per diem. CO's per diem will be $1.95 (88.72% more than UA's per diem for domestic). International per diem is $2.50.
WE WISH THEM THE BEST!!!
CAL MEC STARTS SEC. 6 ON APRIL 24THThe CAL MEC and the company begin negotiations for the S-CAL only contract (not a joint contract) on April 24th and 25th in Chicago. This will be the first of many negotiating sessions required to meet their goals. If and when an agreement is reached, the full S-CAL membership will have the opportunity to vote in a standard contract ratification. http://www.calafa.org AFA'S DISMAL PERFORMANCE Afa represented carriers are down from 26 to 17 airlines with UA, CAL and CMI, represented by their own separate MEC's even though all three attained Single Carrier status in 2011.US Air and America West merged in 2005 and just turned down their TA after 7 years in negotiations. On April 20th, US Airways made its intention to acquire American Airlines. The acquisition will encounter many obstacles, including bankruptcy court, shareholder approval and regulatory scrutiny. There will also be contentious representation battles that can be expected between afa and APFA (Association of Professional Flight Attendants Union). Northwest merged with Delta and on October, 29, 2008 succeeded in remaining non-union. Atlantic Southeast merged with XpressJet and is now represented by IAM. AirTran is systemically being transferred to Southwest and the crossover program will be completed in 2013. Southwest is represented by TWU. On April 18, 2012, Mesaba/Colgan/Pinnacle was Declared Single Carrier by NMB on and will face union representation elections. UAL merged with CAL/CMI in 2010 and continues to struggle with Afa representation as does All afa represented carriers. CAL enjoys the contract with pay and benefits negotiated by the IAM in early 2011 which is amendable again in September of 2012. Negotiations begins for CAL MEC on April 24th.
AFA's Negotiating History
AIR WISCONSIN - 4 contracts in 26 years ALASKA - 3 contracts in the past 18 years AMERICA WEST - 1 contract in 18 years * US Air AMERICAN EAGLE - 2 contracts in 17 years ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST - 3 contracts in 24 years * ExpressJets COMPASS AIRLINES - 0 contracts in 3 years FRONTIER AIRLINES - 1 contract in 2 years HAWAIIAN AIRLINES - 3 contracts in 16 years HORIZON AIRLINES - 3 contracts in 18 years MESA AIRLINES - 2 contracts in 15 years * Chapt.11 on 01/10/12 MESABA AIRLINES - 2 contracts in 13 years *Ceased OPS 1/04/12 MIAMI AIR - 2 contracts in 11 years OMNI AIR - 0 contracts in 1 year PIEDMONT AIRLINES - 2 contracts in 23 years PSA - 3 contracts in 17 years RYAN INTERNATIONAL - 0 contracts in 3 years SPIRIT AIRLINES - 1 contract in 12 years UNITED AIRLINES - 3 contracts in 25 years * Merged CAL, CMI US AIRWAYS - 3 contracts in 18 years * Merged America West Thirty-eight contracts negotiated over a total of 268 years' total time, works out to an average of:
One contract every 7.05 years!
And this figure is generously skewered because some of the carriers (Compass, Frontier, and Omni for example) bring the average down since they've only recently been organized and contracts have yet to be settled, or were recently ratified. For now, a more accurate accounting, then, is the seventeen carriers (no longer 26 as claimed on some CWA-Afa websites). It is also misleading when CWA claims at the end of every press release that the CWA has 700,000 members. According to the 2010-2011 LM-2 report, total CWA membership is 468,469 with another 35,000 agency fee payers (employees who decline union membership, but are still required to pay a service fee to retain employment).
*UA IS THE LARGEST AFA CARRIER
Forward this message to a friend Challenging Afa to Survey Membership for the Combined Contract!
TWO SIMPLE QUESTIONS
The
CAL AFA received 30,000 responses from its membership with survey
questions prioritizing what their members wanted in the current single
contract negotiations with the company - again!
Don't
waste our dues money on another skewed survey designed to benefit the union and not the membership!!!
LET US DECIDE OUR OWN FUTURE!
UA MEC Pilots Request Release Dates!
 On April 16th, 2012, ALPA MEC Chairman Captain Jay Heppner opened the week-long MEC Meeting in Chicago. For
nearly 24 months there has been little progress on the core issues
related to the off shoring and outsourcing of UA pilots jobs. United
Airlines alone has 1,437 pilots who were laid off because of 9/11 and
merger schemes, and they continue to be grounded.United Airline Pilots plan to formally execute a release from their Section 6 negotiations under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) on April 30 if United management does not commit to completing these negotiations by June 1. www.ualmec.org/
JOIN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT COALITION FOR CHANGE AND
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN 2012! STAY TUNED FOR MEC RECALL PETITIONS!
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