Pay particular attention to the 320/757 pilot base in IAH for s-United, and the 737/757 bases in SFO, DEN, and ORD for s-CO. These bases, along with the one already operating in LAX may be done so WITHOUT RESTRICTION.
The point to be made is that without a similar agreement in place for us, or, better still, a Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA), we have NO PROTECTIONS against the shift in flying that is coming. Sam Risoli alluded to these shifts in a recent letter to all flight attendants. He also made it clear the timeline for a JCBA in the Company's plans coincides with the Sept. 2012 amendable date of the IAM Continental Contract. Without a JCBA in place by then, we think s-CO flight attendant sub domicile bases are not far off.
EVERYTHING the UAL MEC is doing is playacting and posturing while they fervently hope as many people as the Company allows will take the crossover or early out options, so there will be as few of us left as possible to witness first hand their utter selling out of the s-United membership.
Thirty day ANP and 90 day special leaves of absence will continue to be offered, while CO continues to hire, and ultimately another furlough will be offered by summer's end. And yet, United attendants still stare this stark reality in the face (one subsidiary is growing while the other is shrinking) and ignore it, then are shocked to learn the CAL MEC is negotiating improvements to the IAM contract for Continental flight attendants. And while all this is happening, we are told the Guam (CMI) Contract must now be improved upon as yet another "stepping stone" or "cornerstone" or whatever the heck stone they're using, before anything else can be done. And without the protections of a JCBA, we at s-United, are the victims once again of CWA "protection" and "representation."
We are nearly nine months past the representation vote - nine months that should have been spent exclusively on a JCBA and integrated seniority list for ALL flight attendants' benefit and protection. Where is the NMB when you need them?
READ MY LIPSTICK: WHEN PIGS FLY........SO WILL THE AFA LIES.
