04.05.09

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE:

APFA and AA Negotiating Teams met with Federal Mediator Ernie Dubester this past week in Dallas. The meetings ended Thursday evening with tentative agreements on the following articles:

Article 11 – Language
Article 20 – Medical Appeals/Arbitrations
Article 30 – General
Article 32 – Health and Welfare/Safety and Security (article renamed)
Article 34 – Purser

The negotiating committees have now reached tentative agreements on a total of 21 articles. The APFA subcommittees will meet internally this week at APFA headquarters to prepare for the next mediated talks set to resume Tuesday, April 14th, in Dallas.

PHONE TREE

The Phone Tree lists continue to be distributed via e-mail. InfoReps have already begun to make calls and input the data collected and we thank you. The remaining Phone Tree lists will be sent to InfoReps this week. Our goal is to have all calls completed and data input by May 1.

DID YOU KNOW?

It wasn’t until the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) of 1968 that any language concerning lodging accommodations entered the contract. Appendix Q stated that…”the Company will consult with the Association prior to making changes in the principle location of Stewardess lodging at layover points”. In the 1974 CBA single rooms were granted to International Flight Attendants and those Flight Attendants flying in the MAC Operation. Domestic Flight Attendants weren’t provided single hotel lodging accommodations until 1976. There was no provision for a hotel committee until the 1995 CBA; Article 30-General. Hotels and Transportation became its own article with ratification of the 2001 CBA.