01.05.06

 

Hello, this is Denise Pointer with an InfoRep message for Thursday, January 5, 2006.

Last week, I sent out an email asking everyone to please log onto www.apfa.org and click on the link to contact your Congressperson regarding the changes made by the TSA that affect cabin safety. Thank you to those of you who took the time to write your Representative. There’s still time to make contact so please log onto the Web site today. We know you have a lot to juggle and being a political activist is usually not at the top of your list. But now that the New Year is here and we are all getting back to our normal routines, consider letting Washington know that lifting the ban on certain items allowed on board our aircraft is counterproductive. Voice your support today for the Leave All Weapons Behind bill. See www.apfa.org for more information.

Our lawmakers don’t return to Washington for several weeks Let’s make sure they have a lot of correspondence awaiting them from AA Flight Attendants!

The annual APFA convention is set for the week of February 20, 2006. It will be held at the Ayres Hotel in Los Angeles. Several classes and workshops will be offered the first part of the week including scheduling and contract classes as well as a retirement seminar. If you are planning to attend and need accommodations, please contact the hotel directly at 310-536-0400. Reservations must be made by February 1, 2006, in order to receive the APFA discounted rate. See www.apfa.org for more details.

Jill Frank will be conducting a retirement seminar on January 12 at RDU. If retirement is on your horizon, or you are wishing it might be, you owe it to yourself to attend one of Jill’s seminars!

System wide APFA/AA Base Briefings begin January 10th. APFA president Tommie Hutto-Blake will be present at all of these meetings as well as other reps from APFA and representatives from AA. Reviews were performed by all work groups at AA including management, labor and non-labor groups to identify areas of inefficiencies. The results of this study will be discussed at these Base Briefings. Most meetings are set from 11:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m. local time. Please check the APFA Web site for times and locations not yet released below. The schedule is set as follows:

Jan 10, 2006 – STL	Flight Service Conference Room	1100-1400
Jan 11, 2006 – ORD	West Conference Room	1100-1400
Jan 13, 2006 – DFW	Yandry Center	1100-1400
Jan 17, 2006 – DCA	Ramp Manager’s Conference Room	1100-1400
Jan 18, 2006 – MIA	Dade County Aviation Auditorium	1200-1500
Jan 24, 2006 – JFK	Group Room	1200-1500
Jan 30, 2006 – SFO	Conference Room	1100-1400
Jan 31, 2006 – LAX	Flight Service Conference/Trng. Room	1000-1300
Feb 8, 2006 – BOS	BOS Training Room	1200-1500
Feb 9, 2006 – RDU	Kitty Hawk Room across from Gate 18	1100-1400

 
Since all AA employee groups that work on the ground are able to attend their briefings while on duty, APFA requested that the Company offer compensation for Flight Attendants. Therefore, each Flight Attendant who attends these briefings will receive three hours of Special Assignment Pay.

From the hotel department * just a brief reminder that those layover cities whose hotels are up for review are posted on the hotel department’s Web site prior to any review taking place. Go to www.apfa.org, department, hotel then hotel survey. This survey allows you to quickly communicate your opinions of a specific layover property. We have several new layover properties beginning this week. Be sure to check your HIHTL for updated information.

The Rumor mill was on vacation in December. I did receive a few emails regarding old rumors that just won’t seem to die, but no new ones! The answers to all the old rumors remain the same.

That’s it for this week. Thanks for all you do for the InfoRep program.

Denise Pointer, DFW InfoRep
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