Everyone,
We had a conference call today concerning the changes in flying that
will be occurring this fall. It was not a good call.
According to Crew Resources (CR), even with the VBR's and the Overage
Leaves that were granted, IOR will still be in an overage situation.
There will be an overage of approximately 230+ FAs at IOR beginning
November 1st. CR is planning, at this point, to bring in an
additional 120 jobs to IOR, thus leaving an overage of around 120-125
FAs. These FAs will be subject to a Reduction In Force (RIF). Thus,
they will be returning to the Domestic operation, and have recall
rights back to IOR for 2 years. Additional information on the RIF can
be found on page 539 of your large contract book. The contract is
also available for viewing on the APFA website at apfa.org.
Why?
• The postponement of the Beijing flight
• The 5th ORD-LHR flight will not be returning in the spring, IDF is
=0 A getting a third DFW-LHR
• Equipment substitutions from a 767 to 757 on a couple of European
flights (to be determined)
How does this affect me?
• The bottom 120+ FAs on the IOR seniority list will be subject to
the RIF
• Speakers that are necessary to keep the operation running, will not
be subject to the RIF - they are still determining what speakers will
be kept
• If you served RSV in August, or are serving RSV in September or
October in the INTL operation, you may be required to serve RSV in
November in the Domestic operation, if your seniority warrants
Options
• FAs may voluntarily choose to come back to the Domestic operation
(this may be an option for those FAs that do not want to serve RSV on
International, once the RIF occurs)
• Once the RIF occurs, a FA may transfer to another base, or hold
another Intl proffer, and not lose their recall rights to IOR for 2
years - please see the contract for sepcific language
We were told that there will be an IMA proffer coming up shortly, due
to their increase in South America flying. We are trying to get them
to close out the RIF numbers before the IMA proffer closes, thus
allowing people=2 0to make an educated decision. Also, if the proffer
closes before the RIF numbers come out, it is still not clear if you
would lose your recall rights to IOR (proffering to another base,
before you are subject to the RIF).
These numbers are preliminary, and we should have more information in
the upcoming weeks. Please be patient, and please start planning if
you think you might be subject to the RIF.
We did receive some good news on the Domestic side - the 767 SFO 2 day
will be coming back for sure in November. We will have it for the
winter months, minimum. We are however, losing the MIA 767 turn.
Crew Resources is looking at adding additional flying to ORD to help
with the RIFs that are returning to Domestic. I made it perfectly
clear that we are not interested in additional S80 flying. We would
like to see some more widebody / 757 / 737 flying at ORD. Whether
they take my suggestions into consideration, is another story.
That's it for now - I will update you when I receive additional
information.
In Unity,
Todd & Debbie
We had a conference call today concerning the changes in flying that
will be occurring this fall. It was not a good call.
According to Crew Resources (CR), even with the VBR's and the Overage
Leaves that were granted, IOR will still be in an overage situation.
There will be an overage of approximately 230+ FAs at IOR beginning
November 1st. CR is planning, at this point, to bring in an
additional 120 jobs to IOR, thus leaving an overage of around 120-125
FAs. These FAs will be subject to a Reduction In Force (RIF). Thus,
they will be returning to the Domestic operation, and have recall
rights back to IOR for 2 years. Additional information on the RIF can
be found on page 539 of your large contract book. The contract is
also available for viewing on the APFA website at apfa.org.
Why?
• The postponement of the Beijing flight
• The 5th ORD-LHR flight will not be returning in the spring, IDF is
=0 A getting a third DFW-LHR
• Equipment substitutions from a 767 to 757 on a couple of European
flights (to be determined)
How does this affect me?
• The bottom 120+ FAs on the IOR seniority list will be subject to
the RIF
• Speakers that are necessary to keep the operation running, will not
be subject to the RIF - they are still determining what speakers will
be kept
• If you served RSV in August, or are serving RSV in September or
October in the INTL operation, you may be required to serve RSV in
November in the Domestic operation, if your seniority warrants
Options
• FAs may voluntarily choose to come back to the Domestic operation
(this may be an option for those FAs that do not want to serve RSV on
International, once the RIF occurs)
• Once the RIF occurs, a FA may transfer to another base, or hold
another Intl proffer, and not lose their recall rights to IOR for 2
years - please see the contract for sepcific language
We were told that there will be an IMA proffer coming up shortly, due
to their increase in South America flying. We are trying to get them
to close out the RIF numbers before the IMA proffer closes, thus
allowing people=2 0to make an educated decision. Also, if the proffer
closes before the RIF numbers come out, it is still not clear if you
would lose your recall rights to IOR (proffering to another base,
before you are subject to the RIF).
These numbers are preliminary, and we should have more information in
the upcoming weeks. Please be patient, and please start planning if
you think you might be subject to the RIF.
We did receive some good news on the Domestic side - the 767 SFO 2 day
will be coming back for sure in November. We will have it for the
winter months, minimum. We are however, losing the MIA 767 turn.
Crew Resources is looking at adding additional flying to ORD to help
with the RIFs that are returning to Domestic. I made it perfectly
clear that we are not interested in additional S80 flying. We would
like to see some more widebody / 757 / 737 flying at ORD. Whether
they take my suggestions into consideration, is another story.
That's it for now - I will update you when I receive additional
information.
In Unity,
Todd & Debbie