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US Airways ALPA MEC CODE-A-PHONE UPDATE - July 2, 2007
This is Arnie Gentile with a US Airways MEC update for Monday, July 2nd, with six new items.
Item 1. Last week on Thursday afternoon, the US Airways pilot’s Negotiating Committee fulfilled resolution 07-63a- pay parity and sent proposed pay rates over to management. We expect a response from management shortly. In any case, the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) is planning to meet with management next Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10th and 11th.
Our methodology in developing this proposal involved capturing the Narrowbody Top of Scale (TOS) Captain rate of 141.85 at AWA and inserting that rate as the TOS for a Group 2 AAA Captain. From that cornerstone rate of 141.85 we developed the rest of the rate proposal maintaining the current contractual differentials that exist in the AAA contract today----i.e. Group 2 to Group 1, Captain to First Officer, etc. The proposed pay rate schedule will be posted in What’s New and emailed to all pilots.
The “Equal pay for Equal Work†parity resolution is as follows:
AI 07-63a - Pay Parity
WHEREAS the AAA pilots have been in fruitless contract negotiations with US Airways management to achieve a new joint contract with the AWA pilots for nearly two years, and
WHEREAS management employees have been granted pay parity with their AWA counterparts, and
WHEREAS this pay parity has resulted in pay raises for the affected management employees, and
WHEREAS the AAA pilots have not been included in a similar pay parity process,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the AAA MEC demands immediate pay increases in order to obtain parity with the higher AWA pilot pay rate, and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Strike Preparedness Committee is reactivated to support all activities to achieve equal pay for equal work for the AAA pilots, and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the AAA Negotiating Committee immediately engage the company in discussions to achieve pay parity for the AAA pilots with commensurate percentage increases for all AAA pilots preserving current pay rate differentials.
Passes Unanimously
Item 2. In light of anticipated hiring by US Airways in the near future, MEC pilot representatives from America West, Piedmont, PSA and US Airways, along with ALPA President John Prater, Vice-President Administration Bill Couette and other ALPA National Representatives, met last week to discuss concepts of career protection and ways to promote progression to the mainline from the US Airways wholly-owned carriers.
Everyone agreed that it would be valuable to continue these discussions internally and approach management with basic parameters of a system to accomplish these objectives. They also committed resources from their own MEC’s and ALPA National to work on the project.
We will report back to you with any developments.
Item 3. Pilots are receiving statements from ALPA displaying a credit from the merger assessment. This can easily be confused with an ALPA bill for payment. If there is no amount in the "Due" box, the amount is most likely a credit.
Item 4. The Flight Operations Security Committee has been advised by ALPA International that England has gone to a Severe Security alert, due to undisclosed terrorist activity. Expect some changes in security procedures in England as a result. When the Security Committee has more specific information, it will pass it along to the pilot group.
Also ALPA’s National Security Committee released a Committee Update that will be posted in What’s New.
Item 5. The Aeromedical Committee has posted the July 2007 United Behavioral Health's "Wellness Monthly" update under the Aeromedical Committee home page. This update highlights the appropriate subject of "Managing Your Anger."
Item 6. The ALPA MEC office will be closed this Wednesday for the Fourth of July holiday. The office will reopen on Thursday, July 5th at 9 a.m. On behalf of the MEC Officers and the MEC, I'd like to wish everyone on the ground and in the air, a happy and safe holiday.
W.A.R. Item 701
FAR 91.3
The Pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
Please remember as of June 25th, we still have 1,404 pilots on furlough, 316 pilots have been recalled, and all pilots on furlough have been offered recall.
Follow the three prong approach, fly safe and thanks for listening.
This is Arnie Gentile with a US Airways MEC update for Monday, July 2nd, with six new items.
Item 1. Last week on Thursday afternoon, the US Airways pilot’s Negotiating Committee fulfilled resolution 07-63a- pay parity and sent proposed pay rates over to management. We expect a response from management shortly. In any case, the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) is planning to meet with management next Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10th and 11th.
Our methodology in developing this proposal involved capturing the Narrowbody Top of Scale (TOS) Captain rate of 141.85 at AWA and inserting that rate as the TOS for a Group 2 AAA Captain. From that cornerstone rate of 141.85 we developed the rest of the rate proposal maintaining the current contractual differentials that exist in the AAA contract today----i.e. Group 2 to Group 1, Captain to First Officer, etc. The proposed pay rate schedule will be posted in What’s New and emailed to all pilots.
The “Equal pay for Equal Work†parity resolution is as follows:
AI 07-63a - Pay Parity
WHEREAS the AAA pilots have been in fruitless contract negotiations with US Airways management to achieve a new joint contract with the AWA pilots for nearly two years, and
WHEREAS management employees have been granted pay parity with their AWA counterparts, and
WHEREAS this pay parity has resulted in pay raises for the affected management employees, and
WHEREAS the AAA pilots have not been included in a similar pay parity process,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the AAA MEC demands immediate pay increases in order to obtain parity with the higher AWA pilot pay rate, and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Strike Preparedness Committee is reactivated to support all activities to achieve equal pay for equal work for the AAA pilots, and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the AAA Negotiating Committee immediately engage the company in discussions to achieve pay parity for the AAA pilots with commensurate percentage increases for all AAA pilots preserving current pay rate differentials.
Passes Unanimously
Item 2. In light of anticipated hiring by US Airways in the near future, MEC pilot representatives from America West, Piedmont, PSA and US Airways, along with ALPA President John Prater, Vice-President Administration Bill Couette and other ALPA National Representatives, met last week to discuss concepts of career protection and ways to promote progression to the mainline from the US Airways wholly-owned carriers.
Everyone agreed that it would be valuable to continue these discussions internally and approach management with basic parameters of a system to accomplish these objectives. They also committed resources from their own MEC’s and ALPA National to work on the project.
We will report back to you with any developments.
Item 3. Pilots are receiving statements from ALPA displaying a credit from the merger assessment. This can easily be confused with an ALPA bill for payment. If there is no amount in the "Due" box, the amount is most likely a credit.
Item 4. The Flight Operations Security Committee has been advised by ALPA International that England has gone to a Severe Security alert, due to undisclosed terrorist activity. Expect some changes in security procedures in England as a result. When the Security Committee has more specific information, it will pass it along to the pilot group.
Also ALPA’s National Security Committee released a Committee Update that will be posted in What’s New.
Item 5. The Aeromedical Committee has posted the July 2007 United Behavioral Health's "Wellness Monthly" update under the Aeromedical Committee home page. This update highlights the appropriate subject of "Managing Your Anger."
Item 6. The ALPA MEC office will be closed this Wednesday for the Fourth of July holiday. The office will reopen on Thursday, July 5th at 9 a.m. On behalf of the MEC Officers and the MEC, I'd like to wish everyone on the ground and in the air, a happy and safe holiday.
W.A.R. Item 701
FAR 91.3
The Pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
Please remember as of June 25th, we still have 1,404 pilots on furlough, 316 pilots have been recalled, and all pilots on furlough have been offered recall.
Follow the three prong approach, fly safe and thanks for listening.
