New Hire Classes in 2006 from AFA Update
Three-(3) new-hire classes for the AWA operation are now scheduled for March 13, March 20 and April 3. Ninety-(90) class positions were scheduled. Only seventy-(70) US Airways flight attendants - who are on their furlough list – have accepted positions in those classes. Therefore, twenty-(20) of the new-hires will be hired “off-the-street.â€
Additional classes are scheduled for May, but not yet filled. A previously scheduled June class has been canceled, but additional classes will be scheduled for the remainder of the year, mainly from late summer through December. US Airways furloughees will be offered these positions, but many have by-passed or declined the positions here already and they only get two chances to accept a position at AWA.
Furloughed US Airways flight attendants, who accept a position at AWA, come in as new-hires and are junior to all AWA flight attendants. They will be junior to all AWA flight attendants at least through April, 2007 or when the company is awarded a single operating certificate by the FAA. Even on that date, many of these furloughees will not get their combined seniority in PHX unless they were recalled off the US Airways seniority list to a former US Airways base. They are paid – on the America West pay scale – their longevity earned at US Airways. For instance, if a furloughed flight attendant at US Airways was hired in November, 1999 and furloughed – for example – in June, 2003, that person has six-(6) years and two-(2) months of seniority, but has only three-(3) and one-half-(1/2) years of longevity.
Longevity is a function of the amount of active time as a flight attendant on the payroll. If a Flight Attendant takes an extended leave or is furloughed, they stop accumulating longevity. In the example above, this flight attendant was furloughed in 2003 and therefore, they are frozen at that pay scale until they return from their furlough. They resume on the pay scale at the point in where they were frozen.
So a Flight Attendant’s seniority and longevity may be two different calculations throughout their entire career.
Here is a review of the US Airways Flight Attendant Furlough List:
Number of US Airways Furloughed Flight Attendants: 1,685
Number who accepted “new-hire†AWA jobs so far: 70
Date-of-hire range among all US Airways Furloughees: November, 1999 – June, 2001
The 1,685 furloughees were hired between those date ranges. US Airways has not hired any Flight Attendants since June, 2001.
Date-of-furloughs at US Airways: September, 2001 – June, 2003.
Approximately 850 were furloughed from September, 2001-November, 2001 and about 840 were furloughed from January, 2003-June, 2003.
In the Transition Agreement, there is mention of Mid Atlantic Airlines. Mid Atlantic was a regional jet division formed within US Airways as part of the bankruptcy process. Mid Atlantic is being phased out of the operation (and turned over to Republic Airways) and all Mid Atlantic Flight Attendants are furloughed US Airways flight attendants who accepted jobs there for a while. They retained all rights on the US Airways seniority list.
In fact, 33 of the 70 furloughees who accepted new-hire jobs at AWA are from the Mid Atlantic operation.
Here is a breakdown of the March 13 and 20 and April 3 classes and the date-of-hire (seniority) and longevity dates of US Airways furloughees who will be in those classes: Remember, each class has thirty-(30) positions.
Furloughed US Airways Flight Attendants who have accepted a position here have to complete the AWA new-hire training class and have to buy new uniforms. Additionally, they receive no moving expenses to come to PHX nor do they have paid housing during training.
March 13 Class
Furloughees in class: 27. Three-(3) new-hire flight attendants will be hired off-the-street for this class and will be junior to all US/AWA Flight Attendants.
Date-of-hire range for this class: Three-(3) hired at US in late 1999.
Twenty-three (23) hired from early-mid 2003. This is their seniority.
Furlough dates for this class are as follows: Nine-(9) were furloughed in November, 2001 and eighteen-(18) from early-mid 2003. This reflects their pay/vacation longevity.
March 20 Class
Furloughees in this class: 15. Fifteen-(15) new-hire flight attendants will be hired off-the-street.
Date-of-hire range among furloughees for this class: All were hired at US between February, 2001-June, 2001. These were some of the last Flight Attendants hired at US Airways.
Furlough dates among this class: Fourteen-(14) were furloughed on September 29, 2001 following the tragic events of 9/11/01. They were only on-line for a few days or weeks when 9/11 occurred. One-(1) was furloughed on November 1, 2001.
April 3 Class
Furloughees in this class: 28. Two-(2) new-hires, off-the-street, will staff this new-hire class.
Date-of-hires among this class: Twelve-(12) were hired in 2000, ten-(10) in 2001 and six-(6) were hired at US in 1999.
Furlough dates: Fourteen-(14) were furloughed in September and November, 2001. Fourteen-(14) were furloughed in mid-2003.
The Transition Agreement provides that these furloughees from US Airways will be ranked in seniority among themselves and that internal seniority ranking will be done upon the completion of each class. Remember, they will be junior to all AWA flight attendants until 2007 or later.
Three-(3) new-hire classes for the AWA operation are now scheduled for March 13, March 20 and April 3. Ninety-(90) class positions were scheduled. Only seventy-(70) US Airways flight attendants - who are on their furlough list – have accepted positions in those classes. Therefore, twenty-(20) of the new-hires will be hired “off-the-street.â€
Additional classes are scheduled for May, but not yet filled. A previously scheduled June class has been canceled, but additional classes will be scheduled for the remainder of the year, mainly from late summer through December. US Airways furloughees will be offered these positions, but many have by-passed or declined the positions here already and they only get two chances to accept a position at AWA.
Furloughed US Airways flight attendants, who accept a position at AWA, come in as new-hires and are junior to all AWA flight attendants. They will be junior to all AWA flight attendants at least through April, 2007 or when the company is awarded a single operating certificate by the FAA. Even on that date, many of these furloughees will not get their combined seniority in PHX unless they were recalled off the US Airways seniority list to a former US Airways base. They are paid – on the America West pay scale – their longevity earned at US Airways. For instance, if a furloughed flight attendant at US Airways was hired in November, 1999 and furloughed – for example – in June, 2003, that person has six-(6) years and two-(2) months of seniority, but has only three-(3) and one-half-(1/2) years of longevity.
Longevity is a function of the amount of active time as a flight attendant on the payroll. If a Flight Attendant takes an extended leave or is furloughed, they stop accumulating longevity. In the example above, this flight attendant was furloughed in 2003 and therefore, they are frozen at that pay scale until they return from their furlough. They resume on the pay scale at the point in where they were frozen.
So a Flight Attendant’s seniority and longevity may be two different calculations throughout their entire career.
Here is a review of the US Airways Flight Attendant Furlough List:
Number of US Airways Furloughed Flight Attendants: 1,685
Number who accepted “new-hire†AWA jobs so far: 70
Date-of-hire range among all US Airways Furloughees: November, 1999 – June, 2001
The 1,685 furloughees were hired between those date ranges. US Airways has not hired any Flight Attendants since June, 2001.
Date-of-furloughs at US Airways: September, 2001 – June, 2003.
Approximately 850 were furloughed from September, 2001-November, 2001 and about 840 were furloughed from January, 2003-June, 2003.
In the Transition Agreement, there is mention of Mid Atlantic Airlines. Mid Atlantic was a regional jet division formed within US Airways as part of the bankruptcy process. Mid Atlantic is being phased out of the operation (and turned over to Republic Airways) and all Mid Atlantic Flight Attendants are furloughed US Airways flight attendants who accepted jobs there for a while. They retained all rights on the US Airways seniority list.
In fact, 33 of the 70 furloughees who accepted new-hire jobs at AWA are from the Mid Atlantic operation.
Here is a breakdown of the March 13 and 20 and April 3 classes and the date-of-hire (seniority) and longevity dates of US Airways furloughees who will be in those classes: Remember, each class has thirty-(30) positions.
Furloughed US Airways Flight Attendants who have accepted a position here have to complete the AWA new-hire training class and have to buy new uniforms. Additionally, they receive no moving expenses to come to PHX nor do they have paid housing during training.
March 13 Class
Furloughees in class: 27. Three-(3) new-hire flight attendants will be hired off-the-street for this class and will be junior to all US/AWA Flight Attendants.
Date-of-hire range for this class: Three-(3) hired at US in late 1999.
Twenty-three (23) hired from early-mid 2003. This is their seniority.
Furlough dates for this class are as follows: Nine-(9) were furloughed in November, 2001 and eighteen-(18) from early-mid 2003. This reflects their pay/vacation longevity.
March 20 Class
Furloughees in this class: 15. Fifteen-(15) new-hire flight attendants will be hired off-the-street.
Date-of-hire range among furloughees for this class: All were hired at US between February, 2001-June, 2001. These were some of the last Flight Attendants hired at US Airways.
Furlough dates among this class: Fourteen-(14) were furloughed on September 29, 2001 following the tragic events of 9/11/01. They were only on-line for a few days or weeks when 9/11 occurred. One-(1) was furloughed on November 1, 2001.
April 3 Class
Furloughees in this class: 28. Two-(2) new-hires, off-the-street, will staff this new-hire class.
Date-of-hires among this class: Twelve-(12) were hired in 2000, ten-(10) in 2001 and six-(6) were hired at US in 1999.
Furlough dates: Fourteen-(14) were furloughed in September and November, 2001. Fourteen-(14) were furloughed in mid-2003.
The Transition Agreement provides that these furloughees from US Airways will be ranked in seniority among themselves and that internal seniority ranking will be done upon the completion of each class. Remember, they will be junior to all AWA flight attendants until 2007 or later.
