So not long ago, I received a letter, regular mail, from Midatlantic offering me an opportunity to bid for a training class.
In the letter, it said I could
1) Bid for one of two classes
2) Pass for the first round
3) Permanently pass
It also said that if the company didn't have my bid by June 1st at noon, I would be considered to have permanently passed.
Problem was, I received the letter on June 2nd. Doh!
I know several other furloughed f/a's who also received their letters late or never received one at all (folks senior to me... and yes, the company has their current addresses!).
I am very concerned that if it happened to me and many people I know that these problems are widespread.
Furthermore, can anyone answer me the question, "Why were the recall notices sent regular mail?"
So far, I have been told that MDA is not operating under the same contract that mainline is under, so the Mainline AFA contract requirement of certified mail for recall notices. Instead, I'm reminded that the restructuring agreement that was crammed down everyones throat stated that MDA would operate under a mirror contract with American Eagle.
Well, this festered in my noggin for a couple weeks until I finally went and looked up the American Eagle contract which can be found at this line (warning, it's a big-ass pdf file) If you take a look at page 62, Section 17, part C, subpart 2:
"A Flight Attendant will be notified by the Company via reply requested telegram or certified letter, return receipt requested, of his/her recall with the Company. After delivery of such notice to the last address on file with the Company, the Flight Attendant will be allowed a period of seven (7) business days within which to notify the Company of her/his intent to return to work."
Hmmmmm, if MDA is operating under a mirror contract, then recall notices should have complied with this unless AFA negotiated a different arrangement (I'd be surprised if AFA agreed to regular mail notification).
Perhaps PITbull or someone can comment upon this.
This certainly appears to have been a violation of the terms of the restructuring agreements.
Remedies for such a violation (which I consider also a violation of seniority rights) would include, but not be limited to:
1) Any furloughee who was considered "permanently passed" for failure to return the bid form would be converted to "passed the first round" and given an opportunity to bid on the second round.
2) Any future recall notifications should conform to the certified mail requirement as described in the American Eagle f/a contract.
Comments (particularly from union folks)? Anyone else have this experience?
In solidarity,
Airlineorphan
In the letter, it said I could
1) Bid for one of two classes
2) Pass for the first round
3) Permanently pass
It also said that if the company didn't have my bid by June 1st at noon, I would be considered to have permanently passed.
Problem was, I received the letter on June 2nd. Doh!
I know several other furloughed f/a's who also received their letters late or never received one at all (folks senior to me... and yes, the company has their current addresses!).
I am very concerned that if it happened to me and many people I know that these problems are widespread.
Furthermore, can anyone answer me the question, "Why were the recall notices sent regular mail?"
So far, I have been told that MDA is not operating under the same contract that mainline is under, so the Mainline AFA contract requirement of certified mail for recall notices. Instead, I'm reminded that the restructuring agreement that was crammed down everyones throat stated that MDA would operate under a mirror contract with American Eagle.
Well, this festered in my noggin for a couple weeks until I finally went and looked up the American Eagle contract which can be found at this line (warning, it's a big-ass pdf file) If you take a look at page 62, Section 17, part C, subpart 2:
"A Flight Attendant will be notified by the Company via reply requested telegram or certified letter, return receipt requested, of his/her recall with the Company. After delivery of such notice to the last address on file with the Company, the Flight Attendant will be allowed a period of seven (7) business days within which to notify the Company of her/his intent to return to work."
Hmmmmm, if MDA is operating under a mirror contract, then recall notices should have complied with this unless AFA negotiated a different arrangement (I'd be surprised if AFA agreed to regular mail notification).
Perhaps PITbull or someone can comment upon this.
This certainly appears to have been a violation of the terms of the restructuring agreements.
Remedies for such a violation (which I consider also a violation of seniority rights) would include, but not be limited to:
1) Any furloughee who was considered "permanently passed" for failure to return the bid form would be converted to "passed the first round" and given an opportunity to bid on the second round.
2) Any future recall notifications should conform to the certified mail requirement as described in the American Eagle f/a contract.
Comments (particularly from union folks)? Anyone else have this experience?
In solidarity,
Airlineorphan
