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This is Jane Allen with an Update for January 9, 2003.
I am recording this hotline on Thursday this week because we now have the
results of the Overage Leave / Partnership Flying proffers that closed on
Tuesday. Let me begin by saying that I am disappointed that we are in the
position of starting the New Year under difficult circumstances. But, as I
have said in the past, I believe it is important to be up-front with all of
you about this information and the situation we are facing.
The interest in the current round of Overage Leaves and Partnership Flying
was not as strong compared to the previous proffers. In addition, once all of
the final numbers were taken into consideration, a number of things drove our
actual overage higher in the AA operation than we estimated back in late
November when we were preparing to open the proffer. As you know, the company
continues to refine the schedule on an ongoing basis, as evidenced by the
constant state of change in which we are all working. Further, in the final
analysis, there were fewer flight attendants leaving the company or going on
inactive status than we originally estimated. Together, all of these things
drove our expected overage in the AA operation from 700 to 982.
Thus, on the AA side, after awarding all 12- and 6-month key blocks and all
valid proffers for auxiliary blocks and the additional 10% of auxiliary
blocks required by the Settlement Agreement, we granted a total of 446
Overage Leaves and 8 Partnerships. This leaves us with an overage of 528
flight attendants on the AA side.
In the STL/ISL operation, the final overage ended up being 417. We were able
to grant a total of 47 additional overage leaves and 27 partnerships in St.
Louis. This will reduce the overage to 343, which regrettably will be the
number of flight attendants that will be furloughed effective January 31.
Based on the information we have now, the system seniority number of the most
senior flight attendant to be furloughed from the STL/ISL operation is 24192,
which is equivalent to the annual TWA seniority number of 2447.
I wish I could tell you that this round of leaves and furloughs brings us
permanently to a place where we’ve seen the last of all of this.
Unfortunately, our situation remains critical and requires very difficult
decision-making and, although I am loathe to continue down this path, we must
take actions that ensure the survival of the company even when they
profoundly affect the lives of so many people.
More detailed information regarding the breakout of the Overage Leave and
Partnership Flying awards will be posted today on the Flight Service website.
I am recording this hotline on Thursday this week because we now have the
results of the Overage Leave / Partnership Flying proffers that closed on
Tuesday. Let me begin by saying that I am disappointed that we are in the
position of starting the New Year under difficult circumstances. But, as I
have said in the past, I believe it is important to be up-front with all of
you about this information and the situation we are facing.
The interest in the current round of Overage Leaves and Partnership Flying
was not as strong compared to the previous proffers. In addition, once all of
the final numbers were taken into consideration, a number of things drove our
actual overage higher in the AA operation than we estimated back in late
November when we were preparing to open the proffer. As you know, the company
continues to refine the schedule on an ongoing basis, as evidenced by the
constant state of change in which we are all working. Further, in the final
analysis, there were fewer flight attendants leaving the company or going on
inactive status than we originally estimated. Together, all of these things
drove our expected overage in the AA operation from 700 to 982.
Thus, on the AA side, after awarding all 12- and 6-month key blocks and all
valid proffers for auxiliary blocks and the additional 10% of auxiliary
blocks required by the Settlement Agreement, we granted a total of 446
Overage Leaves and 8 Partnerships. This leaves us with an overage of 528
flight attendants on the AA side.
In the STL/ISL operation, the final overage ended up being 417. We were able
to grant a total of 47 additional overage leaves and 27 partnerships in St.
Louis. This will reduce the overage to 343, which regrettably will be the
number of flight attendants that will be furloughed effective January 31.
Based on the information we have now, the system seniority number of the most
senior flight attendant to be furloughed from the STL/ISL operation is 24192,
which is equivalent to the annual TWA seniority number of 2447.
I wish I could tell you that this round of leaves and furloughs brings us
permanently to a place where we’ve seen the last of all of this.
Unfortunately, our situation remains critical and requires very difficult
decision-making and, although I am loathe to continue down this path, we must
take actions that ensure the survival of the company even when they
profoundly affect the lives of so many people.
More detailed information regarding the breakout of the Overage Leave and
Partnership Flying awards will be posted today on the Flight Service website.
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