Travel Policy Poll

[jimntx]

AA used to reward perfect attendance also, but then too many employees were showing up to work every day; so, they did away with the perfect attendance passes.

To those worried about retirees...At AA, there is no difference between a current employee D2 and a retiree D2 in the computer. I do know that former TW retirees are different (not sure how), but I think it has to do with the travel benefits granted to them by TW. As I am already eligible to retire, I asked, and was told that as far as the non-rev system goes, a D2 is a D2 is a D2. So, if you are willing to take the time to be at your computer 24 hours prior to departure to check-in then you have the same shot as anyone else.

Of course, this is all pretending that any of us will have one whit of control or say in the non-rev travel policy of the merged company. We all know that travel policy for management types will be decided first. Then if there are any seats left over, we get to go.

 

[chellow]

I noticed in my company email, that their is already a new Interim Reciprocal nonrev travel agreement between USAir and AA starting March 1.

 

[jimntx]

From our side, I know we were told that we would board US Airways non-rev after all US Airways employees, family, cats and dogs boarded. But, it would be before other non-US Airways airline employees. That is as it should be until we get a uniform non-rev policy for everyone.

 

[chellow]

It looks like they are adding a new revenue stream, they are going to add a service charge for Y travel a (“Modified Zonal fares” ???) $5 to $50.

 

[nycbusdriver]

So, if you are willing to take the time to be at your computer 24 hours prior to departure to check-in then you have the same shot as anyone else.

I don't have a particular problem with the 24-hour check-in. I have a problem in that this often penalizes the flight crews who are working at the time and leaves them permanently disadvantaged, especially those who are on duty overseas.

Somewhere in the forum it was said that AA will check to be sure an employee was actually able to perform the check-in and didn't have a third party do it for him/her. That is a truly sick policy in that the airline would discipline someone (flight crew) for having a spouse do the check-in simply because the employee was busy doing their job.

What nonsense!

 

[jimntx]

It's not a travel issue. It's a computer security issue. Now, I realize you've led a sheltered life, but in pretty much every major company in this country, it is a termination offense to give your computer logon id and password to ANYONE, including your supervisor, co-worker at the next desk, or your spouse. And, are you saying that married employees should have an check-in advantage over an unmarried employee? Why not just post your check-in info on a note in the terminal lav with sign-on instructions? That way maybe a nice passenger will take the time to check you in.

It's not nonsense. Particularly in this day and age, corporations are terrified of cyber attacks which only need one valid logonid and password to get into the computer system.

Why not just have a friend whose going to be at the airport before you sign you in for your trip. Then you don't have to waste a whole hour prior to departure. You can just show up at the last minute and get that extra sleep.

For computer security to be effective, logon ids and passwords not only need to be kept confidential, they need to be changed periodically. I would be willing to bet that most spouses would go write down the id and password so that they wouldn't forget it. There goes your computer system.

 

[nycbusdriver]

It's not a travel issue. It's a computer security issue. Now, I realize you've led a sheltered life, but in pretty much every major company in this country, it is a termination offense to give your computer logon id and password to ANYONE, including your supervisor, co-worker at the next desk, or your spouse. And, are you saying that married employees should have an check-in advantage over an unmarried employee? Why not just post your check-in info on a note in the terminal lav with sign-on instructions? That way maybe a nice passenger will take the time to check you in.

It's not nonsense. Particularly in this day and age, corporations are terrified of cyber attacks which only need one valid logonid and password to get into the computer system.

Why not just have a friend whose going to be at the airport before you sign you in for your trip. Then you don't have to waste a whole hour prior to departure. You can just show up at the last minute and get that extra sleep.

For computer security to be effective, logon ids and passwords not only need to be kept confidential, they need to be changed periodically. I would be willing to bet that most spouses would go write down the id and password so that they wouldn't forget it. There goes your computer system.

Gee...we can check-in by telephone with out employee ID (on display on the front of the ID cards we are required to have on constant display) and a four-digit PIN code. It's going to take a Manhattan Project to hack into that system. I see your point.

 

[jimntx]

One of the most secure systems was Citibank's. It was used as an example to other companies by vendors trying to sell canned security systems. It got hacked recently, and the online system for customer access was down for several days. Any time you see a report of a large computer system going down--such as, one of the systems at United recently, you can at least suspect hacking.