Welcome Back Furloughed Flight Attendants!

[beachboy]

Ewww. Anyone care to do that math on CATCREW? Option 18 should list them all. I am afraid to look. If true I find it selfish and inexcusable for those that accepted recall not to return. They all had the right to pass. Others wanted to come back and were denied because there were not enough spots!

 

[Twicebaked]

Wish you were coming to PHL to move me up a number but it's still great to have you back on the property !!!! Welcome Back !

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Recalls aren moving you up a number. Infact, it only makes it worse for you with this LTO system. The more reserves, the less time there is for each.

I am glad they are returning though......

Welcome back

 

[2clippedwings]

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Recalls aren moving you up a number. Infact, it only makes it worse for you with this LTO system. The more reserves, the less time there is for each.

I am glad they are returning though......

Welcome back

Then the union should place on high priority ridding us of this LTO reserve system while in the current negotiations.
Other airlines have successful reserve programs.

 

[beachboy]

Then the union should place on high priority ridding us of this LTO reserve system while in the current negotiations.
Other airlines have successful reserve programs.

Ah your too funny. AFA do that?
It would take a whole new slate of officers and that is something this group has proven they don't have the balls to do. Sorry.

 

[songbirdstew]

>>>>>>>>I too add my welcome to all returning---we need you here and hope you stay !!!!
Here's a sad note though and I'm sorry if I am being a downer----38 of the 90 that said that they would be back have actually chosen not to return now.<<<<<< SOURCE???

I called our LECP and asked how many were returning and that's what he said.

 

[WCT]

Nobody hates west F/As, they hate the cheap regional-minded management and the jinky-janky low class culture they try to force on us.

Lets get back to welcoming back the real US Airways flight attendants coming back on June 1st!

If this company had any integrity (I know, they dont) they would hurry up and merge the contract, halt hiring new America West people and bring back thier F/As they already have. Call them all back, offer buyouts to senior people and let the invols take thier place. This company is great at creating flight attendant jobs for express carriers and America West but not US Airways.

If 38 changed thier mind, are they calling 38 more? There are still people who haven't been reached as far as I know. There's quite a few MAA people I remember with 2001 hire dates that are not back yet. A lot of them lived in DC and NY. Are they just going to shift people around or fill those 38 positions?

Calling America West a regional carrier is very insulting. And refering to the new call backs the "real" US Airways flight attendants! What planet are you on?! It is time to knock down your glass palace and face reality. Without this merger none of us would probably be here. So continue to insult the people that pay your bills... Karma is a horrible thing. 🙄

 

[Mike]

I called our LECP and asked how many were returning and that's what he said.

Hopefully this will mean more recalls soon. I have many MDA friends who would have been recalled had that 38 passed.

 

[skyguy]

With recall numbers in that amount maybe the time has come for Management (who doesn't appear too willing to SHARE the Wealth) to consider closing BOS/LGA/DCA. It is only a thought.......IF FEW employees want to be based in those cities (due to financial constraints) and most of the crew members commute there anyways, closing 1,2 or all 3 makes sense. With all the cuts and work rule changes in the last few years SOMEONE NEEDS TO WAKE UP and REALIZE the industry ISN'T what it used to be. (There are many that WANT to COME BACK but can't afford to do so, unfortunate).

I'm not a West basher, by any means - so please don't take it that way, but closing the three bases, BOS/LGA/DCA, would be a disaster. Out east, we have a little operation called Shuttle. While it is far from being the premier product it was 10 years ago, it still brings in a hefty chunk of change for the airline (In the hay-day of US Airways, it was reported in brought in like 30% of revenue). Start cancelling/delaying those flights for crew shortages, and let's see how long those passengers hang around!

 

[songbirdstew]

Ewww. Anyone care to do that math on CATCREW? Option 18 should list them all. I am afraid to look. If true I find it selfish and inexcusable for those that accepted recall not to return. They all had the right to pass. Others wanted to come back and were denied because there were not enough spots!

C'mon...cut them a break. I think they were excited to come back as you know the airline industry gets into your blood. However, things have changed Drastically since they were here before 9/11. They were not given much time to make their decision as the company wanted their answer immediately...so they said yes, they would love to come back......Then they found out where they would be based and then they started to do the math as far as crash pads, commuting, and even length of time on RSV.
I do know that if there are any more recalls, the union is going to try to let those folks considering a return to really weigh their options before agreeing for a return engagement....or at least I have been told they will try to let them be better informed if there are future recalls...time will tell.

 

[notflyingtoday]

C'mon...cut them a break. I think they were excited to come back as you know the airline industry gets into your blood. However, things have changed Drastically since they were here before 9/11. They were not given much time to make their decision as the company wanted their answer immediately...so they said yes, they would love to come back......Then they found out where they would be based and then they started to do the math as far as crash pads, commuting, and even length of time on RSV.
I do know that if there are any more recalls, the union is going to try to let those folks considering a return to really weigh their options before agreeing for a return engagement....or at least I have been told they will try to let them be better informed if there are future recalls...time will tell.

Yes, welcome back to all recalls. However our union should be doing something about this. They are paid our dues to protect jobs. They should go back to the company and insist that the next 38 in line who agreed to come back be invited back by the end of this month. If not then a new round of letters must go out for July to fill those positions of the 90 people that were to be on board.

 

[songbirdstew]

Yes, welcome back to all recalls. However our union should be doing something about this. They are paid our dues to protect jobs. They should go back to the company and insist that the next 38 in line who agreed to come back be invited back by the end of this month. If not then a new round of letters must go out for July to fill those positions of the 90 people that were to be on board.

Ok, I had to wrap my head around this info......
Of the 38 that chose not to come back, 9 or 10 of them said they would and then went out on medical--or at least that's what our LECP told me. Two or three of them had heart attacks/problems after accepting the recall, and others had various other medical problems. The others who said they would return and found out that they economically cannot had to resign. Which I think stinks.

I agree with you, let's keep moving down the list and calling back. Let's go through the WHOLE list---even the voluntary buy-out people. If we go through every person on the list then so be it. They can then start to hire "in base" and get people that live in those cities who can afford to stay there and want to.

 

[FlightChic]

Then the union should place on high priority ridding us of this LTO reserve system while in the current negotiations.
Other airlines have successful reserve programs.

I agree, but they don't care about reserves. Many of them don't even like reserves, or at least that was the impression that I got from talking with some of them. But hey, what does a delirous reserve know who has been on duty for 11 days straight (except for one NFL day) working crappy one days each day, been woken up by scheduling at all hours of the morning and night who can barely even remember her own name she is so exhausted? Can you believe scheduling called me at 11:55 pm for a 6:30 am check-in or 5:15 OPR even though they could have called me much, much earlier in the evening? Do you think I could sleep after that? Do you think they have let me sleep since then? No! I can't get anything from future but 5:15 OPR. I thought about contacting the union about them calling so late for such an early trip but I am sure they don't care. It is sad that some people equate a person's value based on whether they are a blockholder or reserve. OK I am rambling. That's my tired self talking. I have to go so I can rush to the airport for two more days of fun and then I will have two days off. Woo hoo! I get to commute home on the first day and commute back on the second. Too bad my trip doesn't get in at a commutable time. Sorry to be a Debbie Downer. I just feel like crap and want to go home.

 

[AstroLounge]

I'm not a West basher, by any means - so please don't take it that way, but closing the three bases, BOS/LGA/DCA, would be a disaster. Out east, we have a little operation called Shuttle. While it is far from being the premier product it was 10 years ago, it still brings in a hefty chunk of change for the airline (In the hay-day of US Airways, it was reported in brought in like 30% of revenue). Start cancelling/delaying those flights for crew shortages, and let's see how long those passengers hang around!

Operating the Shuttle has NOTHING to do with maintaining bases in BOS/LGA/DCA. Shuttle trips CAN be integrated within the general operation, or maybe have ONE Base (LGA would probably be the best) to serve as the focal point in Crewing the Shuttle. For years those 3 Shuttle bases have had staffing issues to deal with <because NO ONE WANTS to be there> and whenever a new hire was forced to go there they transferred out ASAP. When an airline has to offer TDY to keep the Base feasible SOMETHING IS SCREWED UP! And for the record I did DO Time in LGA (and liked it)!

 

[legacy-to-LCC]

Calling America West a regional carrier is very insulting.

um, no it's not. it's the truth. there is nothing pejorative about that accurate characterization at all.

 

[EMBFA]

America West is an airline with one hub and a heavy focus on one very specific part of the country. A regional carrier. US Airways is mainly a short haul regional carrier too, the entire east coast being a much larger and busier region of course. US does not have the national network of an AA or US, but has (Had?) a lock on the busiest air traffic region in the world.

USAir was a conglomerate of regional airlines and the "regional-minded" thing has plagued it for years, resulting in poor decisions and and late games of catch-up (establishing a transatlantic network for example, utilizing appropriately sized aircraft). The Wolf Gangwal regime, say what you will, were genius in thier rebranding. The more distinguished, global sounding US Airways, a striking livery and corporate image, generous FF program, and great care taken in aircraft configuration and onboard product, including the award winning three class A330.

We have taken ten steps backward to being at the helm of a regional "it always worked around here" attitude. Worse this time around is its coming from a one fourth of the operation and ignoring the major part of it.