April 1, 1999
ALPA, Intl
Committees
Negotiating Committee update
In the meantime, the Negotiating Committee, along with
Contract Administrator Andrew Shostack, and Communications Specialist Yvette Freeman, will
return to Herndon later this month to meet with ALPA’s professional negotiators and
senior staff members in order to finalize our coordinated campaign strategy for Contract
2000 negotiations.
Also on the negotiating front, the committee will launch
formal discussions with management on Flight Operations Quality Assurance, aka FOQA, next
week.
Rumor Control
10. With the success of our Star Flight Program, America
West has entered into discussions to purchase the entire Star Alliance.
9. All newly hired America West executives will wear orange
hats or green vests their first 90 days on the job.
8. Future pilot crew meal recipes will be taste-tested in
the executive cafeteria at our new corporate headquarters.
7. To save costs, Management’s Contract 2000 opener will
propose shared layover hotel rooms for pilots and flight attendants.
6. There will be no sound effects on future MEC hotlines.
5. America West management is considering several new
markets, including non-stop service to Lewisburg, PA; Marion, IL; and Lompoc, CA.
4. The only aircraft in our fleet that is immune to the
Melissa virus is 708.
3. Pilots caught on duty out-of-uniform will be given a
last crew meal prior to being executed.
2. The new America West advertising slogan will be:
“Since we have to be number one at something, we may as well be number one at baggage
handling.”
1. In keeping with the recent program of providing escorts
to pilots entering the new corporate headquarters building, all pilots will be provided
with escort services while on layovers.
That concludes this week’s update. The next scheduled
hotline will be Thursday, April 8. Stay focused, fly safe, and thanks for listening.
- Negotiating Committee update
- Rumor Control
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