MEC Hotline Archives
December 30: 1999 recap, Cooperation, Growth, Holiday office hours
December 16: PBS update, Accepting junior assign over 90, Maestro home access, Fenix
Flight, MEC, LEC, and Local Council meetings, Office holiday hours
December 9: PPO/HMO plans, Arbitration updates, Maintenance reminder, Rest
requirements, Fenix Flight deadline; MEC, LEC, and Local Council meetings
December 2: Arbitration updates, Flower fund, Capt. Dale Brakhop, Local Council
meeting, New reserve rest rules, Pilots-For-Kids, Walking the walk
November 24: R&I investigation, Low Line Adjustment on hoidays, Office closing,
Pilots for Kids, Why do it?, Thanks on Thanksgiving
November 18: Vacation cancellations, PBS training, Hotline messages, Holiday office
hours, ALPA pins
November 11: Executive Board, Opening early – IBB, A318 side letter, R&I update,
Arbitration updates, PBS update, Fenix Flight, McElroy retirement, Our local staff
November 4: A320 misaward, Ed Sherman arbitration award, MEC meeting, Medical benefits
sign-up, T4 literature holders, LEC and Local Council meetings, Publications
October 28: New literature holders, Doug Gauntt appointment, PBS update, LEC and Local
Council meetings, Fenix Flight, Flu shots, Latest poll indicates strong support
October 21: Maintenance write-ups, Calling in sick, Insurance enrollment update,
Arbitration victory update, New publications, Don Steinman update, Retirement dinner, LEC
and Local Council meetings
October 14: Ed Sherman victory, Don Steinman update, A320 captain vacation
cancellations, Family Awareness event, PBS classes, Flight Pay Loss campaign, Retirement
dinner, LEC meeting
October 7: Committee volunteer work, Things about you that can hurt us, What ALPA is
September 30: PBS, Rest requirements, AFA PRIDE, Local Council meeting, Pilot retirement
dinner, Family Awareness social event
September 23: PBS, Local council meeting, Wilson Center polling, Retirement dinner, New
publications, New ALPA message boards, Capt. Hank Castela retirement, NTSB investigation,
Family Awareness social event
September 16: Vacation cancellations, System Board executive session, Compuserve 2000,
New ALPA message boards, New SafetyNet, Local council meeting, United Way campaign, Family
Awareness social event
September 9: Negotiating summit, Vacancy and reduction bid, Wilson Center polling,
Family Awareness social event
September 2: New MEC officers begin terms, Last week’s local council meeting, Flight
pay loss, Mailbox distribution, Wilson Center polling, Family Awareness social event
August 26: Local Council meeting, Negotiating Committee hotline and Table Talk,
Wilson Center polling, Family Awareness social event, New MEC officers terms begin next
Wednesday
August 19: Meeting with Gil Mook, Local Council meeting, AWA warrants, Family
Awareness social event
August 12: ALPA president to address AWA pilots, Reserve assignments, Family
Awareness social event, Flight pay loss donation campaign
August 5: MEC officer elections, New committee and new chairman appointments,
Illegal A320 lines, Contract 2000 survey results, Resumption of Wilson Center telephone
polling, Maestro Home Access update, EasyBid update, Phone tree database forms, Pilotnews
list, Next local council meeting scheduled, America West stock and warrants
July 29: MEC & Local Council meetings, Satellite lines, RX Prime, Negotiating
conference, Air Carrier Security Committee chair, Pilot information forms, Fatigue survey,
Fenix Flight, Table Talk, Committee and Communications updates
July 22: Contract 2000 surveys, Table Talk, Fatigue survey, Local Council meeting
July 15: ALPA prevails in first officers as instructors program, FAA waives
remaining AWA settlement fines, CIGNA drug problems, MEC officer candidate interviews,
Local council meeting, SafetyNet, Contract 2000 survey, Maestro update
July 8: First officers as instructors, Ed Sherman arbitration, MEC officer
candidate interviews, LEC and MEC meetings, Retirement & Insurance Committee
appointments, Pilot retirements, Contract 2000 survey deadline, SafetyNet pilot fatigue
survey
July 1: Captain Jon Myers’ funeral, First Officers as Instructors program, Uniform
policy, Flight Pay Loss, Local Council meeting, Fatique survey, Contract 2000 survey,
Office holiday hours
June 24: MEC urges boycott of First Officers as Instructor program, MEC response to
uniform memo from Chief Pilot, Deal cutting, Flight Pay Loss, Publications, PBS update,
Maestro Home Access printing problems, Local Council meeting, New Pilot-to-Pilot
volunteers
June 17: Family Awareness picnic, Negotiating Committee meeting, First Officer as
instructor program, PBS on the LINE, Maintenance write-ups, Local Council meeting
June 10: AWA complies with arbitration award, Upcoming publications, Disability
insurance provider change, FAA reserve duty time, Local Council meeting, Flight Pay Loss
campaign, Family Awareness picnic
June 3: Negotiating Committee update, Family Awareness barbecue, Printer problems
using Maestro at home, Disability insurance carrier to change, Arbitration update,
Maintenance write-ups, Scheduling with safety
May 27: Pilots represented at America West annual shareholders meeting, Continued
company foot-dragging on arbitration award compliance, FOQA negotiations again canceled by
company, System Board decisions, Equipment bid date revised, PBS Committee meeting and
timeline, Interim committee chairmen appointments, Last night’s local council meeting,
Flight pay loss campaign, Family Awareness picnic
May 20: PBS update, MEC at Executive Board, Negotiating Committee update, System
Board, Committee volunteers, Hotel Committee email, New MEC office staff, Local Council
meeting, Family Awareness Picnic
May 13: Arbitration
award, Maintenance write-ups, Seniority list, Central Air Safety publication, Local
council meeting, Family Awareness party
May 6: CIGNA medical
insurance update, Grievance update and request, Las Vegas security update, Just the Facts,
New director of Crew Resources, Local council meeting, Committee chairman needed, Family
Awareness picnic
April 29: Disabled
pilots insurance arbitration decision and delays, Grievance hearings, Las Vegas security
issues-part 2, Negotiating Committee returns from Herndon, Central Air Safety newsletter,
KIT system reminder, Local council meeting and special guest
April 22: FAA
maintenance oversight and logbook entries, Airport security issues in Las Vegas and
Phoenix, Negotiating and Communications committees in Herndon, Furloughed pilot 401k
problems, MEC Vice Chairman Darcy Pierce attends IFALPA meeting in Thailand
April 15: Local
Council meeting, Age 60 retest arbitration, AWA reorganization, PBS update, Daily ops
phone changes, Fenix Flight, KIT system updates
April 8: Local
Council meeting, PBS update, FOQA, Age 60 retest arbitration, MEC committee changes, CASC
& Security Committee news, Crew Resources numbers changes
April 1: Negotiating
Committee update, Rumor control
March 25: Jannice
Zambo, Pass privileges grievance, Thanks to phone bank volunteers, 737 nightlines,
Vacation cancellations, Headquarters security, New parking procedures, Web site
March 20: AFA and
America West reach tentative agreement
March 18: AFA
update, Pass travel changes, web site, Contract violation in 737 night lines, Committee
chairmen appointments & re-appointments, First officer Earl Ingles update
March 11: MEC
meeting, Meet the LEC, Flight attendants enter “super-mediation”, CHAOS phone
bank, Crew tracking form, Negotiating Committee, Merger fund delinquents
March 4: LEC members
take office, PIlot “No-Strike” side letter, New Chief Pilot takes office, MEC
web site
February 25: AWA warn notice 800 number, Maestro restriction, LEC at leadership
conference, 1998 401k statements, UAL/AWA buyout status
February 22: America West ends discussions with
other airlines
February 19: UAL/AWA merger discussions
February 18: Local council meeting, AFA update,
New chief pilot named
February 12: AFA rejects proffer of arbitration
February 11: LEC chairman and vice chairman
election returns, Local council meeting, AFA update, Merger update, Fenix Flight,
President’s Day office closing
February 8: Flight attendant negotiations at
impasse, Revised pilot seniority list, New update from ALPA President Duane Woerth
February 4: Merger talks, Cancelled vacations,
Flight attendants
January 28: Merger talks, R&I summit, Capt.
Jim Anhorn retires, Retirement party, Jannice Zambo
January 21: AWA and United merger talks,
Accurate information, Merger Committee goes to Washington, Bid 150, Vacation
cancellations, Chief pilot, Retirement dinner, 401k assessment fee
January 14: AWA cancels vacations, MEC-LEC
summit, A320 nightlines, Inaccurate pilot seniority list, Pilot mailboxes and crew
separation issues, PBS, AWA personnel change, Merger fund, Age 60 retest hearing, Hotel
committee, Local council meeting, LEC chairman election ballots, Committee appointments,
Capt. Dick Starr retirement, MEC chairman on vacation
January 7: Medical insurance premiums, LEC
chairman ballots, Merger fund delinquents, Contract 2000 communications, MEC provides
holiday gifts
1998 Topics
January 8: Bob Preisendorf fund, Changes to AWA procedures, LAS quiet room, R&I
grievances & System Board, Merger fund update, Pressure from Scheduling
January 15: 24-hour
notice, Change to Flight Operations Manual, Side letters of agreement
January 16: Side
letters of agreement
January 22: Central
Air Safety Committee, Side letter ballots, MEC chairman ballot, Wilson Center polling,
Pilot-to-Pilot program, MEC visit to Washington
January 29: Wilson Center polling, Message from Elly Preisendorf, Ballots
February 5: Grievance
mediation, Ballot results, Wilson Center, Hotel safety alert, Local Council meeting
February 10: Scheduling
side letter election results, MEC chairman election results
February 13: Company
to sign side letters, AWA extends jumpseat privileges, Local council meeting, President’s
Day office closure
February 12: Election results, Local
Council meeting, KIT System updates, President’s Day office closure
February 19: “AT”
grievance,Pilot staffing problems
February 26: International
Jumpseats on Continental, KIT system updates, Merger fund, Pilot retirements
March 5: Misuse of reserves, Professional
Standards contact numbers
March 12: Misuse of
reserves, “AT” settlement implementation date, Retirement & insurance
arbitration, Local Council meeting, Equipment bid, Meet & greet the MEC
March 19: Retirement
& insurance arbitration, Capt. Ed Sherman, New VP of Flight Operations, Local Council
meeting
March 23: Postponed
retirement & insurance arbitration
March 26: Professional
Standards issue, Fraudulent bidding, Unrecorded telephone lines in scheduling, Ed Sherman
letter writing campaign, Strike Preparedness Committee, Updated KIT system messages, Local
Council meeting reminder
April 2: Grievance hearings, ALPA National Merger Policy Review Committee, Merger
Fund assessment, Important dates to note, Retirement & insurance arbitration, Letter
writing campaign
April 9: Important news fromthe Merger Committee, Dues check-off, Retirement &
insurance arbitration, Capt. Ed Sherman letter writing campaign
April 16: Bid 140, Collection of Merger Fund assessment, Local Council meeting
April 23: Merger Committee news, May 12 dinner, Membership Committee news, Message
from MEC Chairman
April 30: Arbitrations, May 12 dinner, Merger Committee news, Central Air Safety
hotline, Message from Communications
May 7: Crew Resources staffing problems, Vacation
conflicts, Doug Dotter appointed to Negotiating Committee, Interviews for new
Communications Specialist, Fenix Flight, Arbitrators selected, AWAviators dinner
May 14: AWAviators dinner, Boeing 737 emergency AD inspections, ACARS study
underway, Merger database letter status, Communications Specialist interviews, Babbitt
will not seek re-election
May 21: ALPA Executive Board meeting, Removal of
aircraft 708, B141 pairings review, Memorial Day office closure
May 28: Bid 141 airbus
pairings, Certified seniority list mailing, Terminal 4 MEC rap sessions
June 6: Bomb scare at Gateway Plaza, Flight Pay Loss
donation shortage, New hire class, Rumors, ALPA meetings, Randy Babbitt message,
Contributing to the AFA Strike Preparedness fund, Cutting deals
June 11: Rumors, Local Council meeting
June 18: Lost ALPA pin, Pilot-to-Pilot volunteers,
Increase FAA surveillance, Tower Air and ALPA, Sending a signal to management
July 2: Holiday office closure, Scheduling
committee newsletter, Progress on PBS, MEC Vice Chairman goes to Washington, FAA
investigation
July 9: PBS, Fleet changes and
enhancements, Seniority list, Contract Administrator request, FAA rumors
July 14: FAA agrees to civil penalty settlement with AWA
July 16: F.A.A.
civil penalties against America West Airlines
July 23: AWA agrees to ALPA assistance with
Strategic Action Teams, AWA renegotiates codeshare agreement with Mesa Airlines, Council
restructuring ballot, Latest management changes, PBS discussions, Upcoming grievance
hearings, Pairing Re-route credit problems, New membership committee chairman
July 30: PBS, Distribution of previous side
letters, Acting senior director of Systems Operations Control, Northwest pilot
negotiations, National Airlines, Local Council meeting
August 3: MEC approves PBS tentative
agreement
August 6: PBS tentative agreement, Northwest pilot negotiations, ALPA Board of
Directors Council 62 restructuring ballots
August 10: ALPA
Board approves Council 62 restructuring, PBS road shows
August 13: PBS road
shows, ALPA Board approves Council 62 restructuring, Upcoming arbitration hearings
August 20: Reserve
and relief assignment grievances, Upcoming arbitrations, Non-rev travel restriction
grievance filed, PBS
August 27: Local Council meeting, Heightened security, MEC files grievance, AWA and
FAA
September 3: NWA
codeshare routes, PBS ballots, LEC nomination ballots, Executive Board meeting,
Negotiating Committee, Equipment bid, KIT system updates, Mixed messages from senior
management, Labor Day office closing
September 11: Northwest
strike, MEC press release, FAA deadlines, Ballots, System Board, Executive Board meeting
September 17: Korczynski
arbitration, Jannice Zambo, AWA Department of Defense insepction, LEC nomination ballots,
PBS ballots, Fenix Flight, Vacancy bid, Northwest MEC ratifies new contract
September 24: PBS ratification, AWA mechanics’
tentative contract, LEC ballots, Crew Resources software change, EasyBid, HIMS conference,
Capt. John Underwood retirement, Jannice Zambo, Union solidarity picnic
October 1: AWA Flight Operations department
reorganization, AFA informational picketing, Capt. Ken Bogard retirement, Compuserve,
Condolences to Flight Ops secretary Denise Jansky, A319 arrival, LEC nomination ballots
October 8: PBS
status, AWA personnel change, Equipment bid, Vacation bid, Easybid, New A319 arrival,
Teamsters ratify contract, Fenix Flight
October 15: FAA
and AWA, PBS, 1999 vacation bid, AWA submits proposed insurance changes, FOQA, AWA board
of directors meeting, Local council meeting
October 22: ALPA national board of directors
meeting and elections, Local council meeting, Vacation bid rules, Maestro home access
updated, PBS development starts, New aircraft status
October 29: Local council meeting and nominees,
Medical insurance changes, Vacation bid deadline & grievances, Vacancy bid, PBS
update, Combs arbitration settlement
November 5: Medical insurance, PBS update,
Darcy Pierce named to IFALPA SCAMPI committee
November 12: PBS development difficulties,
Medical benefits, Access to pilot mailboxes
November 19: AWA cancels 1999 vacations, MEC
cancels FOQA and PBS meetings, MEC cancels quarterly safety meeting, Low-line adjustment
restricted over the holidays, Negotiating team goes to Herndon, Election ballots, Fenix
Flight, ALPA KIT System, Easybid and Bid 148, ALPA President Randy Babbitt message, MEC
office secretary Jannice Zambo, Chairman Bill Franke invited to Local Council meeting,
Thanksgiving holiday office schedule
November 25: MEC meeting with management, AFA
negotiations, Low-line adjustments and vacation cancellations, PBS, Insurance enrollment
forms, Easybid, Pilots-for-Kids volunteers, Franke to speak at Local council meeting,
Thanksgiving holiday office closing
December 3: Negotiating committee at ALPA
national headquarters, Training rumors, PBS rumors, Labor relations, AFA negotiations,
Baggage templates at security checkpoints, Merger fund delinquents, Local council meeting
reminder
December 10: LEC election results, Sherman
arbitration postponement, MEC goes to Washington, MEC meeting with management, Negotiating
team returns from Herndon, Rumors, AFA negotiations, Fenix Flight, Capt. Randy Babbit KIT
System message, Local council meeting
December 11: Results of LEC election
December 17: Local council meeting turnout,
Level 3 security, AFA, New office manager, Christmas office schedule
December 23: Merger
fund delinquents, Jannice Zambo, AFA negotiations, UAL early contract opener, Christmas
greetings
December 30: 1998 in review
|
|
|
|
|
1999 Topics: |
| Search the Archives |