Dear Jeff
I appreciate everything you and your team has done to try and secure us a future here at AA, however one thing concerns me. I am hoping you can shed some light onto a really nasty situation. My fellow co-workers with less than 3 years seniority realize that with the passage of this concession package some of us will end up on the street, and if that truely is the case, and our meager salary will save the company, then so be it. However, the question in our minds remains on why this Union did nothing to help us out once we are forced to hit the pavement? Upon successful completion of the AA training program we as "new hires" had no choice but to join ,and become dues paying members of the APFA, or face termination per our operational contract with AA / APFA. Most of us were thrilled to have a union whos purpose was to protect and secure our future with American Airlines. The end result of this concession deal is merely a slap in the face to us junior flight attendants who, at one time, respected and admired the officers within the APFA. This concession deal, if ratified, could be considered a "breach of contract" between this Union and the members it directly affects.
I would hope you and the rest of the officers could shed some light onto why furlough pay was eliminated? Why benefits for those on OVL leaves was eliminated? Why unlimited callback rights and pass benefits were not included in this concession package like that of the APA agreement? Fellow colleagues working at other carriers , even those currently under chapter 11 , still working, and with same seniority, are baffled at why our Union dropped the ball on the junior flight attendants. Could it be that you were merely looking out for your own interests at the time these issues were raised? One has to wonder that a "No" vote on this deal might at least give those flight attendants who are to be furloughed under the current APFA t/a a second and final chance at a job before being forced onto the street. At the very least buy us some valuable time to get what''s left of our lives together in order to find new employment. Either way our fate is probably evident, and in the end the I am sure we all will still vote "Yes" securing a future for all those senior flight attendants remaining on the line. I am sure that our sacrafice , as well as those who have lost there jobs before us, will be better off passing this concession package then facing the end result of a chapter 11 filing. I do hope that the Union can at least tell us what the reasoning was behind the blatent denial of any rights we had, or could of had during the time we will remain on furlough? I wish I could sign this email "in unity" like the rest of the members at the APFA seem to end all their correspondence, but that would be inappropriate under the circumstances.
David
MIA
I could haven''s said it better myself. We have a right to know!
I appreciate everything you and your team has done to try and secure us a future here at AA, however one thing concerns me. I am hoping you can shed some light onto a really nasty situation. My fellow co-workers with less than 3 years seniority realize that with the passage of this concession package some of us will end up on the street, and if that truely is the case, and our meager salary will save the company, then so be it. However, the question in our minds remains on why this Union did nothing to help us out once we are forced to hit the pavement? Upon successful completion of the AA training program we as "new hires" had no choice but to join ,and become dues paying members of the APFA, or face termination per our operational contract with AA / APFA. Most of us were thrilled to have a union whos purpose was to protect and secure our future with American Airlines. The end result of this concession deal is merely a slap in the face to us junior flight attendants who, at one time, respected and admired the officers within the APFA. This concession deal, if ratified, could be considered a "breach of contract" between this Union and the members it directly affects.
I would hope you and the rest of the officers could shed some light onto why furlough pay was eliminated? Why benefits for those on OVL leaves was eliminated? Why unlimited callback rights and pass benefits were not included in this concession package like that of the APA agreement? Fellow colleagues working at other carriers , even those currently under chapter 11 , still working, and with same seniority, are baffled at why our Union dropped the ball on the junior flight attendants. Could it be that you were merely looking out for your own interests at the time these issues were raised? One has to wonder that a "No" vote on this deal might at least give those flight attendants who are to be furloughed under the current APFA t/a a second and final chance at a job before being forced onto the street. At the very least buy us some valuable time to get what''s left of our lives together in order to find new employment. Either way our fate is probably evident, and in the end the I am sure we all will still vote "Yes" securing a future for all those senior flight attendants remaining on the line. I am sure that our sacrafice , as well as those who have lost there jobs before us, will be better off passing this concession package then facing the end result of a chapter 11 filing. I do hope that the Union can at least tell us what the reasoning was behind the blatent denial of any rights we had, or could of had during the time we will remain on furlough? I wish I could sign this email "in unity" like the rest of the members at the APFA seem to end all their correspondence, but that would be inappropriate under the circumstances.
David
MIA
I could haven''s said it better myself. We have a right to know!
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