Month June 2020

Tell Congress: Extend the CARES Act

Tell Congress: Extend the CARES Act Payroll Support Program  Tell Congress: Extend the CARES Act Payroll Support Program  June 29, 2020 View in a web browser Dear Flight Attendants, Friends and Family, Over the last four months, Flight Attendants and…

AFA Scheduling Notes

AFA Scheduling Notes June 27, 2020 by the Master Executive Council August Bid 336 The build for August had a few twists. First off AFA just learned that the PAE satellite base for the pilots will be terminated. What this…

AFA Safety Committee Update

AFA Safety Committee Update June 27, 2020 MEC Air safety health and security committee Safety Committee All passengers onboard our aircraft must wear a mask (unless they have a medical exemption or are 11 years and under). It is now…

AFA AIMS/eCrew Update

AFA AIMS/eCrew Update June 27, 2020 AIMS/eCrew Rep AIMS Thank you for your patience and understanding, of yet another eCrew outage. Yesterday, at 1410 a “500 server error” occurred while attempting to login to open time. I am happy to report that as of…

Substance Use During COVID-19 Leave

Historically, crisis events tend to trigger increased drug and alcohol abuse. Post 9-11, for example, the National Institutes of Health raised concerns about increased substance use by those impacted by the tragedy. Meanwhile, after Hurricane Katrina, the Centers for Disease…

AFA Safety Committee Update

AFA Safety Committee Update June 14, 2020 MEC Air safety health and security committee Hello Fellow Flight Attendant’s,  On June 10th, a male Horizon Air pilot was assaulted and injured while traveling on King County transit.  While we do not know why the attack…

QX AFA MEC Update – June

AFA Update June 5, 2020 by the Master Executive Council AFA International Washington, DC (May 29, 2020) – Responding to violent clashes between police and protestors demanding accountability for police violence, especially for the killing by police of George Floyd…

FAB meeting notes 6/3/2020

FAB teams meeting notes 6/3/2020 In attendance:Heather Coleman, AFA MEC FAB Chair, Joelle Jaeger, LECP Council 16Mandy Mundy, QX Onboard Products and Service Specialist  Jesse Sexton, QX Manager, Inflight Policy and Standards  June 16th galley changes coming, addition of mini cans of…