US Airways Labor Coalition
The US Airways Labor Coalition is composed of the
union leaders of all the east and west labor groups at
US Airways. The US Airways Labor Coalition will help
us achieve our goals by creating a strong, unified
voice for labor that management cannot ignore. Not
only will we strategize regularly to collaborate on
issues, we will also support each other’s efforts and
hold events so that all unionized employees may
demonstrate their fury and frustration over
management’s complete disregard for labor and our
issues.
Introduction to the US Airways
Labor Coalition
UNIONS Protest and Demand
Management Address
Labor Issues
US
Airways Employees Picket,
Demand Management Address Issues
Watch video
footage of the picketing:
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Weight
Restriction on West Metal Jumpseats Lifted
US Airways
Labor Coalition Presses Management to Change Policy
The Company
announced late yesterday afternoon that they will remove the
weight restriction for jumpseat riders on west metal aircraft
effective March 1, 2008.Flight Deck and Cabin Jumpseat riders on
west metal will no longer be denied access to the jumpseat
because a flight is weight restricted. The new jumpseat
procedure will benefit commuting flight attendants and pilots as
well as flight attendants and pilots who are non reving for
pleasure.
All other
reciprocal jumpseat policy requirements and rules remain in
effect under the terms of the AFA/US Airways Transition
Agreement. West Flight Attendants still have jumpseat priority
above East Flight Attendants on West metal flights and East
Flight Attendants have jumpseat priority over West Flight
Attendants on East metal flights.
AFA-CWA
MEC Presidents Gary Richardson and Mike Flores along with ALPA
Vice Chairman Mitch Vasin, members of the recently formed US
Airways Labor Coalition, brought forward the west jumpseat
weight restriction issue during the January meeting of the Labor
Committee for the US Airways Board of Directors and called on
management to remove the restriction.
In a letter to
employees Sr. Vice President of Flight Operations/Inflight Ed
Bular writes:
I was recently made aware of an
issue affecting pilot and flight attendant jumpseat riders on
flights operated by West. After the cutover to FOS, the ability
to make certain weight adjustments was restricted; and therefore
we have heard from crewmembers that jumpseat riders are being
removed from West flights in greater numbers than before the
West cutover to FOS. In addition, we have heard concerns from
East pilots and flight attendants about flights that were
previously East metal that are now West flights and their
inability to utilize the West jumpseats as a result of the
weight restriction. We have heard these concerns throughout the
system and evaluated the situation to see how we could help.
I understand how important the ability to jumpseat is to all of
our commuting crewmembers, and the cutover to FOS was not
intended to limit that ability. Therefore, the Company will
implement a change to the procedures on flights operated by West
to remove a revenue passenger prior to removing a mainline
crewmember from the jumpseat. This new procedure will take
effect on March 1, 2008. I am pleased to make this announcement
and hopeful that this procedural change will benefit both our
East and West mainline crewmembers when commuting by adding
greater predictability.
Captain Ed Bular
Senior Vice President - Flight Operations/Inflight
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