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Master Executive Council Communications

May 2023 Communications

Reserve Focus Group Meeting With Company, Recap

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Posted: May 31, 2023

After today’s Reserve Focus Group forum, we thought it important to share our thoughts. We began work as an AFA MEC Committee to gather information from our Reserves and to see what were the issues that were most important to our group. We set about our information gathering task through surveys and direct interactions with our Reserves. This led us to develop a presentation [...]

Reserve Focus Group Meeting With Company, Reminder

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Posted: May 31, 2023

The company will be hosting a virtual Reserve Focus Group fulfilling the contractual obligation stated in Section 34-25. The intent of this focus group is for you to get your questions answered and to voice your concerns surrounding all things reserve. We encourage all who are available to participate. The company and AFA needs to hear what is working and what is not. [...]

Reserve Focus Group Meeting With Company

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Posted: May 29, 2023

The company will be hosting a virtual Reserve Focus Group fulfilling the contractual obligation stated in Section 34-25. The intent of this focus group is for you to get your questions answered and to voice your concerns surrounding all things reserve. We encourage all who are available to participate. The company and AFA needs to hear what is working and what is not. [...]

The Beginnings Of A Grievance: Grievance Handling Steps - Getting & Understanding A Grievance Number, Timelines (Contractual/Disciplinary/MEC Grievances), Hearings And Arbitrations 

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Posted: May 28, 2023

Here’s wishing you all a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I’m afraid that most of the MEC work this past week has been a continuation of going through all the past grievances and building a good record keeping log that can be used by all future AFA leaders at Hawaiian. This past week also saw work on a couple of terminations, but due to confidentiality with respect to the individuals involved, I just wanted to report on the activity. So far, I have notations attached to most of the grievances that have been filed from 2000-2023. [...]

AFA MEC Grievance Project - Reviewing the list of MEC Grievances, Creating a Single Log of MEC Grievances, Action Plan for all the MEC Grievances, Filling In the Gaps, Taking Action on the MEC Grievances, Brand New Master Log of MEC Grievances, The Importance, AFA Hawaiian Board of Directors

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Posted: May 21, 2023

So this should be a very straight forward look, but this is where it gets interesting. There are multiple grievance logs kept by different people but no one log captures everything. Our AFA Field Office in Chicago keeps the filing numbers for each grievance, but not every grievance was followed up by the MEC in the past and so there were a number of unreported grievances which never [...]

AFA MEC Grievance Work, Reserve Focus Group, HAL Internet Outage, MEC Election, Reserve Assignments after the RSA Awards, Reserve Assignment Sign Off

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Posted: May 14, 2023

This past week began with pulling together as much information as possible to get through the MEC Grievances that we will tackle, file by file, to get cleared. Special thanks to those volunteers who laid the groundwork for the clearance of the MEC Grievances. These AFA members include Melissa Teshima, Scott Henson, and Joni Kashiwai for going through the paper files for the past 15 years, then with the help of Lea Sekimoto made a list on an Excel Spreadsheet [...]

MEC Committee Announcement - Reserve Focus Group

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Posted: May 8, 2023

We are excited to announce the implementation of the Reserve Focus Group (RFG) that has been established to support our Flight Attendants who are on a Reserve line. The RFG was negotiated as a sideletter with the intention for Reserves to bring forth Reserve issues and for the AFA and company to work on remedies for those issues. The Reserve Focus Group will be held virtually on May 31st [...]

MEC Heads-Up: Boarding Priority Chart

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Posted: May 7, 2023

It was brought to my attention by someone who actually read my MECP Sunday Message today, that it would be impossible to document any seniority or status violation without knowledge of what the new Boarding Priority Codes mean. So, I poked around the Hawaiian Airlines SharePoint website and found the Priority Codes Chart. I have a link below, but I’m not certain if it’ll work for everyone if you aren’t already signed into your Hawaiian Airlines account in SharePoint. Here’s how to find it if the link does not work for you. [...]

MEC Presidents Meeting, Crew Scheduling, Airport Stations, MEC Grievance Review And Loose ends

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Posted: May 7, 2023

On Monday, the two Local Executive Council Presidents (LECPs), JaciAnn Chung, Josh Aoki, and myself, held our regular weekly meeting to discuss issues from both HNL and LAX. These are the critical leaders as each LECP is the voting members of the Master Executive Council (MEC) since they are directly elected by the membership. The LECPs present me with a list of their current [...]

April 2023 Communications

AFA New Legal Team, Reserve Focus Group, Interisland Jumpseat Denials, Flight Attendant Deadhead Priority, Grievance Clearance, National Academy of Arbitrators And MEC Presidents Meeting

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Posted: April 30, 2023

Our International Office in Washington, D.C., has expanded our Legal Department with the addition of three new attorneys who happen to be all women, a fitting choice for AFA. In the reshuffling of attorney assignments, I am pleased to welcome our latest team player here at AFA Hawaiian. Our new staff attorney is Megan Havern. She is a graduate of Loyola University School of Law. [...]

MEC Grievance Committee Announcement

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Posted: April 27, 2023

Both the Honolulu and Los Angeles Local Executive Council (LEC) Presidents appear to have done their jobs in ensuring initial grievances have been handled. The problem we all have is the huge backlog of grievances sent by the Local Councils to the MEC Grievance Committee for final processing. I will be as clear as possible here, there was no concerted effort over the past few years to actually clear up this MEC pile of grievances expeditiously. I spoke to our staff attorney, Richard Wrede, about this and he even said that prior to my election, there was this acceptance by the MEC for inaction. [...]

New HA BOD Delegate, Reserve Focus Group, AFA Update Meeting With John Snook, HA In-sourcing Maintenance At LAX And SEA, Taxiway “K” In HNL, Maui Gates, San Francisco Bay Area Base And Inflight Service Changes

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Posted: April 23, 2023

I am honored to announce our new AFA Hawaiian Airlines Board member, Mr. Dan Akins. Many of you may remember him as the one who addressed us all on our Zoom AFA 2020 Negotiations Contract Roadshow back in March of that year. He gave us his view on the gains we as a Union were able to achieve in those negotiations, and what we should consider in our ratification discussions and vote. Dan has his MBA from the London School of Economics with a specialty in Transport Economics. [...]

MEC Committee Report: Legislative Affairs

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Posted: April 22, 2023

Many of you may already know that a lot of the specialized work done by our Union is actually carried out by the dedicated volunteers who give their time and energy to represent those interests that impact each and every one of us. There are more than a dozen MEC Committees presently and many of these AFA Committees have an LEC counterpart as well. We hope to highlight the various MEC Committees in the coming weeks to keep you all informed of the AFA work being done by them [...]

Reserve Focus Group, Hawaiian Aviation Safety Action Plan, AFA Executive Board Meeting, B787-9 Training Coming Soon, LGB Long Layovers, Rarotonga, Cook Islands And MEC Committee Work

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Posted: April 16, 2023

The long in the planning Reserve Focus Group will be held on May 31, 2023. The AFA is formulating a plan as to what we hope to learn from the session. Heading the AFA initial group will be the MEC Reserve Chair Andrew Ferreira and LAX Chair Paul Ikioka. The point person from the MEC will be LAX LECP Josh Aoki. After they get their ideas down, the MEC will meet again to review [...]

Why Are NEO Flights In LA Staffed With 5 FA’s?, Why Does LAX Get Hard-Blocked Seats On The NEOs?, Pairings That Are Scheduled Close To 14 Hours? & Are “W” Pairings A Violation?

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Posted: April 16, 2023

Two topics have been trending in questions to the AFA leadership this past week: Staffing issues on the A321 neo and the W Pairing construction. Let’s take a closer look at these two hot topics. There are 4 sources we can focus on to get answers for these two issues: ▪ FAR (§121.467(b)(4) ▪ AFA Contract ▪ LAX Sideletter (§34-26 of the AFA Contract) ▪ 2013 New Equipment Acquisition Sideletter [...]

MEC Heads-Up: April 7th Paycheck Details

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Posted: April 14, 2023

As you know, the payroll itemization details for our last paycheck were not accurate at the time the checks were issued on April 7, 2023. It seems the issue has been resolved and you should be able to go into Ultipro now to see the itemization for our pay. Remember, the April 7th check is a reconciliation of all our work activities for March 2023. Our April 22nd check will reflect [...]

CWA Pride Caucus Launches Petition

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Posted: April 9, 2023

Your CWA Pride Caucus launched a petition on March 31st - International Transgender Day of Visibility. The goal of the petition is to have a statement read in the House and the Senate about the reality that trans people in America are in Stage 7 of a genocide. Stage 8 is when large scale round ups and exterminations begin. Any observer of the history of human rights crimes will tell you [...]

MEC 9 Monday Meetings, Contract Grievance Handling, Employee Coordinating Committee, Arbitration, Grievance Backlog, Pay Raises, Presidents Meetings, Meeting with Robin Sparling, VP Inflight & Reserve Focus Group

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Posted: April 9, 2023

I am happy to report that our weekly Monday Meetings with the 9 Officers of our Union; the 3 HNL LEC Officers + 3 LAX LEC Officers + 3 MEC Officers are holding steady, with all but one person attending this past Monday. I send out an Agenda to everyone and we then meet by Zoom. I usually spend the first 20-25 minutes updating all the officers on the work that I and the LEC Presidents [...]

MEC Topic: In The Beginning - Part 1 & 2, In the End, All Roads Lead To The MEC, State Of The AFA MEC Grievance Committee, Organization, Future Policy And Process, In Conclusion...

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Posted: April 2, 2023

This past week’s work by the AFA leadership has been focusing on the entire grievance process at our carrier. Our AFA Contract provides specific timelines for the various types of grievances and outlines the process in which AFA grievances are handled. However, much of the structure surrounding how this is actually done differs from one AFA carrier to the next. [...]

March 2023 Communications

MEC Topic: Addressing A Comment, Legal Reviews, Communication Projects, And A Closer Look

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Posted: March 26, 2023

This past week has been busy as we continue to go through the issues facing Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) at Hawaiian. Your Local Executive Council Presidents (LECPs) and I met for long hours by Zoom almost daily this week. Our sessions have been dynamic with great exchanges of ideas and action plans to carry out the work needed in a timely manner. [...]

MEC Alert - Runway Construction

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Posted: March 23, 2023

The AFA leadership was given information that the 8L HNL runway construction project is significantly behind schedule. As this will have an impact on some Flight Attendants’ workday in April, this is important to share with everyone as we learned of it. The Plan. The 8L HNL runway construction was to be done in two phases:  Phase 1 of the project began in December 2022 [...]

MEC Topic: 3-Day Pairings, HNL Base

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Posted: March 19, 2023

Changes. First of all, of course many do not like it when 2-day pairings become 3-day pairings with the same credit. Well maybe there are those who enjoy exploring their layover cities with an extra day off. But for others, this limits their ability to work more, earn more. This change, as most know, was driven by a newly implemented Federal Law recognizing Flight Attendants’ that [...]

Roadmap For Success, Game Plan, Setting Up The Foundation, And Day To Day Work 

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Posted: March 18, 2023

The two member-elected Local Executive Council Presidents (LECPs) and I have been having Zoom meeting almost daily this past week, charting a course moving forward. In these president meetings we have had discussion on how to bring our Union into a good place to ensure the necessary work gets handled. We came to an agreement that transparency [...]

MEC Announcement - PBS Changes For April

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Posted: March 12, 2023

On March 8, 2023, after my election as the new MECP, I spoke with the Director of Crew Planning, Colin Beard, to discuss the company’s request for relief from our contractual requirement that the PBS Bid Window be moved from 75-90 hours to 70-85 hours for the month of April. The primary Contractual Section where the Bid Window is addressed can be found in Section 10.C.3.a. [...]

Did You Know - Per Diem

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Posted: March 12, 2023

Those of you who may be new to foreign work assignments should know that the AFA negotiated an enhanced per diem rate for the high cost layover cities we fly to abroad. The foreign per diem pay is from block-in to block-out time at the foreign destination and the layover time must be 4 or more hours. So how do we figure out the rate for each of our destination cities? For that we need to [...]

MECP Message To Members

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Posted: March 12, 2023

I would like to begin my message to you all today by expressing my heartfelt thanks to the many of you who have expressed your warm wishes to me on this new position as your AFA MEC President. I could not have continued to do any of this work without you. For those who do not know me, I would like to change that in the upcoming months. But for now, a little background [...]

MEC President Election, Overview Of Election Process, And Election Results

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Posted: March 8, 2023

Today a Special MEC Meeting took place at 1200HST/1400PST. The purpose of this meeting was to elect a new MEC President to fulfill the remainder of the current term of office (7/1/20-6/30/23). The position of MEC President became vacant after Chasity Theno resigned on January 10, 2023. In the interim, Melissa Teshima, MEC Vice President served as acting MEC President. [...]

MEC President Election Information And Pre Register Link

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Posted: March 7, 2023

The MEC will be holding a special meeting to elect a new MEC President tomorrow, March 8, 2023 at 1200HST/1400PST via Zoom. The MEC President’s term of office will commence on March 9 and end on June 30, 2023. As of the deadline, March 7, 2023 1500HST [...]

MEC President Election Information, Pre Register Link, And Commitment To Serve Form

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Posted: March 6, 2023

The MEC will be holding a special meeting to elect a new MEC President on March 8, 2023 at 1200HST/1400PST via Zoom. Please use the following link to register for the meeting. This MEC President’s term of office will commence on March 9 and end on June 30, 2023. As of March 6, 2023 the following candidates have submitted their Commitment to Serve [...]

MEC President Election Information, Pre Register Link, Commitment To Serve Form, AFA Supports Jetblue-Spirit Airlines Merger, February 13, 2023 Meeting Minutes

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Posted: March 1, 2023

The MEC will be holding a special meeting to elect a new MEC President on March 8, 2023 at 1200HST/1400PST via Zoom. Please use the following link to register for the meeting. This MEC President’s term of office will commence on March 9 and end on June 30, 2023. As of March 1, 2023 the following candidate has submitted their Commitment to Serve: Ka’imi Lee [...]

February 2023 Communications

Black History Month, MEC Special Meeting 2/13/23, MEC Election And New Tie Breaking Process

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Posted: February 15, 2023

In this article linked above, author and assistant professor Jarvis R. Givens is interviewed by the Harvard Gazette on Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the father of Black history. He was both the child and the student of formerly enslaved people before we emphasize that in 1912, he became the second Black person to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. He was born in 1875 and grew up working [...]

January 2023 Communications

AFA Dues Arrears, Collection Process

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Posted: January 31, 2023

In our 2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement (a.k.a. Contract), language was added that allows for the direct withdrawal of membership dues in arrears (past due). At the time the Contract was ratified, we were in the throes of the COVID pandemic. This coupled with an accounting system change at the AFA-CWA International level moved us to elect not to immediately initiate this provision given the [...]

Election Information, 10-Hour Rest Rule Reminders And MEC Grievance Update

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Posted: January 20, 2023

Be an active AFA-CWA member in good standing Fill out the attached Google Form that includes your Willingness to Serve Agree to the duties set forth in Article VII of our AFA-CWA Constitution and Bylaws (also in attached Google Form) If you are interested in serving as MEC President for the remainder of this term beginning March 9, 2023 to June 30, 2023, you must: Each candidate has [...]

MEC Alert - Thank You From Chasity Theno & MEC President Election Notification

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Posted: January 10, 2023

I would like to thank all of you for your continued support as your MEC President. Unfortunately, as of today, I am announcing my resignation as your MEC President. Through the ups and downs of this short term, I have enjoyed representing you all, and have no doubt that Melissa and Lea will continue to do a great job in representing our Flight Attendants group. I am excited to return to [...]

A Message From The MEC Officers 

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Posted: January 6, 2023

We are aware of the challenges that occurred in the final weeks of 2022 as harsh weather, cold fronts, and extreme winter storms affected travel all over the nation. It all began with the severe turbulence incident on HA35 that injured some of our passengers and Flight Attendants. The strong Kona low produced heavy rains and strong winds with lasting effects cascading into rolling delays [...]

December 2022 Communications

AFA Meeting Update, Winter Weather Update, Reserve Focus Group And MEC Grievance Update

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Posted: December 23, 2022

As we close out 2022, we would like to take this time to reflect on this past year. It has certainly been a year full of change and challenges, from the global impacts of the ever-changing health climate, to new and transitioning developments within the inflight department. We are truly amazed and grateful to witness your resilience, patience, understanding, and mālama for one another. [...]

MEC Newsletter - Reserve Update

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Posted: December 17, 2022

Many of our Reserve Flight Attendants have contacted Union Representatives questioning how crew scheduling is applying their required 24-hour rest in seven (7) workdays. The MEC Leadership met with the Negotiations Committee Chair, LEC Representatives, and the Scheduling Policy team earlier this week. We also included original Flight Attendant RSA Trainers to review this issue and any [...]

MEC Alert - Setting The Record Straight On KCM Rumors

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Posted: December 1, 2022

From AFA International Communications : Unfounded rumors and blogs have been swirling this week about the future of Known Crew Member. Let’s set the record straight. KCM is NOT going away, even if there is a name change to the program. The same risk based alternate screening for crew will remain in place. TSA will continue the planned transition of the agency's full oversight [...]

November 2022 Communications

MEC Newsletter - AFA Meets With The Company

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Posted: November 16, 2022

AFA International President Sara Nelson flew to Hawaii last weekend. During this visit, MEC President Chasity Theno, AFA General Council/ Director of Bargaining Joe Burns and Sara Nelson met with the Hawaiian Airlines Officials to advocate for the return of the Flight Attendants who were terminated in relation to the COVID vaccine requirement. Unfortunately, AFA was not able to get a resolution at this time but will continue to have discussions with the company. [...]

MEC Newsletter - Veterans Day & Trips Published Not Flown Reminder

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Posted: November 9, 2022

We observe this Veterans Day with deep gratitude for those who have served and those who continue to serve, especially our own AFA member veterans and all of their families who support them. We are honored to fly with our veterans. [...]

"Trips Published Not Flown" Grievance

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Posted: November 3, 2022

An arbitration has been scheduled for the Trips Published Not Flown Grievance: This Grievance deals with CBA Section 3.R.2.c which states: Pay and credit for trips published not flown, as provided for by other Sections of this Agreement, shall be included to determine a FA's total pay and credit for the entire on-duty period. We are gathering evidence that supports our position. [...]

October 2022 Communications

MEC Alert - Flica Maintenance

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Posted: October 31, 2022

Please note that you can expect extended processing times when the Flica folders first open for the following month. During this critical period, the system is under stress with an extremely high number of requests. The longer processing times compound when the PBS Unstacking and Coverage assignments run higher for holiday months and more Flight Attendants want to rearrange their schedules. [...]

MEC Alert - Flica Update

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Posted: October 21, 2022

Aloha Hawaiian Airline Flight Attendants, The company advised AFA that there will be routine FLICA maintenance work on the website next week. During this maintenance, both Crew members and crew schedulers will not have access into the FLICA system. Please see the maintenance schedule [...]

MEC Alert - In Process of Signing MOU

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Posted: October 14, 2022

With the recent communication sent by Crew Planning, there have been changes to the entry requirement of destinations that we serve. Thereby, allowing all Flight Attendants to bid for these destinations under certain criteria of that nation. AFA and the company are in the process of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will address issues we may encounter when [...]

Sarah Nelson "Support and Sunset"

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Posted: October 12, 2022

Calling all Flight Attendants to come together for an evening of Aloha, ocean air, food & flying partner solidarity in Honolulu, Hawaii. AFA Int'l President Sara Nelson has a meeting with Hawaiian AFA leadership next month & she's making the most of the trip by hosting this event to bring all Flight Attendants together who are based in Honolulu, visiting, or on layover. This is one "debriefing" you won't want to miss! There is a maximum capacity, so RSVP now to reserve your spot at this [...]

FAA Finalizes 10 Hours Rest Rule - Sets Implementation Timeline

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Posted: October 5, 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finalized a rule requiring 10 hours minimum, non-reducible rest for Flight Attendants between duty days – finally implementing a 2018 law that will make aviation safer for over 100,000 Flight Attendants and the passengers in our care. The rule will increase the rest period to 10 irreducible hours when scheduled for a duty period of 14 hours or less. [...]

September 2022 Communications

United Airlines Day Of Action And Sara Nelson To Testify

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Posted: September 28, 2022

United AFA Flight Attendants hosted a day of action across the country yesterday to demand United Airlines fix ongoing operational disruptions and focus on labor relations that support people on the frontlines. United management’s failure to properly staff crew schedulers, the flight attendant support team, catering and more has exacerbated these operational issues [...]

MEC Alert - Hawaiian Management Communication: Returning FAs From TPTP Leave

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Posted: September 7, 2022

Hawaiian Airlines management has announced they will be offering Flight Attendants on the TPTP leave of absence the ability to return from absence. They will be lifting the vaccine mandate both for current unvaccinated Flight Attendants and New Hires. The Company instituted the vaccine mandate in 2021. With the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions by the CDC, the Company has [...]

MEC Newsletter  

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Posted: September 1, 2022

The Hawaiian MEC was invited to join in a brief commemoration today of the 2021 USAF CRAF Activation recognizing the contributions of Hawaiian Airlines employees and all of our members. CEO Peter Ingram hosted the brief event to remember and reflect upon the one year anniversary of the CRAF Activation in order to recognize the Hawaiian Airlines employees across the company[...]

August 2022 Communications

MEC Alert - Reserve Self Assignment, Update  

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Posted: August 31, 2022

Mahalo for your patience as we met and consulted with the Negotiating Committee, current and former members, the MEC leadership, MEC NC Chair, MEC Reserve Chair, and MEC FLICA/PBS Chair to discuss the RSA issues that were brought to our attention. We compiled & narrowed down the major concerns, discussed what the intention of the RSA language was & solidified our [...]

MEC Alert - Reserve Self Assignment, Update  

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Posted: August 31, 2022

Mahalo for your patience as we met and consulted with the Negotiating Committee, current and former members, the MEC leadership, MEC NC Chair, MEC Reserve Chair, and MEC FLICA/PBS Chair to discuss the RSA issues that were brought to our attention. We compiled & narrowed down the major concerns, discussed what the intention of the RSA language was & solidified our [...]

Reserve Update News  

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Posted: August 19, 2022

The first month’s rollout of the new Reserve Scheduling Program was certainly not the smoothest transition, to be sure. Many issues immediately came up and it took hours to even run the Reserve Self-Assignment Awards due to programming difficulties in the cut-over from the old manual system. I will attempt to identify some of the problem areas brought to the attention of the AFA. [...]

MEC Alert - Reserve Self Assignment, Update  

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Posted: August 7, 2022

Mahalo to all the Flight Attendants who have reached out to us about the recently launched Reserve Self Assignment (RSA) Program. We confirmed with the Company that the reason for the delays in posting the Daily Flight Schedule (DFS) last week was due to a technological disconnect between the RSA program and CrewTrac, therefore, the DFS needed to be manually adjusted. [...]

July 2022 Communications

OGG Station - Trash Service, Guide To Automated Prompts, Uniform Guideline FAQs, MEC Officers Plans For MEC Chairpersons, AFA Human Rights & Equity Survey, Grievance Update, And CBA Poll  

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Posted: July 27, 2022

There might have been a misunderstanding of what the Flight Attendants’ duties are when working Neighbor Island flights. Some were asked in between flights, while in OGG, to pick up trash/empty trash bins & take them out to the jet bridge for the cabin service team. Just to clear up any confusion, we received confirmation that the VP of Airport Ops, Jeff Helfrick, has sent [...]

Hard Copy Of CBA Poll 

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Posted: July 19, 2022

The Hawaiian AFA is looking to file an MEC grievance regarding a violation of Section 27.A. - Copy of Agreement. The AFA’s position is that every Flight Attendant should be provided a hard copy of the CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) or Contract. The Company may not be providing ALL Flight Attendants a hard copy of our Contract and the information gathered from this survey [...]

Segment Trip Reminders And Uniform Order Found On IFS  

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Posted: July 15, 2022

Section 12.L.7 - a FA may not drop or trade an individual segment created under this section 12.L into Open Time Section 12.L.5 – If the Company would have otherwise provided a hotel room, only (1) of the FAs shall receive the hotel room in the layover city. The FAs shall determine between themselves who shall be eligible for the room. In the event they cannot determine [...]

Join Us And EVP & COO - Jon Snook, Uniform Center, Trip Brokering Reminder, And Avoid Engine Gas Temperature Exceedance 

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Posted: July 8, 2022

We encourage everyone to join EVP & COO Jon Snook for SNACKS & FACTS on July 12 @ 12pm HST for his monthly live Q&A on what’s happening with Hawaiian Airlines. Your MEC Officers will be joining & hope you will join in too! If you prefer to send in your question(s) in advance, you can do so by filling out this form HERE. The Uniform Center will be opening up their doors on [...]

What To Do In HNL or LAX, MEC Officers Meet HA CEO, COO, And VP Of Inflight, Vaccine Mandate Stands, MEC Grievance Update, To Meet With Your MEC Officers 

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Posted: July 1, 2022

WHAT TO DO IN HNL : If you’re looking for some things to do this weekend, Honolulu Magazine has put together a guide “to the perfect 4th of July weekend.” CLICK HERE for more. WHAT TO DO IN LAX : If you’re looking for some things to do this weekend, Discover Los Angeles, has put together “The best fourth of July events in Los Angeles.” CLICK HERE for more. [...]

June 2022 Communications

Congratulations Lea Sekimoto, Juneteenth 2022, Happy Fathers Day, AFA Political Bootcamp and AFA Staff Attorney - Richard Wrede 

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Posted: June 15, 2022

We’d like to introduce you to our newest Master Executive Council (MEC) Secretary-Treasurer Lea Sekimoto. The start of her position began on June 10, 2022 and will serve for the remainder of the MEC Officer term until June 30, 2023. Lea has been with Hawaiian Airlines since 2005, she began in our Reservations department, and in 2006, she became an HNL-based Flight Attendant [...]

MEC Officers Meet COO and VP, MEC Secretary-Treasurer and Grievance Chairperson Election, Scheduling Conflicts And TPTP PLOA & Separations 

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Posted: June 8, 2022

On Friday, May 27, 2022, your MEC Officers got to meet with our Chief Operation Officer Jon Snook and our Vice President of Inflight Robin Sparling to re-introduce ourselves and discuss our plans to re-establish recurring meetings with them. This will create an invaluable source of communication with the intention of enhancing our AFA and Management relationship. [...]